My Career Timeline

Education

University of Southern California

Aug 2023 - May 2025

Master of Science in Computer Science

Savitribai Phule Pune University, India

Aug 2019 - Jun 2023

Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Engineering with Honors in Data Science

Professional Experience

Software Engineer - Machine Learning (Co-op)

Sep 2024 – May 2025
Avalon Mfg. Inc. Los Angeles, CA

Engineering Intern

May 2024 – Aug 2024
Avalon Mfg. Inc. Los Angeles, CA

Machine Learning Intern

Sep 2021 – Feb 2022
Atomic Loops Pvt. Ltd. Pune, India

AI Research Intern

Sep 2021 – Jul 2023
Institute of Artificial Intelligence, MIT-WPU Pune, India

Publications

Solving Asset and Liability Management Problem Using Cohort Intelligence and Goal Programming

Gala, Ishan G. Optimization Methods for Product and System Design. Singapore: Springer Nature Singapore, 2023. 177-190.

A comprehensive review of classical and deep learning-based time series models

Gala, Ishan G., and Pranav Kulkarni. AI-Based Metaheuristics for Information Security and Digital Media: 85-93.

A comprehensive review of toxicity analysis using deep learning techniques

Kulkarni, Pranav, and Ishan G. Gala. AI-Based Metaheuristics for Information Security and Digital Media: 49-58.

Freight Cost Prediction Using Machine Learning Algorithms

Kulkarni, Pranav, Ishan Gala, and Aniket Nargundkar. Intelligent Systems and Applications: Select Proceedings of ICISA 2022. Singapore: Springer Nature Singapore, 2023. 507-515.

Achievements & Leadership

Microsoft Windows 7 Certification

At age 13, earned Microsoft Windows 7 certification, becoming the youngest certified professional at that time.

FIRST Robotics Competition Mentor

Mentored high school students through robotics programming, mechanical design, and project management at USC.

Lead Robotics Engineer

Led development of robot locomotion systems and created custom joystick for precise control in Robocon Team.

Founder & President, C.O.D.E Club

Established the Club of Developers and Engineers to create a technical community in our Computer Engineering department.

Technical Skills

Programming Languages

Python C++ JavaScript/TypeScript Java Shell Scripting

Machine Learning & LLMs

PyTorch HuggingFace Transformers LoRA RAG Sentence-BERT

Web & Backend Development

Flask Django Express.js WebRTC REST APIs

Cloud & DevOps

AWS GCP Azure Docker Kubernetes