Background
Summary
7th-year Ph.D. candidate in Computer Science and Engineering at The Ohio State University, specializing in AI-integrated Cyberinfrastructure, with over 9 years of academic research experience and 4 years of professional software engineering experience. Graduate Research Assistant under Dr. Rajiv Ramnath on the NSF ICICLE AI Institute and EAGER: Bridging the Last Mile projects, designing and deploying AI-driven systems (HARP Framework, Smart Scheduler, ML Field Planner) to help researchers execute scientific workflows across the edge-to-center computing continuum. Current research explores integrating Large Language Models (LLMs) and agentic AI systems into cyberinfrastructure for autonomous workflow coordination. ICICLE NextGen Student Group Manager; advised and mentored over 20 graduate and undergraduate students and guided more than 200 undergraduates through teaching and summer capstone courses.
Education
- Ph.D. in Computer Science and Engineering, The Ohio State University, Aug 2019 – Present (GPA: 3.93/4.0)
- M.S. in Computer Science and Engineering, University of Minnesota Duluth, Aug 2016 – Jul 2018 (GPA: 3.95/4.0)
- B.Tech. in Computer Science and Engineering, VNRVJIET (JNTU-Hyderabad), Sept 2009 – May 2013 (GPA: 3.90/4.0)
Work Experience
- Aug 2019 – Present: Graduate Research Assistant
- The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
- Academic Advisor: Dr. Rajiv Ramnath
- June 2025 – Aug 2025: SGX3 Summer Fellow
- Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC), University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX
- Supervisor: Dr. Joe Stubbs
- June 2024 – Aug 2024: SGX3 Summer Fellow
- Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC), University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX
- Supervisor: Dr. Joe Stubbs
- June 2023 – Aug 2023: SGX3 Summer Fellow
- Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC), University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX
- Supervisor: Dr. Joe Stubbs
- May 2022 – July 2022: Teaching Research Fellow (Summer India)
- VNRVJIET, Hyderabad, Telangana, India
- June 2021 – Aug 2021: Research Intern
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory (remote), Columbus, OH
- Supervisor: Dr. Matthew Wolf
- Aug 2018 – July 2019: Web Application Developer
- Spherexx.com, Tulsa, OK
- Developed a full-stack voice bot application (C#, .NET MVC) with a Python ML classifier (NumPy, Pandas, Scikit-learn) for lease management lead generation and appointment booking.
- May 2017 – July 2017: IT Intern
- CHART Industries, Tulsa, OK
- Resolved bugs in ASP.NET in-house application CACHE; improved server-side performance and workflow automation.
- June 2013 – July 2016: Software Engineer (Associate until June 2015)
- CA Technologies, Hyderabad, Telangana, India — Product: CA XCOM Gateway GA 2.0
- Developed shippable deployments in Java/InstallAnywhere; implemented automated test suites with Selenium and TestNG; ensured cross-platform compatibility (Oracle, DB2, MySQL; Windows, UNIX, AIX); full Agile–Scrum lifecycle.
- Aug 2016 – May 2018: Graduate Teaching Assistant
- Computer Science and Engineering, University of Minnesota Duluth
- Autumn 2019: Graduate Teaching Assistant
- Computer Science and Engineering, The Ohio State University
Teaching
As a Graduate Teaching Assistant, assisted in the following courses:
- Programming: C++, Java
- Computing Ethics
- Natural Language Processing
- Web Technologies: HTML, CSS, JavaScript
During the undergraduate senior year, taught Android Programming to junior undergraduates. Guided more than 200 undergraduates through summer capstone courses.
Software Proficiency
- Programming / Testing: C, C++, C#, Core Java, J2EE, Python, Perl, Shell, Batch, TestNG, Selenium
- Web Development: HTML5, CSS, JavaScript, ASP.NET, ReactJS, VueJS, Node.js, REST APIs, Docker/Singularity, Kafka
- Servers and Frameworks: Tomcat, JBOSS, TAPIS API Framework, Flask, FastAPI, Selenium WebDriver
- Operating Systems: Windows Server, UNIX, AIX, Linux (Ubuntu/CentOS)
- Profilers and HPC Tools: NVIDIA-SMI, Nsight Systems, SLURM, TensorBoard, TAU
- Databases: MySQL, Oracle 11g/12c, DB2 LUW, DB2 z/OS, MS-SQL, MongoDB, PostgreSQL
- AI / ML Frameworks: TensorFlow, PyTorch, Keras, Horovod (Distributed Training), Hugging Face Transformers, Scikit-learn, Pandas, NumPy, OpenCV, NetworkX
- Application Lifecycle Management: Agile Scrum, Scrumban, Waterfall, CI/CD (GitHub Actions, Jenkins), MLOps (MLflow, Weights & Biases)
Awards, Certifications and Service
- ICICLE NextGen Student Group Manager (June 2023 – present): Collaborated with 280+ students from various universities; led K–12 AI literacy outreach as part of the HACK/IO series.
- Academic Awards:
- Computer Science and Engineering (The OSU) Best Graduate Student Research Award, 2026
- PEARC25 Best Paper: Systems & Applications Software Track and Phil Andrews Award for Best Paper Overall
- PEARC23 Best Paper: Systems & Systems Software Track (Overall & Student Categories) and Phil Andrews Award for Best Paper Overall
- Honorable Mention for Best Research, OSU College of Engineering, 2024
- Honorable Mention for Best Research, CSE Annual Research Poster Exhibit
- Undergraduate Third-Best Academic Project (CSE)
- Professional Awards: Above & Beyond, September 2014 and March 2016 @ CA Technologies (Broadcom)
- Travel Awards:
- PEARC 2024 & 2025 Student Volunteer Travel Awards
- Science Gateways 2023, 2024 & 2025 Travel Grants
- Supercomputing (SC) 2025 SCinet Travel Grant
- International HPC Summer School (IHPCSS) Grant, Lisbon, Portugal
- SAIL Graduate Student Researcher Keynote Speaker and GSR Travel Grant, 2025
- Invited Talks: Summit of AI Institute Leadership (SAIL) Graduate Student Researcher Keynote Speaker
- Scholarships: Fully Funded Master’s Program, University of Minnesota (full tuition and stipend for both M.S. years)
- Soft Skill Certifications: Leaders at All Levels @ CA Technologies; JAWS