Anirudh Mani

Machine Learning Engineer Intern
At Rockfish, I lead initiatives to streamline ML onboarding by benchmarking workflows, ranging from manual setups to automated pipelines with hyperparameter sweeps, data validation, and model recommendations, that are tailored to diverse use cases. I built automated dataset classifiers (tabular vs. time series) that dynamically inform the ingestion engine for optimal model selection. For training, I implemented sample-based hyperparameter tuning for GANs and Transformers, significantly reducing compute costs while maintaining performance. I also optimized epoch scheduling to improve rare category representation in synthetic data. To ensure data fidelity, I developed robust evaluation metrics and improved Rockfish’s synthetic data quality by 12% over top competitors like Gretel and Mostly AI.
Data Engineer Intern
Bluebonnet Data is a political data consulting organization that assembles data collection teams to support progressive initiatives. As a Data Engineer at Bluebonnet, I was embedded with political data campaigns in Arizona’s District 9 and Jeff Ettinger's Congressional campaign in Minnesota. Using well-constructed SQL queries, I retrieved demographic data trends from DNC's BigQuery Warehouse and created voter distribution heat maps, which improved targeted outreach by around 30% (vs. 2020 campaign). The following blog details my work and impact in Arizona's local elections: Data-Driven Doorknocking for Constituent-Centered Outreach Strategy
Software Engineer Intern
In collaboration with charities such as Hope Services and Smile Train, I helped develop Unity-based 3D VR assistive games to provide emotional support for 35 teens with conditions such as cleft lip/palate and development disability disorders.
Software Engineer Intern
I led a team tasked with redesigning NSTEM's website and managing day-to-day website operations. My team's responsibility included periodic monitoring of the website and rapid troubleshooting of issues ranging from broken links, long page load times and content discovery challenges for paying members. During this internship, I acquired significant hands-on experience in designing more intuitive, richer UI/UX and in running a functional website with tens of daily visitors. I was awarded “The President’s Volunteer Service Award (Silver)” for volunteering at NSTEM.