Sumanth Palla
Data Scientist and AI Researcher
Work Experience
My professional journey
Data Scientist
Myntra (Flipkart)
Jan 2025 - Present
- Worked on LLMs, Finetuning Vision Models, Vector DBs and ML CI/CD pipelines with production deployments.
Data Scientist
Sigmoid
September 2022 - Jan 2025
- Worked on diffusion models to generate ads and finetuning Small Language Models for developing customized chatbots and Question & Answering of documents
Research Intern
Coulomb AI
May 2022 - August 2022
- Focused on time series forecasting of battery degradation. Developed APIs to calculate the State of Health, State of Charge, Coulomb Efficiency and Round Trip Efficiency of Lithium-ion Batteries.
Skills
Technical proficiencies
Machine Learning & AI
PyTorch
TensorFlow
Large Language Models
Diffusion Models
Computer Vision
Scikit-learn
Languages & Frameworks
Python
SQL
C++
FastAPI
LangChain
Tools & Infrastructure
Git
Docker
AWS
Vector Databases
MLflow
CI/CD
Education
Academic background
Bachelor of Technology (Honors), IIT Kharagpur
Materials Engineering
CGPA: 8.23 / 10.0
Research Interests
Areas of current research focus
Large Language Models
Scaling laws, architecture design, and efficient training methods for large language models.
AI Agents
Autonomous agents capable of multi-step reasoning and tool usage.
Multimodal Learning
Unified models across text, vision, and other modalities.
Reasoning Capabilities
Enabling models for extended sequential planning and execution.