Sushma Vem

Graduate Research Assistant (AI/ML) | MS in Computer Science | Ex-Kyndryl & IBM

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👩🏽‍💻 About Me

Graduate Computer Science student and NSF Graduate Research Assistant at Auburn University at Montgomery (AUM). With over 2 years of professional software engineering and system administration experience at Kyndryl and IBM, I specialize in building machine learning architectures (Transformers, RAG, CNNs) and scalable data solutions. My work spans low-spectral imaging research, environmental AI modeling, and enterprise data solutions.

⚙️ Technical Skills

🔬 Research

Physics-Informed & AI-Based Estimation from Low-Spectral Cameras

Conducting graduate research exploring physics-informed machine learning techniques to estimate parameters from low-spectral-resolution imaging data.

Python PyTorch Physics-Informed Neural Nets

Collaborative Environmental AI Modeling

Collaborating on cross-disciplinary AI modeling utilizing Ozone datasets to analyze environmental patterns and predictive metrics.

Machine Learning Data Pipelines Pandas

💼 Experience

Graduate Research Assistant (NSF-GRA) — AUM

May 2026 – Present

Conducting AI research on physics-informed neural network architectures and multi-disciplinary environmental datasets.

Machine Learning Intern — Saife Technologies

Oct 2025 – Feb 2026

Engineered Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) pipelines and optimized domain-specific document search and context retrieval.

System Administrator / Associate Developer — Kyndryl Solutions

Jun 2023 – Jul 2024

Maintained Linux/Unix infrastructure supporting enterprise U.S. clients including American Airlines and Walgreens. Automated operational workflows using Python and Bash scripts.

System Administrator Trainee — IBM

Jan 2023 – Jun 2023

Completed intensive system administration training and supported enterprise Linux infrastructure environments.

🚀 Featured Projects

RAG Document Search Engine

Engineered context retrieval system using Vector Databases and LLM orchestration for automated technical documentation queries.

Python RAG PyTorch

Lung Cancer Detection System

Undergraduate capstone project using deep convolutional neural networks (CNNs) to classify and detect lung cancer patterns from medical imaging data.

Deep Learning CNN Python

📜 Certifications & Continuous Learning

Holds certifications in Salesforce and Linux Administration. Continuously expanding expertise in PySpark optimization, RAG pipelines, and cloud data architecture.

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