Chaitra Hegde

Chaitra Hegde has extensive experience in data science and machine learning, including a notable career trajectory across various reputable organizations. As a Data Science Intern at Bombora, Chaitra developed a Named Entity Recognition model achieving a test F1 score of 0.91. At Fidelity Investments, Chaitra advanced to Senior Machine Learning Engineer, where emotional prediction systems were created from audio data. Prior roles included machine learning engineering focused on summarization models and a Summer Research Internship at NYU Langone Health, involving automated brain tissue segmentation in MRI images using U-Net techniques. Currently, Chaitra serves as a Senior Software Engineer at Google, with a prior position at Google DeepMind, and a Research Assistant role at New York University, contributing to innovative modeling of human mobility in urban contexts using diverse datasets.