I'm Sneh, a Data Scientist and Software Engineer with 4+ years of hands-on across data science, machine learning, software engineering, and ML/Cybersecurity research. My journey has been a blend of backend engineering, predictive modeling, cloud computing, and LLM robustness research, driven by my curiosity and love for programming, math, and problem-solving.
Currently, I am working as a Graduate Research Assistant, exploring the fascinating intersection of large language models, adversarial robustness, and multimodal learning.
- Neural Volatility Forecasting - combining time series modeling and deep learning to predict market volatility with higher accuracy.
- A domain-agnostic chatbot that dynamically adapts to selected domains via generative distilled models.
- Neuro-Symbolic Reasoning in LLMs - blending symbolic logic with deep learning to improve reasoning and commonsense understanding.
- Custom loss functions for better multimodal alignment in LLMs.
🔧 Machine Learning & Data Science:
- Demand Forecasting, Predictive Modeling, and Player Retention Analysis.
- Building domain-agnostic chatbots with knowledge distillation and hardware-aware adaptation.
- Enhancing LLM robustness using novel techniques to detect and mitigate backdoor attacks in SOTA LLM models.
💻 Software Development:
- Full-stack application development using Python, FastAPI, and React
- Scalable cloud deployments on AWS (EC2, Lambda, S3, RDS)
- Backend development focusing on performance optimization and modular design
🔬 Research:
- Multimodal LLMs - building frameworks that dynamically align textual and visual embeddings for coherent contextual understanding
- Designing novel loss functions for balanced multimodal learning
- Exploring adversarial robustness and anomaly detection in generative models
👨🏫 Mentoring & Teaching:
- I love mentoring budding engineers - whether it's Python scripting, backend coding, or building software and machine learning concepts
- Teaching not only helps others but reinforces my own knowledge. Contact me @snehpillai02@gmail.com
When I’m not being an absolute nerd, you’ll find me:
- 🏏 Following sports - Wrestling, NBA, cricket, and NASCAR.
- 🏋️♂ Hitting the gym - Current bests: Bench 250, Squat 330, Deadlift 400.
- 🎮 Gaming - FPS and strategy games like Titanfall, Halo, and yes - I still enjoy Black Ops 2 like it’s 2012.
Want to collaborate on a cool project? Curious about my research? Or just want to geek out over tech, games, or fitness?
Feel free to drop a message - I’m always up for conversations!