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Raj Vaghela

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About Me

I'm an MSc Advanced Computer Science student at the University of Leicester (Distinction), specializing in applied AI and Large Language Models.

I build retrieval-augmented systems with embeddings and pgvector, robust FastAPI/Node back ends, and modern React/Next.js UIs. I'm comfortable with multimodal STT/TTS/OCR, function calling, and streaming UX. Strong in Python and software engineering fundamentals — I ship testable services with telemetry, retries, and graceful shutdowns.

Looking to help teams turn LLM prototypes into reliable, user-centered products.

Location
Leicester, UK
Status
Available for work

Education

Master of Science (M.Sc.)

Advanced Computer Science

Distinction

University of Leicester, UK

Jan 2024 – Jul 2025

Key modules: Big Data & Predictive Analytics, C++, Cybersecurity, Technology & Innovation Management

Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.)

Computer Science & Engineering

8.55/10 (85.5%)

S.N. Patel Institute of Technology & Research Centre, India

Jun 2019 – Jun 2023

Key modules: Artificial Intelligence, Computer Networks, Data Mining, Machine Learning, Software Engineering

Highlights & Awards

🏆

Huawei Tech Arena — Finalist (Top 8/100+ teams)

🥉

Cyber4Me CTF — 3rd place (University of Wolverhampton)

🎯

Encode AI London '25 — "Crypto Radio"

👥

University leadership: Peer Mentor, Course Rep, Leicester 100 (policy review for 10,000+ students)

🎓

Scholarships: MYSY Merit Scholarship, State Aptitude Test Winner

Experience

IBM

Virtual Intern

Jun 2023 – Jul 2023
  • •Prototyped data cleaning & visualisation in Python, cutting exploratory cycle time by ~30% on sample datasets.
  • •Evaluated classical ML models (precision/recall/AUC) and documented trade-offs for baseline selection.
  • •Automated preprocessing (imputation/encoding/scaling) into reusable snippets for consistency across notebooks.

Microsoft

Virtual Intern

Apr 2023 – Jun 2023

AICTE approved Virtual Internship under the Future Ready Talent initiative

  • •Explored Azure (Static Web Apps, Front Door, CDN) and deployed sample apps with CI/CD from GitHub (100% green builds).
  • •Practised Git/GitHub workflows (branching, PR reviews, issues), reducing merge conflicts on small team projects.
  • •Built mini-demos connecting Azure front ends to simple APIs with notes on cost, latency, reliability trade-offs.

Direction Infosystems

Intern

Jan 2023 – Apr 2023

Bardoli

  • •Built and maintained websites using PHP, Laravel, MySQL, Bootstrap, and jQuery in a team setting.
  • •Assisted in UI design and code deployment, ensuring smooth handover and compatibility with in-house tools.

Elsner Technologies Pvt. Ltd.

Summer Internship

Jun 2022 – Jul 2022

Ahmedabad

  • •Developed a basic Android-based To-Do list app using Java.
  • •Completed foundational coding tasks while gaining exposure to agile teamwork and app development principles.

Project Highlights

From RAG-powered assistants to agentic AI systems, I build full-stack applications that combine cutting-edge AI with production-ready engineering.

Job Recruiter Assistant

RAG-powered with semantic matching, CV OCR, and SendGrid automation

FastAPISupabasepgvector

Medical Screening Assistant

AI triage chatbot with RAG+CAG pipeline and multimodal STT/TTS

GeminiOpenAIWhisper

Crypto FM

Agentic AI crypto radio with real-time market analysis

Node.jsGeminiGoogle TTS

30-Day Readmission Prediction

ML pipeline on 100k+ dataset to flag readmissions

Pythonscikit-learnpandas
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