Bhoomika R Hegde
About
I have always had the habit of examining scientific claims to find out how they function. The fact that I graduated from PES University in AI&ML gave my curiosity a definite focus on research into machine learning and deep learning, on carrying out rigorous experimentation, and on pursuing outlandish ideas.
Publications
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2026
Transaction Graph-Based Predictive Hurdle Model for Credit Scoring in DeFi Lending Protocols
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2026
Discrete Representation Learning: A Review
TO BE PUBLISHED
Projects
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Systems · ML · 2024
Dog Activity Recognition System
Built a system to study dog activity from video and biosignal data. It uses Python, Kafka, PostgreSQL, FastAPI, and Docker to keep video frames and sensor streams aligned in time. A CLIP-based inference service supports zero-shot activity recognition, with logs, retries, and dead-letter queues for safer failure handling.
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ML · Research · 2024
Image Representation via ViT + Product Quantisation
Worked on a new image representation method after finding limits in VQ-VAE2. The project combines Vision Transformers with product quantisation to learn compact image codes. Results were checked using reconstruction quality, SNR, and SSIM, and the companion paper is accepted for ICMLC 2026.
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Backend · Systems · 2024
Relational Knowledge Graph for Question Answering on Relational Databases
Built a question-answering layer for relational databases. The system reads the database schema, builds a relational knowledge graph, and uses that structure to plan queries and trace how an answer was found.
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Backend · Architecture · 2024
Academic Management System
Built a university portal using separate backend services for scheduling, feedback, and user management. Each service had its own API contract, making it easier to update one part without touching the rest. The system was containerised with Docker.
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Experience
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AIML Engineer Intern
- Building a backend microservice that collects creator profiles from Instagram and Twitter, stores clean metadata, and adds AI-generated summaries and embeddings.
- Designed a two-stage async pipeline for discovery and enrichment, using BullMQ workers and MongoDB so creator records can be reprocessed without blocking new ingestion.
- Implementing platform-specific scrapers and content-analysis flows that support internal apps like DMS, SOLO, meme'd, and a future AI creator-search chatbot.
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AI Engineer Intern
- Built the backend for a voice AI app that connected speech-to-text, intent detection, and app actions across 60+ user flows.
- Worked on real-time calling and messaging with WebSockets and Agora SDK, adding retries and heartbeat checks so the app handled weak networks better.
- Built an MCP-based layer for connecting agents to services, with clear events and error handling across multiple backend services.
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AIML Engineer Intern
- Built a Python data pipeline for bot detection across 5 blockchain protocols, with separate preprocessing steps for each protocol.
- Added tracking for each transaction from ingestion to final label, making it easier to debug and audit the pipeline.
- Added validation checks and clearer logs so pipeline failures were easier to catch and fix.
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Teaching Assistant — Computational Data Science
- Helped students with data science and ML work, including cleaning data, building features, choosing models, and evaluating results.
- Reviewed student projects for data leakage, weak baselines, unclear metrics, and claims that were not supported by the results.
- Mentored teams on project structure, debugging, and algorithm implementation; also helped keep grading consistent across 250 submissions.
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Teaching Assistant
- Guided student teams building a blockchain-based learning platform, especially the link between smart contracts, the UI, and failure handling.
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Engineer Intern
- Built a Python ETL system that turned EPA documents with different formats into clean, structured outputs.
- Used ReAct and AutoGen for multi-step document processing, with checks and logs at each step to catch bad outputs early.
- Worked with different teams to update parts of the pipeline without breaking later steps.
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Summer Intern
- Built a chatbot using Ollama and LlamaIndex with a RAG pipeline, so answers could be grounded in retrieved documents.
- Compared different RAG pipeline setups to understand which worked better for different use cases.
Education
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B.Tech — Computer Science & Engineering (AI & ML)
PES University · Bengaluru
- DAC Scholarship recipient
- Head of Sponsorship, Aatmatrisha '25
- Head of Sponsorship, Chords '24
- Head of Social Media, AIKYA
From LinkedIn
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Contact
Open to collaborations, research discussions, and opportunities :)
bhoomikahegde85@gmail.comI aim to reply within two working days.