Pearl Patel

Engineering smart AI so humans can do extraordinary things.

AI/ML + Software Engineer | Generative AI, Full Stack Development

β˜€οΈ About Me

Hi there! I’m a passionate AI/ML Engineer building scalable machine learning systems and generative AI applications that solve real-world problems.

πŸ’» Currently

AI Engineer @ Ayzenberg | Working on GenAI, Digital Twins, Social Media Predictions ✨

Based in Los Angeles, CA β­οΈπŸ™οΈ

🐚 Fun Facts

  • AWS DeepRacer Finalist 🏎️
  • Published with Springer πŸ“„
  • PyPI library with 2000+ downloads πŸ“¦

🌴 Professional Bits

  • AI/ML systems: NLP, Vision, Generative AI
  • Full-stack & distributed systems
  • Scalable, production-ready software

⛡️ Get in Touch

I’m always open to discussing AI, software engineering, or collaboration opportunities.

Email: pearl207@gmail.com | LinkedIn

πŸŽ“ Education

University of Southern California

Los Angeles, CA

Master of Science in Computer Science

June 2023 – December 2024

University of Mumbai

Mumbai, India

Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Engineering

August 2017 – June 2021

πŸ‘£ Experience

Life is a beach β€” here's every stop along mine 🌊

Nov 2025 – Present

Ayzenberg Group

AI Engineer

πŸ–οΈ Los Angeles, CA

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  • Developed LLM-powered applications using Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) pipelines, improving answer accuracy and reducing hallucinated citations through grounded web data.
  • Built and scaled ML pipelines and evaluation frameworks for model training, inference, and performance monitoring.

πŸ–οΈ Side Quests

Check out all the cool projects I've worked on!

qtypi - Python Library for Quantum Computing Operations

  • Developed a Python library for quantum state and gate manipulations, including common and custom gates
  • Published on PyPI and developed on GitHub
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VisionTune AI

  • Developed a vision-language model to improve object count accuracy in text-to-image generation
  • Integrated Stable Diffusion with YOLOv8x for precise object detection and counting, and Low-Rank Adaptation (LoRA) for efficient fine-tuning in resource-constrained environments

Detecting and Mitigating Bias in Facial Recognition

  • Conducted comprehensive bias analysis in facial recognition models, primarily focusing on DeepFace and Viola Jones algorithms
  • Implemented a methodology to enhance DeepFace's comprehension of diverse female facial traits aiming to refine gender-specific facial interpretations and reduce observed biases

DeepRacer

  • Finalist for the AWS DeepRacer Women's League 2021
  • Developed a Reinforcement Learning based self-driving car racing agent using AWS DeepRacer
  • Adapted and iterated on Reinforcement Learning algorithms to optimize self-driving car racing performance, resulting in notable progress throughout the competition
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VCoins

  • Engineered a custom blockchain and cryptocurrency from the ground up, implementing innovative consensus mechanism for decentralized security
  • Architected and built out core cryptocurrency features including transaction processing, validation, and propagation across peer nodes
  • Established secure blockchain protocols enabling transparent and tamper-proof transaction ledgers

Sentiment Analysis on Text Feedback

  • Implemented advanced data preprocessing techniques, including text cleaning, tokenization, and feature engineering, to ensure optimal model performance
  • Designed a sentiment analysis system using Long Short Term Memory (LSTM) based Deep Neural Network to automatically analyze and classify user-generated text feedback
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Gesture Controlled Snake

  • Engineered a unique gaming experience by developing a gesture-controlled version of the classic Snake game
  • Utilized Python and Computer Vision techniques to develop a gesture recognition system, enabling intuitive control of the game character's movements through real-time analysis of player's gestures
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Contortion

  • Created an innovative Game using Unity
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πŸ“š Publications

You can find more on my Google Scholar

FileShare: A Blockchain and IPFS Framework for Secure File Sharing and Data Provenance

Khatal S., Rane J., Patel D., Patel P., Busnel Y.

Advances in Machine Learning and Computational Intelligence, Algorithms for Intelligent Systems (Springer), 2021

Issuing and Verifying University Certificates on Blockchain

Patel D., Rajan B., Mangnaik Y., Jain J., Mistry V., Patel P.

IC-BCT 2019, Blockchain Technologies (Springer), 2020

Blockchain In Depth

Kotha S, Patel P.

International Journal of Engineering and Computer Science (IJECS), 2020