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Sowmya Balagala

Research Assistant

Chicago, IL, USA
62
Profile Score

Skills & Expertise (8)

Python Advanced
8.0/10
4
Years Exp
7
Proficiency
7
Experience
10
Recency
8
Demand
MATLAB Advanced
7.6/10
4
Years Exp
7
Proficiency
7
Experience
10
Recency
6
Demand
C++ Intermediate
6.6/10
3
Years Exp
5
Proficiency
6
Experience
10
Recency
6
Demand
Java Intermediate
6.6/10
3
Years Exp
5
Proficiency
6
Experience
10
Recency
6
Demand
MySql Intermediate
6.6/10
3
Years Exp
5
Proficiency
6
Experience
10
Recency
6
Demand
NoSQL Intermediate
6.6/10
3
Years Exp
5
Proficiency
6
Experience
10
Recency
6
Demand
Docker Intermediate
6.6/10
3
Years Exp
5
Proficiency
6
Experience
10
Recency
8
Demand
AWS Intermediate
6.6/10
3
Years Exp
5
Proficiency
6
Experience
10
Recency
9
Demand

Work Experience

Research Assistant

University of Illinois

09-2024 - Present

Trained DCT-based neural network on satellite wildfire data to predict wildfire spread. Built and tested an encoder-decoder model to compare performance with the DCT-based network. Preprocessed multi-source remote sensing data using Google Earth Engine to improve model accuracy.

Research Assistant

University of Illinois

04-2023 - 04-2024

Developed a K-means based segmentation pipeline to segment wisdom teeth from dental X-ray images. Applied bounding boxes on segmented outputs to automatically identify and localize individual teeth.

Systems Engineer

Infosys Limited

01-2021 - 12-2022

Implemented Single Sign-On (SSO) for Hewlett Packard Enterprise to enhance secure user access. Deployed OAuth, OpenID, and Agentless authentication for browser-based applications. Managed LDAP and SAML-based user directories to ensure reliability and scalability. Optimized Apache/IIS Web servers, resolved performance issues, managed SSL certificates, and configured virtual hosts.

Education

BE

2016 - 2020 · India

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Profile Score Breakdown

📷 Photo 0/10
📄 Resume 10/10
💼 Job Title 10/10
✍️ Bio 0/10
🛠️ Skills 13/20
🎓 Education 10/10
⏱️ Experience 14/15
💰 Rate 0/5
🏆 Certs 0/5
Verified 5/5
Total Score 62/100

Profile Overview

Member sinceDec 2025

Skills (8)

Python MATLAB C++ Java MySql NoSQL Docker AWS