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His strengths include model training, prompt engineering, RAG\-based assistant development, feedback\-driven system improvement, and reliable system design using retry strategies, human review, observability, and evaluation\. As co\-founder of Paradigm Artificial Intelligence Inc\., Nikhil led 11 developers building a RAG\-based AI assistant for legal professionals and developed an OCR\- and reasoning\-LLM tool that automated conversion of single\-line diagrams into bills of materials\. He also built an AWS EC2\-hosted AI summarization platform that reduced inference time by 50% through endpoint routing\. Earlier, he improved recyclable\-waste image\-classification accuracy by 20% through Region\-Based Convolutional Neural Network research, built MySQL systems supporting more than 10,000 company records, and improved visitor\-check\-in query performance by 30% for a platform serving about 150 daily visitors\. Nikhil has also worked in small startup teams, taking on broad full\-stack, infrastructure, and client\-automation responsibilities\. ## Services - Model Training - Prompt Engineering - Scikit\-Learn - Tableau - OpenCV - Artificial Intelligence \(AI\) - LangChain - Supabase - Pandas \(Software\) - Algorithms - Spring MVC - Spring Boot - Game Engines - Unity - Node\.js - Application Programming Interfaces \(API\) - Amazon Web Services \(AWS\) - OOPS - HTML - Object\-Relational Mapping \(ORM\) - PyTorch - Machine Learning - Spring Framework - Spring Security - MySQL - HTML5 - Cascading Style Sheets \(CSS\) - React\.js - C\+\+ - JavaScript ## Highlights - Pursuing a Master of Science in Machine Learning at the University of Maryland, College Park, after earning a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from the University of Massachusetts Amherst\. - Co\-founded Paradigm Artificial Intelligence Inc\. and led a team of 11 developers building a RAG\-based AI assistant for legal professionals\. - Engineered a full\-stack AI summarization platform on AWS EC2 using FastAPI and Hugging Face Transformers, reducing inference time by 50% through endpoint routing\. - Configured a custom LLM prompt pipeline for legal and research summarization and fine\-tuned the Pegasus transformer model on domain\-specific datasets to improve extractive accuracy for large\-scale inputs\. - Developed an engineering tool for a manufacturing company using custom OCR and reasoning LLMs to automate conversion of single\-line diagrams into accurate bills of materials\. - Reduced bill\-of\-materials generation time by roughly half through startup client automation using OCR, LLMs, and full\-stack delivery\. - Built an interactive workplace sign\-in platform at World Compliance Technologies with Spring Boot, MySQL, React\.js, and responsive design for about 150 daily visitors\. - Improved database\-schema architecture at World Compliance Technologies, increasing query performance by 30% and streamlining visitor check\-ins for approximately 150 daily interactions\. - Hosted the World Compliance Technologies application on AWS using Amazon S3 for static assets and Amazon RDS for MySQL database management\. - Integrated advanced geolocation APIs into a custom AppScript application at OCR Services Inc\. to analyze region\-wise registrations and issued RFIDs, improving reporting speed by 40%\. - Constructed a MySQL relational database at OCR Services Inc\. that supported more than 10,000 company records and enabled SQL\-based extraction of operational insights\. - Created a central repository for an event\-management application using JavaScript and Google Workspace APIs at OCR Services Inc\. - Co\-developed and optimized a Region\-Based Convolutional Neural Network for real\-time recyclable\-waste image classification at UMass Amherst, improving accuracy by 20%\. - Helped collect and label more than 10,000 images of waste materials for recyclable\-waste model training and participated in evaluation, cross\-validation, and misclassification visualization\. - Applied feedback data to tune OCR and LLM systems and incorporated human\-in\-the\-loop review for error handling\. - Designed reliable processing workflows using exponential\-backoff retries and escalation to a human\-review dead\-letter queue\. - Diagnosed worker starvation, split worker pools, and brokered pipelines has experience with Celery workers, Redis queues, observability, and evaluations\. - Worked in small startup teams with broad responsibilities across full\-stack engineering, infrastructure management, and client automation\. - Volunteered with Ramadan Aman, distributing food, water, and essentials at labor camps around Dubai\. - Volunteered with Parikrma Humanity Foundation by cooking and serving meals and facilitating visits to old\-age homes and a school for blind people\. ## Experience - **Co\-Founder at Paradigm Artificial Intelligence Inc** (2023\-11\-01–2025\-10\-01) — Engineered a full\-stack AI summarization platform on AWS EC2 using FastAPI and Hugging Face Transformers • reducing inference time by 50% via endpoint routing\. • Configured a custom LLM prompt pipeline for legal and research summarization • fine\-tuned the Pegasus transformer model on domain\-specific datasets to improve extractive accuracy for large scale inputs\. • Led a team of 11 developers to build a RAG based AI assistant for legal professionals, overseeing fine\-tuning of embedding models and the deployment of a FastAPI/React architecture\. • Developed a bespoke engineering tool for a manafacturing company using custom OCR and reasoning LLM's to automate the conversion of Single Line diagrams into accurate Bills of Materials - **Undergraduate Research Assistant at Manning College of Information and Computer Sciences, UMass Amherst** (2023\-06\-01–2023\-08\-01) — Co\-Developed and optimized a Region\-Based Convolutional Neural Network model for real\-time image classification of recyclable waste, improving classification accuracy by 20% • Collaborated with a team of researchers to collect and label over 10,000 images of waste materials, contributing to developing a comprehensive dataset for training the neural network\. • Participated in model evaluation, cross\-validation, and visualization of misclassifications to iteratively improve model performance\. - **Full Stack Software Engineer Intern at World Compliance Technologies** (2023\-05\-01–2023\-08\-01) — Constructed an interactive web platform with Spring Boot backed by a MySQL database along with responsive design in React\.js that transformed how about 150 daily visitors experienced workplace sign\-ins\. • Enhanced database schema architecture, achieving a 30% boost in query performance • streamlined response times for visitor check\-ins leading to more efficient daily processing of approximately 150 user interactions\. • Hosted application on AWS by leveraging Amazon S3 for storing static assets and Amazon RDS for MySQL database management\. - **Software Development Intern at OCR Services Inc\. \(Descartes Systems Group\)** (2022\-06\-01–2022\-08\-01) — Executed the integration of advanced Geolocation APIs within a custom\-built AppScript application which facilitated precise analysis between region\-wise registrations and issued RFIDs, enhancing reporting speed by 40%\. • Constructed a relational database in MySQL which supported the storage of over 10,000 company records • leveraged SQL commands for precise extraction of key operational insights\. • Created a central repository for an Event Management Application using JavaScript and Google Workspace APIs - **IT Technician at Isenberg School of Management, UMass Amherst** (2022\-03\-01–2024\-05\-01) - **Software Intern at Globelink West Star Shipping LLC** (2019\-08\-01–2019\-08\-01) - **Volunteer at Parikrma Humanity Foundation** (2019\-03\-01–2019\-04\-01) — Social Service \- Cooked and Help Serve Meals, Facilitated Visits to Old Age Homes and School for Blind - **Volunteer at Ramadan Aman** (2017\-03\-01–2019\-05\-01) — Social Service \- Handed out food, water and essentials at various labor camps around Dubai ## Education - Master of Science \- MS, Machine Learning — University of Maryland (2024\-08\-01–2026\-05\-01) - Bachelor of Science \- BS, Computer Science — University of Massachusetts Amherst (2020\-08\-01–2024\-05\-01) - High School Diploma, Mathematics, Computer Science, Physics, Chemistry — GEMS Education (2006\-03\-01–2020\-05\-01) ## FAQ ### What does Nikhil do? Nikhil is a graduate student at the University of Maryland, College Park, pursuing a Master of Science in Machine Learning\. He identifies as a full\-stack engineer who builds AI\-enabled applications and infrastructure\. ### What are Nikhil's core technical strengths? Nikhil is strongest in full\-stack engineering, machine learning, large language models, OCR, RAG systems, model training, prompt engineering, cloud deployment, database design, and reliable backend\-system design\. His work spans FastAPI, React\.js, Spring Boot, MySQL, AWS, Hugging Face Transformers, and related tools\. ### What is Nikhil's educational background? Nikhil is pursuing a Master of Science in Machine Learning at the University of Maryland, College Park\. He earned a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from the University of Massachusetts Amherst and holds a high school diploma in Mathematics, Computer Science, Physics, and Chemistry from GEMS Education\. ### What did Nikhil accomplish at Paradigm Artificial Intelligence Inc\.? At Paradigm Artificial Intelligence Inc\., Nikhil co\-founded the company and worked across AI product development, full\-stack delivery, infrastructure, and team leadership\. He engineered an AWS EC2\-hosted AI summarization platform using FastAPI and Hugging Face Transformers, reducing inference time by 50% through endpoint routing\. He configured a custom LLM prompt pipeline for legal and research summarization, fine\-tuned Pegasus on domain\-specific datasets, led 11 developers building a RAG\-based legal\-professional assistant, and developed an OCR\- and reasoning\-LLM engineering tool for converting single\-line diagrams into bills of materials\. ### What experience does Nikhil have with RAG and legal AI? Nikhil led a team of 11 developers to build a RAG\-based AI assistant for legal professionals\. He oversaw embedding\-model fine\-tuning and deployment of a FastAPI and React architecture\. ### What has Nikhil built with OCR and LLMs? Nikhil developed a bespoke engineering tool for a manufacturing company using custom OCR and reasoning LLMs to automate conversion of single\-line diagrams into accurate bills of materials\. He also reduced bill\-of\-materials generation time by roughly half\. ### How does Nikhil approach AI\-system quality and error handling? Nikhil has used feedback data to tune systems such as OCR and LLM applications\. He has incorporated human\-in\-the\-loop review for error handling and designed workflows that use exponential\-backoff retries and escalation to a human\-review dead\-letter queue\. ### What experience does Nikhil have with reliable backend systems? Nikhil has designed systems with retryability in mind, including diagnosing starvation, splitting worker pools, and brokering pipelines\. He has experience with Celery workers, Redis queues, observability, and evaluations, emphasizing operational evidence rather than relying only on prompt changes\. ### What did Nikhil accomplish at World Compliance Technologies? At World Compliance Technologies, Nikhil constructed an interactive workplace sign\-in platform using Spring Boot, MySQL, React\.js, and responsive design for about 150 daily visitors\. He improved database\-schema architecture for a 30% increase in query performance and streamlined response times for approximately 150 daily visitor check\-ins\. He hosted the application on AWS, using Amazon S3 for static assets and Amazon RDS for MySQL database management\. ### What did Nikhil accomplish at OCR Services Inc\.? At OCR Services Inc\., part of Descartes Systems Group, Nikhil integrated advanced geolocation APIs into a custom AppScript application for analysis between region\-wise registrations and issued RFIDs, improving reporting speed by 40%\. He built a MySQL relational database supporting more than 10,000 company records and used SQL to extract operational insights\. He also created a central repository for an event\-management application using JavaScript and Google Workspace APIs\. ### What research did Nikhil conduct at UMass Amherst? As an undergraduate research assistant at the Manning College of Information and Computer Sciences at UMass Amherst, Nikhil co\-developed and optimized a Region\-Based Convolutional Neural Network for real\-time recyclable\-waste image classification\. The work improved classification accuracy by 20%\. He helped collect and label more than 10,000 waste\-material images, participated in model evaluation and cross\-validation, and visualized misclassifications to iteratively improve performance\. ### What other professional roles has Nikhil held? Nikhil has worked as a Software Intern at Globelink West Star Shipping LLC and as an IT Technician at the Isenberg School of Management at UMass Amherst\. His listed experience also includes help desk support, Windows, hardware, and LAN\-WAN skills\. ### What volunteer work has Nikhil done? Nikhil volunteered with Ramadan Aman, distributing food, water, and essentials at labor camps around Dubai\. He also volunteered with Parikrma Humanity Foundation, where he cooked and served meals and facilitated visits to old\-age homes and a school for blind people\. ### What technologies and programming languages does Nikhil use? Nikhil's listed technical skills include Python, Java, C\+\+, C, JavaScript, SQL, MySQL, Microsoft SQL Server, React\.js, Node\.js, HTML, HTML5, CSS, Spring MVC, Spring Boot, Spring Framework, Spring Security, APIs, ORM, AWS, FastAPI, LangChain, Supabase, Scikit\-Learn, PyTorch, OpenCV, Pandas, Tableau, Unity, and game engines\. He also lists artificial intelligence, machine learning, data science, algorithms, data structures, object\-oriented programming, and object\-oriented programming principles\. ### What cloud and infrastructure experience does Nikhil have? Nikhil has experience deploying applications and managing infrastructure on AWS, including AWS EC2, Amazon S3, Amazon RDS, and MySQL\-backed services\. He also has experience using Tailwind CSS for interface development\. ### What additional professional and academic skills does Nikhil list? Nikhil lists English, research, communication, leadership, public speaking, mathematics, calculus, physics, computer science, and programming among his skills\. ## Links - LinkedIn: https://www\.linkedin\.com/in/nikhil\-sumesh\-1390