Work
Experience
August 2022 - Present
Boston University Department of Mathematics and Statistics
Boston, MA
Research Assistant
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Research Assistant on a joint Boston University, Harvard University, and MIT's machine learning project, focusing on using stochastic coordinate transformations and feature network applications on gene expression datasets.
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Lead a team of 3 for developing a user-friendly MATLAB API for Dr. Mark Kon’s, an associate professor of statistics in Boston University, research algorithm to ensure efficient implementation for other data scientists using sparse and high-dimensional data.
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Coordinate and facilitate weekly lab and research meetings among Professors, post-doctoral researchers, and graduate students across the three universities’ labs to foster collaboration and exchange of ideas.
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Present and analyze evaluation metrics, such as, confusion matrix, accuracy plots, loss plots, and classification plots to faculty and students to discuss algorithm’s performance in data optimization.
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Implementing a MySQL database system to efficiently store different datasets, reducing the algorithm’s training time by 20%.
January 2021 - May 2023
Boston, MA
Boston University Department of Computer Science
Teaching Assistant for Introduction to Computer Science
June 2022 - August 2022
Boston, MA
AI4ALL – Stanford University’s Affiliate
Research Assistant and Program Co-ordinator/Organizer
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Developed the first ever guidebook on architecture selection between 2 deep learning models (CNN and Transformers) while also
demonstrated steps to improve selection accuracy by 40% by analyzing 5+ factorial scenarios for 17+ object classification with 272k+
synthetic images using PyTorch.
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Evaluated the variability of object attributes by creating and pre-processing over 900+ real-life images in Python and applying log-
transformations to the images.
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Visualized the test data results, performance comparison and accuracy table in Python with a comprehensive analysis report for the research
leads.
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Independently supervise lab sessions/office hours of 100+ students and create weekly lesson plans that avg. 92% completion rate.
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Assist 3 undergrad full-time faculty members with course organization, administration, grading, and exam proctoring.
June 2021 - August 2021
Gurgaon, India
PwC (PriceWaterhouseCoopers)
Finance Effectiveness Intern in Management Consulting
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Improved 30% est. managerial efficiency by conducting analysis of 60+ process maps across 9+ financial departments and identifying, eliminating, and consolidating Delegation of Authority points for the internal leadership team.
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Reduced diagnostic turnaround time from 6 months to 1 month (81%) by developing a prototype of a KPI calculation app built using PowerApps to audit internal finance processes of prospective clients.
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Performed thorough market research and competitive analysis for 4+ clients and presented research reports to Senior Partners.
Kolkata, India
May 2020 - August 2020
CLIRNet Services Private Limited
Data Analytics Intern in Marketing
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Deployed a 3-month brand elevation plan which highlighted strategic insights gained by weekly online/offline user-sentiment analysis
reports and resulted in increasing monthly social media user engagement by 29%.
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Managed a monthly budget of $300 for user acquisitions over social media platforms and brand advertisement, employing A/B testing to
refine campaigns, which helped bring in new customers to the business worth over $10,000.
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Presented cost-benefit analysis report to Head of Marketing which showed est. 36% increase in annual user engagement as an outcome of
suggested modes of branding.
Education
2019 - 2023
Boston University
Bachelor's Degree (B.A.)
Majored in Economics and Computer Science-Statistics
Graduated Magna Cum Laude
GPA: 3.88
Skills
& Expertise
Programming: Python (Numpy, Pandas, SciPy, NLTK, Networkx, Seaborn, Matplotlib), Java, C, R (ggplot2), STATA, JMP, MATLAB Databases and Visualization: MySQL, MongoDB, Tableau, Power BI
Deep Learning Technology: Tensorflow, PyTorch, Huggingface, OpenCV, LlamaIndex, CNN, RNN, LSTM
Other: Microsoft Office (Excel, PowerPoint, Word), Power Apps, AWS