Amber K Gupta
Tagline:An experienced leader, a seasoned professional and lifetime student of technology
About Me
I am a seasoned professional with a strong inclination towards academia and the latest research, currently seeking to pivot into innovation delivery and engineering lead roles with a focus on Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in the medical and health domain. My passion lies in learning new industry trends and the application of cutting-edge technology to advance healthcare solutions.
With extensive experience in business systems and processes within the medical device and life-sciences sectors, I bring a wealth of international exposure to the table. I am currently working as an R&D IT Partner for one of the Medical Business Units at Medtronic. As a dedicated student of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, I have specialized in Deep Learning and Reinforcement Learning, particularly as applied to Robotics and Computer Vision problems.
My interests and learning focus include Medical Technology, Health Informatics, and Big Data in health. I aim to leverage my business acumen, product and management experience, and customer service expertise around products and subscriptions in my new role. Additionally, my region-oriented product, commercial, financial, and regulatory experience ensures a comprehensive approach to addressing complex challenges in the medical and health industry.
Professional Experience
I am an accomplished Information Management Leader with over 20 years of progressive experience in enabling businesses to achieve strategic goals and drive value through the implementation of global processes. I have a strong track record of leading business (ERP) and product lifecycle solution implementations across multiple domains including product engineering, manufacturing operations, supply chain, finance, and customer service. With extensive experience in consulting, startups, and core business environments, I delivered on the art of harmonizing business processes and leveraging existing platforms to deliver measurable business outcomes.
In the most recent role at Medtronic Inc., I served as a Business Relationship Manager, where I played a key role in shaping multi-year business capability roadmaps and driving digital innovation across global OU teams. I have closely worked with R&D partners to drive innovation in end products and internal processes and infrastructure. My previous roles at Medtronic include Global Process Owner for Service & Repair system processes and SAP Process Solution Architect, where I led major global programs and initiatives that resulted in significant improvements in field repair times, process optimization, and data management.
I am skilled in building and leading high-performing teams, managing complex systems implementations across global regions, and ensuring alignment with global and regional standards. My expertise spans SAP modules, data integration, regulatory compliance, and change management.
I am currently a candidate for a Master of Science in Computer Science and Engineering at Georgia Tech, focussed on AI/ML/Robotics/Vision. I also hold a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science & Information Technology.
Work Experiences
Various
from: 2010, until: presentOrganization:Medtronic IncLocation:Minneapolis, MN
Various
from: 2007, until: 2010Organization:StartupsLocation:Various in USA
Recent Education
Master of Science in Computer Science
from: 2022, until: presentField of study:AI, Machine Learning, Robotics, Vision and HealthCareSchool:Georgia Institute of TechnologyLocation:Atlanta, GA
DescriptionMy focus has been on the foundational aspects of Artificial Intelligence and Learning, encompassing Machine Learning, Deep Learning, and Reinforcement Learning. I have applied this knowledge across various domains, including Robotics (automated cars), Computer Vision, Trading, and Health Analytics.
I have actively sought opportunities to deepen my understanding of the latest trends, standards, and systems in Health Informatics and medical devices, with a particular emphasis on Interoperability and medical technology inspired by advancements in robotics and vision. Additionally, I have applied my learning and analytical skills to Big Health Data.
I have AI Ethics Society, Computer Vision and Graduate Algorithm courses planned.
Courses
Research Work - AI Research - MAESTRA - Multi-Agent Systems DevSecOps and Cybersecurity (publication in review by IEEE)
from: Aug 2024, until: Ongoing
Course Number: CS8903 .Organization: College of Computing - Georgia Tech .
Big Data for Healthcare
from: Jan 2024, until: May 2024
Course Number: CSE6250 .Organization: College of Computing - Georgia Tech .
Health Informatics
from: Aug 2023, until: Dec 2023
Course Number: CS6440 .Organization: College of Computing - Georgia Tech .
Reinforcement Learning and Decision Making
from: May 2023, until: Aug 2023
Course Number: CS7642 .Organization: College of Computing - Georgia Tech .
Deep Learning
from: Jan 2023, until: May 2023
Course Number: CS7643 .Organization: College of Computing - Georgia Tech .
Machine Learning
from: Aug 2022, until: Dec 2022
Course Number: CS7641 .Organization: College of Computing - Georgia Tech .
Robotics: AI Techniques (Autonomous Driving with Probabilistic Robotics)
from: May 2022, until: Aug 2022
Course Number: CS7638 .Organization: College of Computing - Georgia Tech .
Machine Learning for Trading
from: Jan 2022, until: May 2022
Course Number: CS7646 .Organization: College of Computing - Georgia Tech .
Research Interests
- AI/ML in Medical Devices and HealthCare
- Robotics/Computer Vision in LifeSciences
- AI/ML in Business Functions and Operations
- Multi-Agent AI Systems and Workflows
Publications
DQN based RL Agent for Lunar Lander
ReportDate:unpublishedAuthors:Amber GuptaDescription:Abstract— This paper covers an approach to develop an RL agent
for the gym’s Lunar Lander problem, implementation of the RL
agent along with training and testing of the agent. Observations
during experiment runs are noted and results are analyzed.
Hyperparameter tuning and its impact on overall training is
presented in context of the environment and RL agent behavior.
Some future work is suggested based on the exploration of the
problem.
Keywords— Reinforcement Learning, MDP, Lunar Lander, DQNUnsupervised Learning and Dimensionality Reduction - Empirical Analysis using Real World Data & Experiments
ReportDate:unpublishedAuthors:Amber GuptaDescription:Abstract— This paper covers observations and analysis during
and after running machine learning experiments on two different
public datasets. Observations by applying unsupervised machine
learning clustering techniques and Dimensionality reduction
techniques on the chosen dataset, are compared and contrasted.
The resulting clusters and dimensions are applied in the
supervised setting of the Neural Network for one of the datasets to
evaluate the effect of these data summarization techniques on
supervised learning. Effects of dimensionality reductions are also
observed on Unsupervised clustering methods.
Keywords— Machine Learning, unsupervised, Clustering,
Dimensionality Reduction, Breast Cancer, Waveform, KMeans,
EM, PCA, ICA, Random Projections, Random ForestsRandomized Optimization - Empirical Analysis through Real World Data & Experiments
ReportDate:unpublishedAuthors:Amber GuptaDescription:Abstract— This paper covers observations and analysis during
and after running random optimizer experiments in different
settings of optimization problems. Observations are compared and
contrasted to showcase the strength of different optimizers.
Keywords— Machine Learning, Random Optimizer, Compare
Models, Random Hill climbing, Simulated Annealing, Genetic
Algorithm and MIMIC, Breast CancerMulti-Agent LLMs Frameworks applied in Cybersecurity (publication in progress by IEEE)
ManuscriptPublisher:IEEEDate:unpublishedAuthors:Gaurav Chaudhary1Amber K. Gupta2Ayush Parikh3Vijay Madisetti4(FellowIEEE)Description:Here is abstract from the paper: more details on request… (paper is under review)
MAESTRA (Multi-Agent Ecosystem of Scalable Testing, Review, and Assessment using LLMs in Cloud Configurations) is a novel multi-agent generic framework for automated cloud configuration validation that leverages Large Language Models (LLMs) to address the challenges of DevSecOps in cloud environments. Unlike single-LLM approaches, MAESTRA employs multiple specialized agents, each with specific roles (e.g., configuration validation, documentation retrieval, result verification, vulnerability analysis, and report generation), which work together. This collaborative approach overcomes limitations of single LLMs such as static knowledge cutoffs, hallucination risks, and the lack of real-time information, improving accuracy and reliability. MAESTRA integrates with existing DevSecOps workflows, enabling early detection of security vulnerabilities and errors. Evaluations across multiple LLMs and datasets, including a new real-world Terraform dataset, demonstrate improved performance compared to a single-LLM baseline, showcasing MAESTRA’s potential for robust and scalable configuration validation in modern cloud environments.
Multi-Agent RL (MARL) for Google Football Environment
ReportDate:unpublishedAuthors:Amber GuptaDescription:Abstract— This paper covers an approach to develop an
Multi-Agent RL (MARL) agent for a reduced scale Google’s
Football problem, implementation of the MARL agent along with
training and testing the agent to beat provided 3 baseline teams,
playing with Game AI. Key hypotheses to beat the baselines and
observations during experiment runs are noted and results are
analyzed. Some future work is suggested based on the exploration
of the problem.
Keywords— MARL, MDP, Football, PPO, Central Critic, QMIXBig Data for Health Reproducibility Challenge: Replicating Experiments And Analysis of Paper: Real-world Patient Trajectory Prediction from Clinical Notes Using Artificial Neural Networks and UMLS-Based Extraction of Concepts
ReportDate:unpublishedAuthors:Amber GuptaAyush ParikhDescription:The report focuses on reproducing the results of a research paper titled "Real-world Patient Trajectory Prediction from Clinical Notes Using Artificial Neural Networks and UMLS-Based Extraction of Concepts."
Reproduction Implementation:
Demo Notebook: A Google Colab notebook was created to reproduce the results. The demo notebook includes comprehensive coverage of the comments, figures, and equations relevant to the project.
Presentation Deck: The presentation material used during the project is hosted online.
Presentation Video: A video summarizing the project is also available.
Codebase: The project’s code is hosted on Georgia Tech’s GitHub.
README: A README file is provided to guide the TAs through reproducing the results.Link to presentation deck and video is provided here.
Hateful Meme Detection - A Multimodal Classification Task
ReportDate:unpublishedAuthors:Amber Kumar GuptaMichael Kohler FryerVismay VakhariaWeihan TangDescription:Abstract - This paper presents a series of experiments and analysis
for the hateful meme classification task. The dataset used in this
study is provided during Phase 1 of the Facebook Hateful Meme
Detection Challenge. Various uni-modal and multi-modal models,
including custom models, are included in this study. Feature
augmentation techniques are adopted for model performance
improvement. Observations from experiments are analyzed
iteratively and additional techniques are deployed accordingly to
pursue performance improvement.
Keywords - Machine Learning, Supervised, Compare Models,
Breast Cancer, PhishingAlcohol and Tobacco Smoking Health Tracker
ReportDate:unpublishedAuthors:Amadhya AnandMadisen ArurangSushmitha BedereAmber GuptaSudhanshu JaiswalDescription:In this work we took the approach to effectively track
alcohol and tobacco smoking consumption for self-management
by designing and developing a readily accessible web application
that provides individuals with the ability to log this information
quickly, track their vitals over time and see the trends of
consumption and vitals. We also ran population-level trend
analysis on generally available anonymized patient profile data,
observations and health conditions in a FHIR database to find
correlation between patient vitals, substance consumption and
chances of developing the health conditions, This insight is
integrated with the individual patient profile, vitals and lifestyle
choices they make for substance consumption to show the
increased chances of certain health conditions on substance
consumption. Individual inferences for increase in probable health
conditions from population data analysis can be improved with
more volume of patient data available in future.
Keywords - FHIR, Population level analysis, Alcohol and tobacco
smoking, Health conditionsSupervised Learning Empirical Analysis through Real World Data & Experiments
ReportDate:unpublishedAuthors:Amber GuptaDescription:Abstract— This paper covers observations and analysis during
and after running machine learning experiments on two different
public datasets. Observations by applying supervised machine
learners (widely known as Decision Tree, Adaptive Boosting,
Support Vector Machines, KNN and Artificial Neural Networks)
on the chosen dataset, are compared and contrasted.
Keywords— Machine Learning, Supervised, Compare Models,
Breast Cancer, PhishingMarkov Decision Processes - Empirical Analysis using Public Problems
ReportDate:unpublishedAuthors:Amber GuptaDescription:Abstract— This paper covers observations and analysis during
and after running experiments with model-based and model-free
techniques on two different Markov Decision problems.
Observations by applying these methods (Model Based - Value
iteration, policy iteration and Model Free - Q-learning) on the
chosen problems, are compared and contrasted. Methods are
tuned for the parameters to get the optimized results on best effort
and time bound basis. Results and behavior of these methods are
analyzed in different problem size environments.
Keywords— Model Based, Model Free, Reinforcement Learning,
Forest Management, Frozen Lake