Hello, I’m Gowtham Raj Vuppari.

An AI graduate student and NASA-funded researcher passionate about deep learning, computer vision, and impactful research.

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About Me

passionate and results-driven graduate student pursuing a Master of Science in Artificial Intelligence at the University of Bridgeport. With hands-on research experience in deep learning and computer vision, I have co-authored a NASA-funded publication on wildfire detection using Vision Transformers (ViTs). My technical foundation spans Python, PyTorch, CNNs, and classical machine learning techniques, enabling me to tackle complex data challenges with innovative solutions.Throughout my academic and professional journey, I have worked on impactful projects ranging from skin cancer detection using customized CNNs to hybrid quantum-classical models for startup success prediction. I’ve held research and internship positions at institutions like NASA, IIT Guwahati, and Silicon Valley 4U, gaining valuable exposure to real-world problem-solving in both healthcare and finance.Beyond academics, I actively lead and contribute to university initiatives as the Speaker of the House for the Student Government Association and serve in various student clubs. I am driven by a commitment to building intelligent systems that make a difference and aim to combine my technical acumen with leadership experience to contribute meaningfully to the future of AI.

Publication

"Wildfire Detection Using Vision Transformer with the Wildfire Dataset". ASEE 2025. Co-authored with NASA. Funded by NASA Connecticut Space Grant Consortium (Grant No.: 80NSSC20M0129).

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  • Education

    University of Bridgeport – M.S. in Artificial Intelligence
    TOEFL: 95 | GRE: 316

    Technical Skills

    Experience

    Researcher – University of Bridgeport / NASA

    Wildfire Detection Using Vision Transformer

    • Achieved 96.10% accuracy using ViT (vit_base_patch16_224)
    • Processed and normalized a 10.74 GB image dataset for PyTorch
    • Enabled real-time detection via deep learning + sensor systems
    • GitHub

    Intern – IIT Guwahati

    DeepSkinNet for Skin Disease Classification

    • Built a 7-layer CNN achieving 99.8% accuracy
    • Handled noisy and imbalanced medical data
    • GitHub

    Intern – Silicon Valley 4U

    Data Analyst

    • Extraction of nexclap users data manually from Nexclap’s official website.
    • The collected data is cleaned, organized, and transformed into a suitable format for analysis.
    • Identified trends and patterns that could inform nexclap users’ projects, videos, and blog percentage.

    Intern – Silicon Valley 4U

    Python Developer

    • Executed python programming with an embedded device.
    • Prepared documentation and uploaded it to firebase cloud.
    • Responsible for handling errors and updating code based on requirements

    Teaching Assistant – DRK College of Engineering

    • Guided student projects on ML topics: heart disease & fraud detection
    • Assisted lectures, coordinated events, and supported grant submissions

    Projects

    Breast Cancer Detection Using RESNET-50 V2
    • Conducted a study using the ResNet-50V2 deep learning model to detect breast cancer from the RSNA mammography dataset, focusing on enhancing early diagnosis accuracy.
    • Demonstrated that ResNet-50V2 achieved high performance in classifying mammography images, indicating its effectiveness in supporting radiologists with accurate, timely assessments.
    • Contributed to ongoing medical imaging research by showcasing how advanced CNN architectures like ResNet-50V2 can improve early breast cancer detection and patient outcomes.
    • GitHub
    Quantum Kernel-Enhanced Hybrid Models for Start-Up Success Prediction
    • Developed a hybrid Quantum-CNN model that integrates quantum kernel preprocessing into a classical CNN, using venture capital data from Crunchbase to classify start-ups as successful or unsuccessful.
    • Demonstrated that Quantum Support Vector Machines (QSVMs) achieve competitive accuracy (~66%) with classical models (up to 68%), and the hybrid quantum-CNN model achieved 70% accuracy, outperforming standalone methods.
    • Showcased the potential of quantum kernel feature mapping in enhancing learning on real-world, noisy datasets—paving the way for Quantum Machine Learning (QML) applications in financial analytics and VC decision-making.
    • GitHub
    Heart Disease Prediction using Machine Learning Classification Algorithm
    • Developed a heart disease prediction system using machine learning techniques such as Artificial Neural Networks (ANN) and Convolutional Neural Networks (CNN) to identify potential heart conditions at an early stage.
    • Leveraged medical data mining and classification algorithms to uncover hidden patterns in patient records, enabling accurate prediction and clinical decision support based on historical health data.
    • Validated the model on a Kaggle dataset with 1,225 instances, demonstrating improved precision and performance compared to existing methodologies, proving its effectiveness in real-world clinical scenarios.
    • GitHub
    Identifying Fraudulent Transactions with Supervised Learning Models
    • The model showed some trade-offs in precision for non-fraud cases, suggesting potential for improvement using advanced techniques like SMOTE or XGBoost.
    • The model achieved an overall accuracy of 70%, with strong performance in detecting fraudulent transactions (Class 1).
    • It obtained a recall of 0.79 and F1-score of 0.75 for fraud detection, indicating effective identification of most fraudulent cases.
    • GitHub

    Blogs

    Leadership & Activities

    Speaker of the House – Student Government Association

    Contact

    Email: gvuppari@gmail.com

    Phone: 475-312-5783

    LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/gowtham-raj-vuppari