Raj

Rajashekar Reddy Vedire

Applied scientist building production ML systems across cricket analytics, agricultural forecasting, healthcare cost prediction, and autonomous web agents.

MS Applied Data Science, IU Indianapolis (Aug 2026) · STEM OPT Eligible
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Education

MS, Applied Data Science (Sports Analytics)

Indiana University Indianapolis (Luddy School)
Jan 2025 – Aug 2026
Indianapolis, IN
  • Research Assistant, Sports Innovation Institute (SII)
  • ML, Applied Deep Learning, NLP, Statistical Computing, Data Mining, Big Data Analytics, Cloud Computing

B.Tech, Automotive Engineering

Vellore Institute of Technology
2012 – 2016
India
Technical Skills
Logistic RegressionIsotonic CalibrationBayesian InferenceMonte Carlo SimulationLightGBMXGBoostCatBoostRandom ForestSARIMAXHolt-WintersTabular Q-LearningInteger Linear ProgrammingSHAP ExplainabilityShrinkage EstimationMahalanobis Anomaly DetectionTF-IDF + SVMWalk-Forward CVLangGraphRAG (FAISS + Ollama)Vision-Language ModelsAnthropic APIPrompt EngineeringPythonTypeScriptSQLFastAPINext.jsStreamlitPlaywrightscikit-learnpandasNumPySciPystatsmodelsPyArrowPydantic v2SQLAlchemy 2.0AlembicPostgreSQLRedisDuckDBBigQueryDatabricksPySparkPalantir FoundryAWSAzureGCPDocker + CUDAGitHub ActionsVercelRailwayMLflowAPSchedulerPower BIPlotlyRechartsDeck.glChart.js
Experience

Applied Scientist Intern (Palantir Foundry)

May 2026 – Aug 2026
IU Labs, via IU Sports Innovation Institute
Indianapolis, IN
  • Built NCAA basketball analytics on Palantir Foundry: 4 code repositories, ~40 Python transforms, ~30 datasets across two independent pipeline graphs, spanning Ontology object types, Markings + lineage CI, Compute Modules (Docker/GPU), OSDK, and Workshop
  • Built a Transfer Portal Fit & Matchup Simulator: 9-layer pipeline over 2M+ ESPN player-game rows; entity-resolved 1,406 portal players at 89% and screened 909 targets against all 352 D1 teams
  • Integrated 6 external data feeds through Foundry REST/HTTPS sources; containerized Playwright compute module targeting an 18,000-game NCAA play-by-play backfill
  • Set up athlete-management-system pulls in two contrasting environments: a Foundry Data Connection pipeline and a governed secure research enclave; delivered end to end through AI code-assistant workflows (Claude Code), owning architecture, data contracts, and validation design

Research Assistant (Horizon League + DataSkrive)

Jan 2026 – May 2026
Sports Innovation Institute, Indiana University
Indianapolis, IN
  • Designed and shipped a production analytics platform for the Horizon League: Slack-triggered Azure Functions ETL, Azure SQL warehouse, PowerBI + Next.js dashboards behind Entra ID SSO; idempotent ~80-second event-driven ingestion with automated monthly integrity checks posting PASS/FAIL to Slack
  • Cut reporting infrastructure cost 75%: Managed Identity with zero stored credentials, serverless auto-pause SQL, and Static Web Apps in place of per-seat BI licensing; audited legacy data against primary sources and rebuilt the warehouse after finding systemic double-counting
  • Built a production anomaly-detection and AI triage platform for DataSkrive: Holt-Winters forecasting over three KPI series; cut false-positive flags 79% via MLflow sweeps against a strict client-reviewed rubric; analysis spans ~329M BigQuery rows and $857M in attributed revenue
  • Designed an agentic AI analyst turning each critical alert into one cited, confidence-gated recommendation; anti-hallucination guards force every numeric claim to trace to a tool result; local RAG service (LangGraph, Ollama, FAISS) serves both human Q&A and agent evidence retrieval
  • Developed PlayerData athlete benchmark: data pipeline for 281 collegiate athletes with percentile computation by cohort and rule-based conversational chatbot

Programmer Analyst, Client: Microsoft Research

Aug 2021 – May 2024
Cognizant Technology Solutions
Bangalore, India
  • Evaluated multiple time series prediction algorithms for anomaly detection, comparing feasibility and performance across Microsoft Research engagement metrics
  • Implemented a modified Holt-Winters algorithm with forward testing and back testing in Databricks for performance analysis
  • Achieved 45% reduction in false positives at user-level with no compromise in recall

Programmer Analyst, Client: Microsoft Advertising

Cognizant Technology Solutions
Bangalore, India
  • Performed data analysis across Microsoft Ads products using internal tools (Agora, Scope, PyScope) and SQL/Python
  • Designed business-specific Power BI dashboards saving 20-30% time in operational procedures
  • Integrated Power BI data pipelines with SQL and Python for comprehensive automation

Design Engineer

May 2017 – Mar 2019
Volvo Eicher Commercial Vehicles
Indore, India
  • Developed a driver eye-tracking system detecting drowsiness to industry standards, relaying critical exceptions to the Vehicle Control Unit with graduated alerts up to ABS-assisted stop
  • Frame design and development for 4X2 Tipper HD truck (BSVI range); complete vehicle integration for BSVI 8X4 RMC VE2188 products
Selected Projects

CoverDrive Cricket

Mar 2026 – Present
FastAPI, Next.js 16, PostgreSQL, Redis, scikit-learn, Anthropic API
Full-stack IPL analytics platform
  • 3-stage Bayesian win probability engine: logistic regression + isotonic calibration (Brier = 0.194), Bayesian log-odds update, NumPy-vectorized Monte Carlo (10K sims, p99 latency 47ms)
  • Context-adjusted metrics (SR+, Avg+, Eco+) with 4-factor decomposition from 2M+ delivery records
  • Shrinkage matchup model: Laplace-smoothed 5x2 prior matrix with 20% min prior weight
  • Stale-while-revalidate caching with Redis, 88 to 23 query N+1 batch optimization
  • SportMonks live scoring (30s polling), Claude narrative pipeline, Razorpay freemium monetization
  • Phase A cross-league lambda estimation: Beta priors across 6 T20 leagues

Agricultural Data Analysis (QuickStats)

Nov 2025 – Present
Next.js, FastAPI, LightGBM, SARIMAX, AWS
USDA analytics with commodity forecasting
  • Ensemble forecasting: SARIMAX + LightGBM quantile regression + Ridge meta-learner + isotonic calibration for p10/p50/p90 forecasts
  • 18-feature matrix from 4 data sources (CME futures, WASDE, DXY, ERS) with Pandera schema enforcement
  • Mahalanobis distance regime anomaly detection deferring to futures curve during regime shifts
  • SHAP TreeExplainer for per-forecast key driver identification
  • Walk-forward validation (2010-2024 split) with futures-baseline MAPE gate
  • Total infrastructure: $22/month (RDS $15, EC2 $6, S3/Athena <$1)

DataSkrive Cohort Analytics

Mar 2026 – Present
BigQuery, PySpark, statsmodels, LangGraph
Cohort audit for sports betting platform
  • Reverse-engineered GCP/BigQuery database: 30+ tables, 250+ columns, two coexisting cohort architectures
  • Behavioral segment 114x more predictive (AUC 0.885, 194M rows); 183x conversion spread across 19 scenarios
  • Holt-Winters anomaly detection: 7-day seasonal decomposition, validated CVR collapse (0.25 to 0.08) and $267K NBA halftime value destruction
  • Local RAG: LangGraph 6-node state machine, FAISS vector index, Ollama Qwen3 generation, SQLite persistence

Medicare Provider Cost Analysis

Mar 2026 – Present
scikit-learn, XGBoost, RAPIDS cuML, MLflow, Databricks
National-scale 103M-row ML pipeline
  • Medallion pipeline (Bronze/Silver/Gold) processing 103M rows of CMS data (2013-2023) with dual execution: Databricks + local pandas/PyArrow
  • Regional batch training: XGBoost booster continuation + Random Forest warm start with CUDA auto-detection on RTX 5070 Ti
  • R² = 0.884 (RF, test MAE $12.04) after removing data leakage from payment-derived features
  • HCC risk scores via NPI+year join; 10-feature set with clinical HCPCS bucketing

Peruse AI (Open Source)

Feb 2026
Python, Playwright, Ollama, LM Studio, Jina
Autonomous VLM web agent on PyPI
  • Local-first perceive-plan-act loop: dual-channel perception (DOM + visual) with VLM decision-making via Playwright
  • 5-strategy VLM response parsing fallback for malformed JSON from local models
  • Concurrent focus groups: multiple personas (UX designer, accessibility auditor, data analyst) with independent browser instances
  • Smart loop recovery: detects 7+ repeated actions, issues progressive nudges with element blocking

APEX (Algorithmic Trading System)

Mar 2026
Python, DuckDB, LightGBM, Alpaca, FRED, SEC EDGAR
Multi-signal ensemble for US equities
  • 8-layer pipeline: raw sources (Alpaca, FRED, SEC EDGAR, Finnhub) through signal engineering (47 features) to DuckDB feature store to execution
  • 5 production ingestors with BaseIngestor pattern, rate limiting, and INSERT OR REPLACE deduplication
  • 9 sequential circuit breaker risk gates: confidence, position, sector, correlation, drawdown, VIX, liquidity, streak
  • Half-Kelly position sizing with calibrated probability inputs; vectorbt backtesting engine

Ball View

Feb 2026
FastAPI, YOLOv8, OpenCV, Kalman Filter, EasyOCR, Docker/CUDA
Real-time cricket ball tracking
  • Real-time CV pipeline: browser capture at 30 FPS via WebSocket, YOLOv8n detection, Kalman Filter trajectory tracking (20-frame history)
  • OCR-to-match sync: EasyOCR reads scoreboard every 30 frames, fuzzy-matches against Cricsheet ball-by-ball JSON
  • Deployed on NVIDIA Docker (CUDA 12.4) with GPU passthrough on RTX 5070 Ti

Horizon League Budget Dashboard

Jan – Feb 2026
Next.js, Azure SQL, Entra ID, GitHub Actions
Budget benchmarking for 11 NCAA D1 universities
  • Replaced Power BI ($250/mo for 20 users) with Next.js on Azure Static Web Apps ($59/mo): 8 analytics pages with Recharts and TanStack React Table
  • Azure SQL star schema (11 dimensions, 7 facts) with Python ETL, Managed Identity for credential-free access, multi-tenant Entra ID auth for 11 institutional tenants

Open Export (Open Source)

Feb 2026
Python, Playwright, Click, Rich
ChatGPT conversation archival CLI tool
  • Published CLI tool to PyPI: Chrome DevTools Protocol connection, paginated API, tree-based message linearization, JSON + Markdown export with SHA-256 deduplication

PocketLedger

Mar 2026
FastAPI, Tesseract OCR, OpenCV, Ollama, SQLite
Local-first personal finance tracker
  • OCR-powered bank statement parser with auto-detecting bank routing (Chase, BofA, Discover), image preprocessing pipeline, and dual categorization engine (SQL pattern matching + Ollama LLM fallback)
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CoverDrive Cricket
Agricultural Data Analysis (QuickStats)
DataSkrive Cohort Analytics
Medicare Provider Cost Analysis
Peruse AI (Open Source)
APEX (Algorithmic Trading System)
Ball View
Horizon League Budget Dashboard
Open Export (Open Source)
PocketLedger
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