Gracy Patel
MS Computer Science w/ AI Specialization at USC
I'm drawn to machine learning and AI, and I like working close to the core — the optimization and fundamentals underneath the models, not just the tools built on top. I enjoy building things from scratch, and I like to understand the internals of models and algorithms.
Los Angeles, CA
Student, MS Computer Science @ USC (specializing in AI/ML)
ML Engineering, FDE, and Applied AI/Research roles
Python ML/AI Systems · Python · NLP · RL · LLMs · PyTorch · TensorFlow · SQL · C++ · JavaScript
Experience
1Rivet · Machine Learning Intern
Jan 2023 – Jul 2023Implemented Emplox (Employee Performance Prediction) using various ML algorithms, resulting in more accurate employee performance predictions.
Applied SVM, Naive Bayes, Random Forest, Linear Regression, and Neural Networks, with data preprocessing, feature engineering, and hyperparameter tuning to improve prediction accuracy by 15–20% across projects.
Collaborated with mentors to select, integrate, and deploy validated models into web applications built with Django and Flask, monitoring performance and maintaining documentation.
Mini project: MedX (Hospital/Clinic Management System)
ISRO(SAC) - Indian Space Research Organization | Space Applications Centre · Research Assistant — Remote
Dec 2022 – Jul 2023Led development of a web-based platform analyzing water body health using historical data analysis to assess water quality metrics.
Leveraged Google Earth Engine to process and visualize environmental datasets for water body health assessments.
Implemented data visualization tools to monitor water quality parameters, enabling evidence-based environmental decision-making.
Avea Media Pvt Ltd · Freelance Software Developer
Jun 2021 – Jul 2021Developed a creative and interactive dashboard for the company's data-visualization project using React.js, Chart.js, and Material UI.
Worked with the Data Analytics team to understand and analyze data, transforming insights into meaningful visual representations.
Education
University of Southern California | USC - Viterbi School of Engineering
2026 – PresentMS Computer Science, specialization in AI
Coursework: Large Scale Optimization & ML, Applied NLP, Analysis of Algorithms, Foundations of AI
Charusat University | Devang Patel Institute of Advance Technology and Research (DEPSTAR)
GraduatedB.Tech, Computer Science and Engineering
Active member of Computer Society of India (CSI), led the DEPSTAR Coding Club aswell as a hackathon project team. Assisted university professors in organizing conferences and expert talks by supporting planning, coordination, and event execution. Coursework: Data Structures & Algorithms, Operating Systems, Database Management Systems, Computer Networks, Software Engineering, Compiler Design, Artificial Intelligence
Saraswati International School, Valsad, Gujarat, India
GraduatedHigher Secondary School Certificate (HSC), Science Stream
Coursework: Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, Computer Science
Projects
- MedXHospital/Clinic Management System
- EmploxEmployee performance prediction using Random Forest (~85% accuracy)
WbNews
Built a Python ML system using NLP to classify news articles by genre (politics, sports, entertainment, business) and detect fake news in text-based data.
Applied data preprocessing, TF-IDF, and Word2Vec feature extraction; evaluated and optimized models with GridSearchCV.
Used Support Vector Machine for multi-class genre classification and binary fake news detection, reaching 86% accuracy.
Fetches and bifurcates news articles via web scraping and displays them on the web.
Skills
Get in touch
Reach out at gracy.patel@usc.edu