Minerva Panda

Minerva Panda is an Engineering Manager at Illumio, specializing in AI and ML engineering since 2023. Previously, Minerva served as a Staff Machine Learning Engineer at LinkedIn, contributing to cutting-edge research and development in multi-media AI/ML applications. Key achievements include creating a scalable data loading pipeline and optimizing performance using a Vision Transformer model. As a Data Scientist at Niramai, Minerva played a pivotal role in developing AI solutions for early-stage breast cancer detection, resulting in significant advancements in thermal image analysis. With experience in data science projects at the International Institute of Information Technology Bangalore, Minerva has established expertise in data pipelines and health analytics. In leadership within the Women Techmakers program, Minerva has supported innovation and community building for women in technology. Minerva holds multiple degrees, including a Master's in Applied Information Science from Technion and a Master's in Natural Language Processing in Health from Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences.