Dhanashree Balaram
Artificial Intelligence Engineer, Lead at Volkswagen Group of America Innovation and Engineering Center California (IECC)
San Francisco Bay Area United States
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Top SchoolDhanashree Balaram is an AI Engineer Lead based in the San Francisco Bay Area, specializing in building state-of-the-art AI systems from research to pre-development with a focus on computer vision. With 8 years of industry experience, she currently leads AI research initiatives at Volkswagen Group of America IECC, driving perception and machine learning solutions for automotive applications. Her career spans senior ML and deep learning roles at ZEFR, Lily AI, and Adobe, where she contributed to scalable computer vision and ML research in product-driven environments. She holds an MS in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University, complementing a solid foundation from PES University and earlier CS studies in Bangalore. She bridges academia and industry, advising UC Irvine students on AI projects and volunteering as a data scientist, reflecting her commitment to nurturing the next generation of AI practitioners. An active machine learning researcher and CV specialist, she uniquely combines hands-on model development with a strategic eye for deployment in real-world systems.
8 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering, Bachelor's degree, Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering at PES UniversityComputer Science, Computer Science at National Public School BangaloreMaster of Science (MS), Electrical and Computer Engineering, Master of Science (MS), Electrical and Computer Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University
English, Marathi, Hindi, Kannada
Github Skills (9)
genome3
bioinformatics2
api2
python2
convolution1
keras1
deep-learning1
tensorflow1
neural-networks1
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
dbalaram/dbalaram.github.io
Oct 2023 - Nov 2024
Contributions:2 PRs, 7 pushes, 2 branches in 1 year 1 month
dbalaram/Deep-Learning
Feb 2018 - Jun 2019
Contributions:7 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 5 months
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