Swapnita Sahu

Looking for a fall 2025 internship

Machine Learning Intern July 2025 – Present

US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) College Park, Maryland

• Designed a dual-branch neural network combining spectral features and crop embeddings for LAI regression
• Integrated batch normalization , leaky ReLU, and dropout across deep layers for stable training and regularization
• Trained the model using stratified 5-fold cross-validation and weighted sampling, achieving an R² of 0.839

Associate Data Engineer Sept 2023 – June 2024

Moody’s Investors Service Karnataka, India

• Completed 70+ JIRA tickets assigned till date with hands on experience in SQL, PySpark, AWS Glue, S3, and Athena
• Developed and enhanced 15+ data ingestion pipelines for ETL process ensuring seamless integration across systems
• Unified financial data from 5 distinct databases creating cohesive datasets slashing data retrieval times by 30%
• Collaborated with 25 data architects on Regulatory Reporting Redesign ensuring alignment with global requirements

Software Developer Intern May 2022 – July 2022

JustDial Limited Karnataka, India

• Built a standalone web application using Reactjs in frontend and Node.js, Express.js and MongoDB in the backend

University Of Maryland (UMD) College Park Aug 2024 - May 2026

Master of Science in Data Science (GPA: 3.90 / 4.00) Maryland, USA

• Relevant Coursework: Principles of Data Science, Data Representation and Modeling, Big Data Systems, Algorithms for Data Science, Principles of Machine Learning, Probability and Statistics

Indian Institute Of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur Aug 2019 - May 2023

Bachelor of Technology in Electronics and Comm. Engg. (GPA: 4.00 / 4.00) West Bengal, India

• Relevant Coursework: Programming & Data Structures, Tech Entrepreneurship, Linear Algebra, Matrix Algebra