Sornapudi Leena Keerthi
Professional Summary
AI/ML-focused Computer Science student with hands-on internship experience building computer-vision and NLP prototypes. Practical experience in Python-based model development, data processing, web scraping, and full-stack Python projects. Seeking an entry-level AI/ML or data science role where I can apply deep learning, computer vision, and NLP skills to deliver measurable product improvements and user-focused solutions.
Technical Skills
Work Experience
- Assisted engineering team in capturing operational and sensor data from production equipment; organized datasets in Excel and CSV for downstream analysis.
- Performed exploratory data analysis to identify key metrics and trends; prepared visual reports and presentations for supervising engineers using MS Excel and PowerPoint.
- Contributed to a small process-mapping exercise that documented data flows and measurement points, helping define requirements for future automation.
- Supported prototype testing activities by coordinating data collection, logging test parameters, and validating results against expected behavior.
- Collaborated with cross-functional trainees and engineers to troubleshoot instrumentation and connectivity issues, improving data reliability for analyses.
- Documented training learnings and produced a concise handover report summarizing observations, data samples, and suggested analytics next steps.
- Developed interactive Python learning modules and hands-on exercises for beginner students, improving engagement in coding sessions.
- Created sample projects and guided learners through implementing basic machine learning classifiers using scikit-learn.
- Provided one-on-one mentoring and code reviews to peers and learners, reducing common application errors and improving code quality.
- Prepared teaching materials and step-by-step guides for setting up Python environments and Jupyter notebooks.
- Assisted in designing assessment tasks that tested both algorithmic thinking and practical Python usage.
- Collected learner feedback and iterated on content to clarify concepts around supervised learning and data preprocessing.
- Contributed to front-end and back-end features for internal web tools using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, improving usability for QA workflows.
- Implemented REST API endpoints and data validation routines to support small-scale internal applications using Python.
- Built web-scraping utilities to extract structured product data for prototype projects, using requests and BeautifulSoup.
- Collaborated with developers to integrate scraped data into a lightweight SQLite-backed prototype for demo purposes.
- Wrote unit tests and simple automation scripts to streamline data ingestion and reduce manual preprocessing time.
- Documented development steps and maintained a changelog to support knowledge transfer within the team.
- Developed backend REST APIs with Flask to support a Python full-stack application and integrated endpoints with front-end views.
- Implemented database models and CRUD operations to maintain product and user data, enabling reliable prototype functionality.
- Integrated a trained ML inference script into the backend to expose model predictions via API, enabling rapid prototype demos.
- Built frontend components to consume APIs and display model outputs, improving demo usability for stakeholders.
- Performed end-to-end testing and debugging across the stack, resolving data format and serialization issues to stabilize demos.
- Prepared deployment-ready documentation and runbook to assist in future handover and continued development.
- Developed and trained convolutional neural network prototypes for gesture recognition tasks, applying data augmentation and transfer learning to improve robustness.
- Implemented computer-vision pipelines with OpenCV for preprocessing, real-time frame capture, and performance validation on edge-like environments.
- Optimized model architectures and inference routines to reduce latency and memory footprint for resource-constrained deployment scenarios.
- Collaborated with a cross-functional team to integrate ML components into a demo application, exposing inference via lightweight REST APIs.
- Authored reproducible training scripts and experiment logs in Jupyter, enabling reproducibility and streamlined model iteration.
- Presented results and technical documentation to mentors, highlighting model trade-offs, evaluation metrics, and suggested next steps for productionization.
Projects
- Designed and trained a CNN model to recognize hand gestures to aid communication for paralytic users, using image augmentation and transfer learning.
- Built a preprocessing pipeline with OpenCV to normalize input frames and improve model generalization across lighting and background conditions.
- Evaluated model performance on held-out samples, iterating on architecture and hyperparameters to improve gesture recognition accuracy.
- Packaged the model and inference pipeline for demonstration on a local machine to validate real-time responsiveness and usability.
- Built an intent-recognition pipeline using tokenization, feature extraction, and machine learning classifiers to map queries to responses.
- Implemented response generation logic and fallback handling, improving conversational coverage for common queries.
- Tested and refined the chatbot across sample dialogs to increase correct intent classification and reduce ambiguous responses.
- Designed a computer-vision-based posture detection prototype that monitors posture in real time and flags deviations.
- Used pose-estimation techniques and classification logic to detect posture anomalies and trigger user notifications.
- Developed a web tool that fetches live product pricing from multiple platforms via web scraping and APIs to suggest best deals.
- Implemented comparison logic and a simple frontend to display aggregated results and decision guidance for users.
- Built an offline voice assistant performing speech recognition, intent parsing, and text-to-speech locally to ensure user privacy.
- Integrated command handling for system automation and local application control while optimizing for resource-constrained devices.
Education
Certifications
Achievements
- Secured Second Prize in Smart India Hackathon (Internal Level): Awarded second prize for team project in institutional Smart India Hackathon event.
- Main Organizer — National Level Hackathon: Build Bharat Through AI 2025 — 2025: Led organization efforts and coordination as recognized by a Certificate of Appreciation.
- Main Organizer — Student Startup Expo 2025 — 2025: Organized campus-level startup expo; awarded Certificate of Appreciation for leadership and execution.
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