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About Me

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I'm Sushil Dalavi, a CS grad student at USC and AI Research Engineer at the USC Norman Lear Center.

My interests sit at the intersection of software engineering, AI/ML, and data systems β€” building backend-heavy products, intelligent applications, semantic search systems, and scalable pipelines.


πŸ’Ό Open to SDE / SWE / AIΒ·ML Engineer / Applied AI roles
πŸ—οΈ Backend systems, APIs, ML-powered products
🧠 AI/ML, search, data pipelines, evaluation
πŸ“š Building ScholarRAG and MedSOAP
🌍 Motivated by real-world product impact
⚽ Big football fan β€” proud Real Madrid supporter
πŸ₯ Huge anime geek


πŸŽ“ Education


USC

University of Southern California
MS in Computer Science
πŸ“ Los Angeles, CA Β |Β  πŸ“… 2023 – 2025




University of Mumbai

University of Mumbai
BE in Computer Engineering
πŸ“ Mumbai, India Β |Β  πŸ“… 2019 – 2023




πŸ’Ό Work Experience


USC Norman Lear Center

USC Norman Lear Center
AI Research Engineer / Research Assistant
πŸ“ Los Angeles, CA Β |Β  πŸ“… 2024 – Present




Reliance Jio

Reliance Jio
Software Development Engineer Intern
πŸ“ Mumbai, India Β |Β  πŸ“… 2022




πŸ› οΈ Tech Stack

Languages

Python Β  C++ Β  C Β  JavaScript Β  TypeScript

Frameworks & Backend

Databases & Infrastructure

AI / ML / Data

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Cloud & Dev Tools


πŸš€ Featured Projects

πŸ“˜ ScholarRAG

A full-stack research assistant for paper discovery, semantic retrieval, synthesis, and grounded answers.

Highlights

  • Hybrid search with dense + sparse reranking
  • Citation-grounded LLM generation
  • PDF ingestion and research workflows
  • Integrated backend + frontend + retrieval pipeline

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πŸ₯ MedSOAP

AI-powered system for transforming doctor-patient conversations into structured SOAP notes.

Highlights

  • Clinical documentation automation
  • Medical conversation understanding
  • LLM fine-tuning and evaluation pipeline
  • Healthcare-focused AI product design

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πŸ“Š GitHub Analytics

GitHub Stats Β Β  Top Languages

GitHub Streak

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πŸ† Trophies

GitHub Trophies


πŸ’¬ Quote I Live By




β€” Aristotle


🎯 Beyond the Code

🎬Love webseries and serious binge watching 🏊Swimming keeps me grounded
πŸ“Enjoy table tennis ⚽Lifelong football fan
πŸ₯Huge anime geek 🎧Music always around

⚽ Hala Madrid

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A proud Real Madrid supporter β€” I love the mentality, the standards, the legacy, and the winning culture.


🎧 Spotify


πŸ” What I'm Looking For

I'm especially interested in opportunities where strong software engineering meets AI/ML, backend systems, and data-driven product building.


🀝 Let's Connect

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    EmoSentry innovates hate speech detection using BiLSTM with GloVe embeddings. Analyzing 42,000 tweets, our model excels in identifying abusive language, including text and emojis. With a feedback m…

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    AI research assistant for paper discovery, uploaded document Q&A, grounded answers, evidence inspection, and confidence scoring.

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