Hi! I'm Stuti Kafle

Full Stack Developer | Machine Learning Engineer | Electronics Engineer

I am a machine learning Engineer and my background as an electronics engineer, combined with a master’s degree in computer science, allows me to bridge hardware and software.

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Hackathons

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Winner of Women in AI RAG Hackathon at Stanford University (Jan 2025)

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The team
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LeRobot Hackathon (Organized by Hugging Face LeRobot Team)

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The team

Work Experience

Co-Founder

Cheforge

Dec 2024 - Present

Co-Founder

  • Integrated a real-time API with WebRTC to create an interactive voice assistant for the robot.
  • Revamped company’s website using typescript to increase engagement and customer flow.
  • Developed expressive animated eyes on the robot screen featuring dynamic expressions to differentiate user & AI responses.
  • Designed and implemented an interface for real-time labeling of RGB and thermal images to train the ML model dataset.
  • Researched machine learning algorithms to develop classifier models for food recipes on the cooking robot.
Product Management Associate Intern

S&P Global

Jun 2024 - Aug 2024

Product Management Associate Intern

  • Created Upstream Emission dashboard in Spotfire, utilizing SQL for analysis and visualization to present to clients.
  • Performed SQL queries in Snowflake to extract data on gasses emitted during the oil extraction process.
  • Trained machine learning model using the XGBoost algorithm to select attributes for effectively predicting the optimal position of drilling wells for high production.
  • Collaborated with the research team to cross-check data obtained from various wells.
  • Participated in daily sprints (Agile methodology) with Python developers in Poland to engage in daily updates on user stories.
Virtual Reality Research Assistant

University of Houston

Aug 2023 - May 2024

Virtual Reality Research Assistant

  • Developed an immersive Metaverse application for Meta Quest 2 & 3 (Oculus).
  • Integrated LiDAR point clouds into mesh environments in Unity, developing interactive features, such as distance calculations, multiplayer support, voice chat, and intuitive UIs for construction engineers and workers.
Artificial Intelligence Trainer

Daraz (Alibaba Group)

Jul 2022 - Sept 2022

Artificial Intelligence Trainer

  • Enhanced chatbot resolution rate by 5% through data analysis using SQL, Excel, and Pandas.
  • Annotated FAQs to improve the chatbot's knowledge base, collaborating with Alibaba's Artificial Intelligence team.
  • Launched a trial for a 'smart live agent' feature, influencing strategies in regional markets.
  • Refined user experiences and improved the chatbot's user interface for better usability and met the KPI every time.
Software Engineer Intern

Leapfrog Technology Inc

May 2022 - June 2022

Software Engineer Intern

  • Prepared responsive design of various web pages from Figma using HTML, CSS, and Javascript.
  • Algorithm implementation for game development using javascript, HTML, CSS, Node.js and Express.

Skills

Programming Languages

Python
R
C#
JavaScript

Full-Stack Development

HTML
CSS
React
Next.js
Node.js
mongoDb
express

Machine Learning / AI

PyTorch
TensorFlow
Jupyter Notebook

Computer Vision

Generative AI

Reinforcement Learning

Retrieval-Augmented Generation

Cloud Computing (AWS)

EC2
S3
SageMaker
Lambda
ECS
ECR

Data Analytics/Visualization

SQL
Snowflake
Tableau
Spotfire
Pandas
Matplotlib
Skilit-Learn

Others

Agile

Canva

Trello

Microsoft Office

Projects

Reinforcement Learning with Human Feedback for fine tuning Large Language Model (LLM) (2024)

  • Fine-tuned OpenAI GPT-2 using Reinforcement Learning from Human Feedback (RLHF) with algorithms: Proximal Policy Optimization, Actor to critic, and Trust Region Policy Optimization, optimizing sentiment alignment on the IMDB dataset. Trained supervised reward model to give scores.
  • Comparative analysis of the algorithms using training efficiency, computational complexity, and reward model scores.
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AWS cloud based Movie Recommendation System (2024)

  • Developed a real-time movie recommendation system leveraging AWS cloud services, SageMaker for machine learning, used K-nearest Neighbor algorithm and ECS (Fargate and EC2) for containerized microservices deployment.
  • Designed a user-friendly frontend with Next.js, integrated with secure authentication via Amazon Cognito, and implemented CI/CD pipelines using Docker and GitHub Actions.
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Foodie Chatbot(2024)

  • Created an AI chatbot using OpenAI's Assistant API that acts as a guide for choosing restaurants in Houston.
  • Used PyQt to create a GUI for the chatbot.
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Energy Prediction Modeling: Enhancing AdaBoost Regressor with GA-PSO Hybrid Optimization (2023)

ROS-Based Geofencing and Path Planning Optimization for UAVs (2021)

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UAV Team

Elephant Intrusion Detection and Alerting (2020)

  • The isolation Forest algorithm for detecting the anomaly frequency of Elephants, IMU sensors, low pass filters, and energy thresholding to perform detection was used along with the STM32 microcontroller.
  • My role: Research anomaly detection algorithm, implement it on our dataset, and provide the best algorithm. According to the dataset, Random Forest algorithm and Isolation Forest Algorithm performed best. However, the Isolation Forest Algorithm was chosen for its better F1 score, less variance of data, and less expensive in terms of time complexity.
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Education

  • Masters in Computer Science

    University of Houston

    Masters in Computer Science

    Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Data Mining, Digital Image Processing, Cloud Computing, Visualization, Statistical Methods in Research, Advanced Numerical Analysis, Cybersecurity

  • Bachelors in Electronics and Communication Engineering

    Tribhuvan University: IOE Pulchowk Campus

    Bachelors in Electronics and Communication Engineering

    Object Oriented Programming, Engineering Mathematics (Linear Algebra, Calculus I & II), Discrete Structure, Probability and Statistics, Artificial Intelligence, Data Mining, Digital Signal Processing, Signal Analysis, Database Management Systems, Electronic Devices and Circuits, Embedded Systems, Microprocessor, Computer Network