Building intelligent systems at the intersection of LLMs, AI agents, and real-world impact.
I'm a Master's student in Data Science at Columbia University (GPA: 3.83/4) with a background in Computer Engineering.
I’ve built and deployed production-scale AI systems, led AI teams at startups, published research, and competed internationally in robotics.
I enjoy working on problems that combine research depth with real-world deployment — especially in LLM reasoning, agents, and applied ML.
📌 Actively seeking Summer / Fall 2026 internships in AI, ML, or Data Science.
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🤖 LLM Agents & Reasoning
Multi-step agent systems, LangGraph-based workflows, smart contract vulnerability discovery. -
🧮 Efficient LLM Inference
Dynamic KV cache compression for chain-of-thought reasoning (LoRA + distillation). -
📊 Social Media Intelligence
Large-scale trend detection across Reddit, Telegram, YouTube, Bluesky (120k+ posts). -
🌍 AI for Impact
Energy optimization, mental health chatbots, public-interest media analytics.
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🧠 Founding AI Engineer – SimPPL (NYC)
Built AI-powered audience analytics used by New York Public Radio (20k+ users).
Backed by Mozilla & Google (exploreCSR), incubated by UNICEF. -
⚡ Data Science Intern – Avrio Energy (Berlin)
Reduced energy costs by 15% across 70+ McDonald’s outlets in 22 countries. -
🔬 Research Intern – IIT Patna
Fraud detection on Ethereum using Graph Neural Networks (Temporal GATs). -
💬 AI Intern – Infiheal
RAG-based mental health chatbot, fine-tuned LLaMA on 500k+ conversations. -
🎓 Teaching Assistant – NLP @ Columbia
Mentored 250+ graduate students on LLMs, RAG, and transformers.
- ICWSM 2024 (AAAI)
Can Social Media Platforms Transcend Political Labels?
Analysis of neutral conversations on Truth Social.
Represented India internationally with DJS Antariksh (Mars Rover Team):
- 🥉 International Rover Challenge 2024
- 🥈 European Rover Challenge 2023 (Remote)
- 🥈 International Space Drone Challenge 2024
- 🇮🇳 First Indian team to qualify for ERC (Onsite)
- 📧 Email: cs4621@columbia.edu
- 💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chaityas
- 🌐 Website: https://shahchaitya.com
- 🐙 GitHub: https://github.com/Chaitya0623
⭐ If you’re building something interesting with AI, research, or startups, let’s talk!