Kamalakkannan Ravi
PhD Candidate at UCF
I am a Ph.D. candidate in Computer Engineering at the University of Central Florida, advised by Prof. Jiann-Shiun Yuan. Supported by the ORCGS Doctoral Fellowship, my research focuses on understanding sociotechnical systems.
I bring interdisciplinary experience across natural language processing, computational social science, biomedical informatics, computer vision, system design, and applied machine learning. I am passionate about building scalable AI systems that emphasize transparency, foster user trust, and contribute positively to society.
Beyond? Outdoors, piano, books, and scenic Ole Florida!!
Work Experience

AI/ML Intern
Tokyo Electron Limited, Albany, New York, USA. Jun 2024 - Jun 2025
Built a UI to monitor tool health, track metrics, display alarms, and provide GenAI-powered troubleshooting support.

Research Scientist Intern
Snap Inc., Santa Monica, California, USA. September 2019 - December 2019
Developed LLMs to recommend social media posts, micro-blogs, and short messages.

Research Scientist Intern
Siemens Healthineers, Princeton, New Jersey, USA. May 2019 - August 2019
Developed proof-of-concept LLM-based predictive models for EHR to improve diagnostics and patient outcomes.

Research Assistant
Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, Tamil Nadu, India. Jun 2014 - Jul 2018
Developed algorithms for image and signal reconstruction, and medical image analysis.