Summary
Tannistha M is a data science and ML practitioner with a PhD in Geophysics and over a decade of experience in mathematical and statistical modeling, who now combines academic rigor with hands-on engineering as Chief Instructor at LiveAI and visiting professor at two colleges. She has built and deployed ML solutions for startups, led engineering at deepkapha AI Lab, and produced research-grade data pipelines and visualizations for large geophysical datasets using Python, Hadoop, QGIS and PostgreSQL. Her work spans applied NLP, model evaluation and statistical testing, and she recently shipped a tagging model achieving ~80% accuracy. Beyond academia and industry, she consults on family businesses and maintains a portfolio of data projects on GitHub that showcase her transition from seismology research to production ML systems.
8 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science, Geosciences, 3.66, Master of Science, Geosciences, 3.66 at Virginia Tech
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Geophysics and Seismology, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Geophysics and Seismology at University of Calgary
Integrated M.Sc, Exploration Geophysics, 7.8/10, Integrated M.Sc, Exploration Geophysics, 7.8/10 at Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur