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Kriti Anandan

@kritianandan

Machine Learning Research Engineer at Skit.ai

Bangalore, India

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Skit.aiThe University of Edinburgh

Kriti Anandan is an experienced Machine Learning Research Engineer with expertise in developing advanced AI solutions, particularly in conversational AI and natural language processing. She has a strong background in building LLM-backed voicebots, implementing complex prioritization models, and optimizing speech recognition systems (VAD, Language ID). Her technical skills include Python, PyTorch, and AWS, demonstrated through research roles in speech emotion recognition and machine translation.

Experience

Machine Learning Research Engineer

Skit.ai

Full-timeJan 2024 - PresentBangalore, India

Research Intern (Master’s Thesis)

Speech Graphics

InternshipMay 2023 - Aug 2023Edinburgh, UK

Investigated the effectiveness of label correction methods in improving the accuracy and interpretability of speech emotion recognition models.

Machine Learning Research Engineer

Skit.ai

Full-timeAug 2020 - Jun 2022Bangalore, India

Designed and built Skit’s first configurable LLM-backed voicebot for collections. Prototyped a prioritization model for debt collections. Conducted major experiments for the paper “Improving Spoken Language Identification with Map-Mix” (ICASSP’23). Developed processes to reduce label noise and built a prototype barge-in module for user interruptions. Increased intent F1 scores by 28% by adding a rejector model. Researched and deployed VAD models, achieving significant WER decreases for Tamil, Hindi, and English.

NLP Research Intern

LTRC, IIIT-Hyderabad

InternshipJan 2020 - May 2020Hyderabad, India

Developed algorithms to extract language patterns from NPTEL math video lectures for training data. Implemented CRF++ and deep learning models to detect mathematical expressions in NPTEL video transcripts, achieving a 71% F1 score.

Software Engineering Intern

Stride.ai

InternshipMay 2019 - Jul 2019Bangalore, India

Built a text classification model for Arabic documents with an F1 of 80%. Created a model to detect underlined words using OpenCV. Developed modules to extract data points from unstructured text documents.

Education

The University of Edinburgh

MSc

Artificial Intelligence

Sep 2022 - Sep 2023Grade: A (Distinction)

Manipal Institute Of Technology

B.Tech

Computer Science Engineering

Aug 2016 - Aug 2020Grade: 9.2/10

Skills

Python
PyTorch
Hugging Face
Weights & Biases
AWS
Docker
NLTK
LLM
Voicebot Development
VAD (Voice Activity Detection)
Speech Emotion Recognition
Machine Translation
Text Classification
OpenCV
Tensorflow
CRF++