CV

General Information

Full Name Henil Shalin Panchal
Email Address henilp105@gmail.com
Phone Number +91 9054853880
Profiles
GitHub
LinkedIn
Kaggle
Google Scholar

Education

  • 2021 - 2025
    Bachelor of Technology in Computer Science and Engineering
    Institute of Technology, Nirma University, Ahmedabad, India
    • Coursework & CGPA
      • CGPA: 8.3/10.0
      • Relevant Courses: Data Structures, Algorithms, Operating Systems, Big Data, Software Engineering
    • Skills & Projects
      • Gained proficiency in Python, C/C++, Java, Bash, Docker, SQL, JavaScript, TypeScript, Go, Jinja, Fortran
      • Developed projects in Machine Learning, NLP, Computer Vision, and Large Language Model security research

Work Experience

  • Dec 2024 - Present
    Research Intern
    TCS Research, Physical Sciences Research Area, Mumbai, India
    • Engineered advanced ripeness and shelf-life prediction VLMs for fruits and vegetables
    • Developed scalable inference pipeline with PyTorch and Flask for real-time prediction
    • Created cross-platform Flutter app for end-to-end food tracking
  • Dec 2023 - Dec 2024
    Undergraduate Researcher
    Daniel Kang Lab, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (Remote)
    • Fine-tuned phi-series language models using LoRA for law-specific text
    • Generated synthetic legal datasets with Mixtral-8x7B-Instruct-v0.1
    • Built LegalBench evaluation infrastructure and training pipelines
    • Adversarially fine-tuned LLMs with PEFT, GCG, and AutoDan
  • Mar 2024 - Oct 2024
    Fortran Developer
    Fortran Programming Language (Remote)
    • Implemented fpm search feature with sorting, filtering, and custom registry integration
    • Refactored package discovery across local and remote registries
    • Enhanced third-party dependency support from Conda build systems
  • Nov 2022 - Mar 2024
    Backend Developer
    Fortran Programming Language (Remote)
    • Developed package registry with 15+ REST APIs for authentication, user management, search, and uploads
    • Integrated Docker and MongoDB containers in a multi-stage build environment
    • Implemented naming checks and maintained 100% test coverage with PyTest
  • May 2022 - Sep 2022
    Student Developer (Google Summer of Code)
    Fortran-lang (Remote)
    • Overhauled Fortran-lang website, reducing load time by 30% and build time by 80%
    • Implemented multilingual support via Sphinx Intl and Weblate for 10+ languages
    • Added interactive community graphs and GitHub statistics

Projects

  • Telugu Automatic Speech Recognition System [Wav2Vec2, Python]
    • Fine-tuned Wav2Vec2 on IIIT Hyderabad ASR Challenge and OpenSLR66 Telugu dataset
    • Achieved Word Error Rate of 33.44%
  • TinyStoriesGPT-5M [PyTorch, CUDA, Transformers]
    • Built 5M parameter character-level text generation model
    • Trained with batch size 2048 and context length 128; evaluated via cross-entropy loss
  • ChessSync Real-Time Multiplayer AI Chess [Alpha-Beta Pruning, Redis, Python]
    • Developed real-time multiplayer chess with Min-Max and Alpha-Beta Pruning
    • Used Redis for asynchronous game state management and Flask for web interface
  • CodeExpert AI Assistant [Langchain, Python]
    • AI assistant for code-related queries built with Langchain and FAISS vector search
    • Implements interactive Jupyter notebook and Python modules for document ingestion and natural language responses
  • LeetCode Obsidian Solutions [Obsidian, Algorithms]
    • Collection of documented algorithm and data structure solutions formatted for Obsidian
    • Supports interview preparation with clear explanations and code references

Research and Publication

  • Adaptive Attacks Break Defenses Against Indirect Prompt Injection Attacks on LLM Agents, accepted at NAACL 2025 Findings
  • MMTEB: Massive Multilingual Text Embedding Benchmark, accepted at ICLR 2025

Achievements

  • Awarded INSPIRE Awards MANAK 2019 by Department of Science and Technology, Government of India
  • Earned A grade in Foundations of Modern Machine Learning Course by IIIT Hyderabad
  • Mentored student developer during Google Summer of Code 2023

Skills

  • Languages: Python, C/C++, Java, Bash, Docker, SQL, JavaScript, TypeScript, Go, Jinja, Fortran
  • Frameworks/Libraries: Django, Flask, MongoDB, PyTorch, FastAPI, Wandb MLOps, Express.js, React, Material UI, Bootstrap, Sphinx, PyTest
  • Tools: Docker, AWS, Figma, Linux, Vercel, PostgreSQL, Redis, Elasticsearch, Git, GitHub Actions, CI/CD, Jenkins, CMake