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SHAUNAK
KHEDEKAR

MS CS · UIC4.0 GPAPublished Researcher

CRAFT

Building at the intersection of machine learning, data science, and full-stack engineering, with published research and an applied AI internship behind the work.

PythonMachine LearningSQLReact

DISCIPLINE

I work as a Fitness Attendant at UIC Recreation & Wellbeing alongside my coursework and research — the same consistency that shows up on the floor shows up in how I approach a problem set or a paper deadline.

“Learn deeply. Build practically.”

Location

Chicago, IL

41.8781°N, 87.6298°W

PORTFOLIO

Featured projects

Technical Skills

Languages & Data

Python
SQL
R
JavaScript
PHP

Web & Mobile

React / Next.js
Node.js / Express
Flutter
Laravel

ML & AI

TensorFlow
PyTorch
Scikit-learn
SHAP / LIME

Cloud & Tools

AWS (EC2, S3)
Firebase
Git
Docker

WHAT I OFFER

Services

SCHEDULE

Availability

Any questions about a project?

Feel free to reach out — book a 30 min call.

September 2026

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ACADEMICS

Education

MS in Computer Science

University of Illinois Chicago · 2025 - Present

Focused on machine learning, data science, and applied AI systems. Maintaining a 4.0 / 4.0 cumulative GPA.

RESEARCH & RECOGNITION

Achievements

Peer-Reviewed Publication

MethodsX (Elsevier) · PubMed · 2025

"AI-powered automated hydroponic system for smart agriculture" — published research on real-time monitoring and CNN-based disease detection for hydroponics.

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Patent Co-Inventor

Indian Patent Application No. 202521016124 A

AI-powered sleep analysis application. Filed February 2025, published March 2025.

4.0 / 4.0 Graduate GPA

MS Computer Science, University of Illinois Chicago

Maintaining a perfect cumulative GPA while researching and building applied ML systems.

XAI Research Adopted by 10+ Researchers

Independent Project · 2024

A SHAP vs. LIME model-interpretation pipeline for biomedical datasets, now used by other researchers in the field.

Professional Experience

Applied AI Intern

Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC), Pune, India • Jul 2024 - Dec 2024

  • Engineered an AI-driven judicial case management system using LLMs and speech recognition, cutting document review time by 40%
  • Built a document-to-AI assistant pipeline (PDFs, CSVs, images) with context-aware Q&A, hitting 95% query accuracy across 1,000+ test cases
  • Implemented a secure authentication service, reducing login failures by 30%
  • Processed 40,000+ multilingual audio clips through a streamlined audio-to-text pipeline, speeding up model evaluation by 25%

Graduate Hourly - Course Builder

UIC College of Business Online Programs • May 2026 - Present

  • Develop and maintain digital course content on Canvas LMS, handling content architecture, metadata, and platform configuration
  • Remediate course materials for WCAG 2.1 AA / Section 508 accessibility compliance
  • Collaborate with faculty and instructional designers to migrate and optimize content across Panopto and Echo360

Fitness Attendant

UIC Recreation & Wellbeing • 2026 - Present

  • Support day-to-day facility operations and assist members with equipment and programs

Senior Manager

AIESEC • Feb 2024 - Jul 2024

  • Led a team within AIESEC’s global youth leadership network, coordinating cross-functional initiatives

Founder

Neptune Tec • 2023 - Present

  • Run a freelance tech company delivering web, data, and automation projects for clients

Let's Work Together

Actively looking for on-campus graduate hourly roles and internships, and open to freelance ML/data/web work through Neptune Tec. Let's talk.

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shaunak.a.khedekar@gmail.com

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