About

Experienced IT Consultant specializing in Machine Learning, DevOps, and CAE/FEA Simulation. Currently working at EVIDEN building data-driven forecasting and anamoly-detection models, experimenting with LLMs, managing cloud HPC environments and performing big data-analytics with Splunk/Elasticsearch/Opensearch. Strong background in computational mechanics and data-driven engineering solutions.

Key Skills

Core Competencies

AI/Data Analytics IT Consulting Cloud Computing CAE/FEA Simulation

Programming & ML

Python MATLAB BASH PyTorch

Work Experience

IT Consultant - AI and Cloud Computing

Jun 2023 - Present

EVIDEN - An Atos Business

  • RAG: Building Retrieval Augmented Generation (PDF Chatbot) systems - Based on open-source LLMs such as Llama and Mistral AI
  • DevOps: Provisioning and management of Cloud HPC Environments - IaC - Terraform, Ansible, AWS/Azure
  • Analytics, Observability and Alerting: Big-data analytics with Elasticsearch/Kibana, Prometheus/Grafana, Opensearch and Splunk in complex environments
  • Time Series Forecasting: Development of Time Series Forecasting models for CAE license usage prognosis
  • Training: Preparing and regularly conducting internal training sessions on the topic of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Master Thesis - Machine Learning/Data Analytics - Brakes Development

Nov 2022 - May 2023

EDAG Engineering GmbH

  • Data-driven thermal and hydraulic dimensioning of Disk Brakes with classical Machine Learning models like Random Forests and Gradient Boosting
  • Feature Engineering / Exploratory Data Analysis (EDA)
  • Predicting rough brake dimensions during the early development phase
  • Accelerated the System-development phase by about 85% compared to a conventional approach

Intern/Working Student - CAE and Vehicle Safety

Nov 2021 - Oct 2022

EDAG Engineering GmbH

  • FE-Explicit Dynamic modelling of Body-in-white parts for Crash Simulations (Solver: LS-DYNA | Preprocessor: ANSA)
  • Head-impact analysis of Bicycle helmets according to norms EN 1078 and EN 960
  • Automation of frequently used ANSA routines with ANSA Python API

Student Assistant - Reinforcement Learning

Oct 2021 - Apr 2022

Institute für Konstruktionstechnik und Techniches Design, Uni Stuttgart

  • Complete development of a Q-Learning model (Reinforcement Learning) to adjust the contour to Homogenize the pressure in a press-fit between a Shaft and a Hub joint according to DIN 7190
  • Iterative optimization (based on Material properties) to achieve the same
  • Creation of a dataset with optimal contours and prediction of contours for certain parameters with deep neural networks

Education

Master of Science - Computational Mechanics of Materials and Structures

Oct 2020 - May 2023

University of Stuttgart

Grade: 1.9 • Stuttgart, Germany

Bachelor of Engineering - Mechanical Engineering

Jul 2016 - Sep 2020

Anna University

Grade: 1.7 • Chennai, India

Languages

English
Fluent
German
Proficient (B2)

Tools & Technologies

Programming

Python
MATLAB
BASH

ML & Data

PyTorch
Scikit-learn
TensorFlow/Keras
Pandas
NumPy
SQL

Search & Analytics

Elasticsearch
Opensearch
Splunk

Gen AI

LLMs - RAG
Finetuning
LLM Agents

Cloud & DevOps

AWS
Azure
Terraform
Ansible

CAE

ANSA
LS-DYNA
LS-prepost
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