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pleyva2004/README.md

Hi there, I'm Pablo Leyva! πŸ‘‹

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πŸš€ About Me

I'm a passionate Applied Mathematics & Computer Science student at NJIT with a focus on AI/ML and data science. Currently conducting research on Beyond Next-Token Prediction paradigms for Large Language Models, while leading impactful community organizations.

🎯 Quick Facts

current_focus:
  - Novel LLM architectures (intent-inference over next-token prediction)
  - Advanced transformer architectures & Graph-RAG systems
  - Model Context Protocol (MCP) implementation

collaboration:
  - AI/ML projects
  - Hackathons & competitions
  - Community tech initiatives

achievements:
  - Raised $70K for student organization
  - Led 100+ students to national conferences
  - 2x increase in student internship placements

πŸ“« Let's Connect!

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πŸ’¬ Ask Me About

🌱 Currently Learning

  • Advanced MLOps & Model Deployment
  • Graph Neural Networks (GNNs)
  • Quantum Computing Applications
  • Agentic AI Systems

πŸ’Ό Experience

🍎 Apple - AIML Product Engineering Intern (Summer 2025)

Impact: Led cutting-edge AI/ML product development for Apple Pay

+ Led team of 3 interns building MVP for Agentic Payment flow
+ Prototyped LLM-based product recommendation workflows with Apple Pay integration
+ Implemented Model Context Protocol (MCP) for merchant catalog parsing (TypeScript)
+ Designed Graph-RAG architecture for partner-facing ChatBot

Tech Stack: TypeScript LLM APIs MCP Graph-RAG Vector Databases

🚜 Caterpillar Inc. - Software Engineering Intern (Summer 2024)

Impact: Optimized SDLC using AI-powered analytics and automation

+ Analyzed software development efficiency using Generative AI
+ Built data visualization dashboards for quality metrics tracking
+ Improved team productivity through Agile & DevOps best practices
+ Automated code commit assessment and sprint velocity tracking

Tech Stack: Python Generative AI Agile DevOps Data Visualization

πŸ† Featured Projects

Project Description Tech Stack Highlights
πŸ€– GroupGPT Collaborative Ideation Platform Next.js Supabase Socket.IO OpenAI API Real-time collaborative chat with GPT integration, agentic design patterns for role-specific AI assistants
πŸ… QuSotch 1st Place NYU Hackathon NumPy scikit-learn Quantum Circuits 75% complexity reduction using Quantum Monte Carlo, implemented Grover's Search for financial modeling
🎡 Emotion-Aware Music Rec Multi-modal ML System PyTorch BERT librosa Spotify API Multi-modal deep learning pipeline with CNN for mel-spectrogram analysis, Seq2Seq prediction model

πŸ€– GroupGPT - Collaborative Ideation Platform

What it does: Real-time collaborative chat platform powered by GPT models for enhanced team ideation and brainstorming sessions.

Key Features:

  • πŸ”„ Real-time collaborative chat with Socket.IO
  • πŸ’Ύ Persistent conversation threads with Supabase
  • 🧠 Context-aware summarization using GPT models
  • 🎭 Role-specific AI assistants with agentic design patterns
  • πŸ“Š Conversation memory for improved context understanding

Impact: Enables teams to leverage AI assistance during brainstorming while maintaining conversation context and history.

// Agentic Design Pattern
const agents = {
  facilitator: {
    role: "guide discussion",
    model: "gpt-4"
  },
  critic: {
    role: "challenge ideas",
    model: "gpt-4"
  },
  summarizer: {
    role: "synthesize insights",
    model: "gpt-3.5-turbo"
  }
}

Tech Stack: Next.js Supabase Socket.IO OpenAI


πŸ… QuSotch - Quantum Financial Modeling (1st Place NYU Hackathon)

Performance Metrics:

# Computational Complexity Reduction
classical_complexity = O(nΒ²)
quantum_complexity = O(√n)

# Results
complexity_reduction = 75%
speedup_factor = 4x
accuracy_improvement = 12%

Tech Stack: NumPy scikit-learn Pandas Qiskit

What it does: Quantum-enhanced financial modeling platform that leverages quantum algorithms to optimize stochastic processes.

Key Achievements:

  • πŸš€ 75% reduction in computational complexity vs classical methods
  • βš›οΈ Implemented Quantum Monte Carlo simulations
  • πŸ” Applied Grover's Search for portfolio optimization
  • 🎯 Quantum Walks for market trend analysis
  • ⚑ Parallelized stochastic modeling engine

Why it won: First practical application of quantum algorithms to real-world financial modeling, demonstrating measurable performance improvements over classical approaches.


🎡 Emotion-Aware Music Recommendation System

What it does: Advanced multi-modal deep learning system that recommends music based on emotional state analysis from audio, text, and user metadata.

Architecture Highlights:

  • 🎼 Audio Analysis: CNN-based mel-spectrogram processing with librosa
  • πŸ“ Text Analysis: BERT embeddings for lyric sentiment analysis
  • πŸ”€ Late Fusion: Neural architecture combining all modalities
  • 🎯 Prediction: Seq2Seq model for personalized recommendations
  • 🎧 Integration: Real-time Spotify API integration

Technical Innovation: Novel late-fusion architecture that outperforms single-modality systems by 23% in recommendation accuracy.

# Multi-Modal Architecture
class EmotionMusicModel(nn.Module):
  def __init__(self):
    self.audio_cnn = MelSpectrogramCNN()
    self.text_bert = BERTEncoder()
    self.metadata_fc = MetadataEncoder()
    self.fusion = LateFusionLayer()
    self.seq2seq = RecommendationDecoder()

  def forward(self, audio, text, meta):
    audio_feat = self.audio_cnn(audio)
    text_feat = self.text_bert(text)
    meta_feat = self.metadata_fc(meta)

    fused = self.fusion([
      audio_feat, text_feat, meta_feat
    ])

    return self.seq2seq(fused)

Tech Stack: PyTorch BERT Spotify Flask

πŸ› οΈ Technical Skills

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    Languages
      Python ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
      JavaScript/TypeScript ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
      Java ⭐⭐⭐⭐
      C++ ⭐⭐⭐⭐
      SQL ⭐⭐⭐⭐
    AI/ML
      PyTorch
      TensorFlow
      Transformers
      LangChain
      RAG Systems
      Vector DBs
    Full Stack
      React/Next.js
      Node.js
      REST APIs
      GraphQL
      WebSockets
    Cloud & DevOps
      AWS
      Google Cloud
      Azure
      Docker
      Kubernetes
      CI/CD
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πŸ’» Programming Languages

Python
Python
JavaScript
JavaScript
TypeScript
TypeScript
Java
Java
C++
C++
R
R
LaTeX
LaTeX

πŸ€– AI/ML & Data Science

PyTorch
PyTorch
TensorFlow
TensorFlow
scikit-learn
Scikit-learn
Pandas
Pandas
NumPy
NumPy
Matplotlib
Matplotlib
LangChain
LangChain

🌐 Web Development & Frameworks

React
React
Next.js
Next.js
Node.js
Node.js
Express
Express
Flask
Flask
FastAPI
FastAPI
Tailwind
Tailwind

☁️ Cloud & DevOps

AWS
AWS
Google Cloud
GCP
Azure
Azure
Docker
Docker
Kubernetes
Kubernetes
GitHub Actions
GitHub Actions
Git
Git

πŸ—„οΈ Databases & Tools

PostgreSQL
PostgreSQL
MongoDB
MongoDB
Redis
Redis
Supabase
Supabase
Firebase
Firebase
Prisma
Prisma
GraphQL
GraphQL

πŸ“Š GitHub Stats & Activity

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🌟 Leadership & Community

πŸ›οΈ President - SHPE NJIT

Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers

team_size: 20+ officers
member_base: 300+ students
funding_raised: $70,000+
conference_attendees: 100+ students

Key Achievements:

  • πŸ€– Built CLARA - AI Assistant for operations
    • Email management & auto-response
    • Event planning & logistics
    • Member engagement tracking
  • πŸ“ˆ 2x increase in student internship placements
  • 🎯 Led 100+ students to SHPE National Conference
  • 🀝 Established partnerships with 15+ tech companies

Technologies Used: Python LangChain GPT-4 Gmail API Google Calendar API

πŸš€ Co-Founder - ALPFA NJIT

Association of Latino Professionals For America

status: First ALPFA chapter at NJIT
focus: Non-engineering Latino professionals
partnerships: 5+ local ALPFA chapters

Key Achievements:

  • 🏒 Established first professional Latino org for non-engineers
  • 🌐 Built external partnerships network
    • Connected with NYC ALPFA chapters
    • Formed corporate partnerships
  • πŸ“š Organized professional development workshops
  • 🎀 Hosted industry speaker series
  • πŸ’Ό Created mentorship program matching students with professionals

Impact: Expanded professional opportunities beyond engineering, creating an inclusive community for all Latino students.

🎯 Leadership Philosophy

"Empowering communities through technology, creating opportunities through collaboration, and building bridges between academia and industry."

Impact Metrics: Students Impacted Funding Raised Events Organized Partnerships

🎯 Current Focus & Research

graph LR
    A[πŸ”¬ Research] --> B[Beyond Next-Token Prediction]
    A --> C[Intent-Inference Models]

    D[πŸ€– AI/ML] --> E[Transformer Architectures]
    D --> F[Graph-RAG Systems]
    D --> G[Agentic AI]

    H[🌐 Community] --> I[SHPE Leadership]
    H --> J[Student Mentorship]
    H --> K[Tech Initiatives]

    L[πŸ“š Learning] --> M[Advanced MLOps]
    L --> N[Graph Neural Networks]
    L --> O[Quantum Computing]

    style A fill:#ff6b6b
    style D fill:#4ecdc4
    style H fill:#ffe66d
    style L fill:#a8e6cf
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πŸ”¬ Research Focus

Beyond Next-Token Prediction

Currently exploring novel paradigms for Large Language Models that reframe training from simple next-token prediction toward intent-inference and reasoning capabilities.

Key Areas:

  • 🧠 Intent-based learning architectures
  • πŸ”„ Interactive reasoning systems
  • πŸ“Š Multi-modal transformers
  • 🎯 Context-aware embeddings

πŸš€ Active Projects

Building the Future of AI

  • πŸ€– CLARA 2.0: Enhanced AI assistant with advanced reasoning
  • πŸ“Š Graph-RAG Framework: Novel retrieval architecture for LLMs
  • πŸ”— MCP Implementations: Model Context Protocol integrations
  • πŸŽ“ ML Education Platform: Teaching AI/ML to fellow students

πŸ’¬ Let's Connect!


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πŸ“Š Profile Analytics

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πŸ’‘ Open to Opportunities

interests:
  - AI/ML Research Collaborations
  - Open Source Contributions
  - Hackathons & Competitions
  - Speaking Engagements
  - Mentorship Opportunities

availability:
  status: "Open to interesting projects!"
  best_for: "AI/ML, Full-Stack, Research"
  response_time: "Usually within 24 hours"



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