Saurav

Hello, I'm a developer and a recent graduate from University of Washington, Seattle. I studied Informatics (Data Science) and have gained experience in data science and Full-Stack software development through multiple undergraduate internships. Currently, I am interested in machine learning and am exploring its applications on a few projects. Feel free to checkout some my work here and drop me a line here.

Experience

TIBCO Software | Data Scientist Intern | July 2020 - Present

Work on Natural Language Generating scripts in R to support text widgets on Live COVID-19 dashboard at tibco.com/covid19

Increased NLG function time efficiency by 85% in production

Use JavaScript to visualize and interact with decision tree models using D3.js

StormX, Inc. | Data Analyst | July 2019 - June 2020

Plan and implement classification-based system to automate manual fraud detection.product

Reduced time spent on manual fraud detection by 95% from 15 hours/week to 30 minutes/week.

Helped Product managers with ad-hoc data questions

Skills Used: Python, Snowflake, AWS S3, Lambda, SQL

Ad Lightning | Data Engineering Intern | June 2018 - June 2019

Work on clustering Ads into industry categories to support DPP product

Implement K-means clustering using textual features from websites

Helped with data analysis - developed metrics and interactive dashboards using Amazon AWS

Lead Data Science initiatives in a cross-functional agile startup

Co-Founder | Impostor Blocker | July 2017 - Present

Grand Prize Winner - AngelHack Global Hackathon, Seattle.

Impostor Blocker’s ThreatDetector engine actively scans the entirety of publicly known malicious sites hourly in addition to millions more suspicious sites daily using state of the art machine learning technology combined with manual oversight to deliver the most comprehensive and current threat intel available.

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Undergraduate Research Assistant | INSEAD Business School | Foster School of Business October 2016 - Present

Improved performance of a model to observe the effect of brand visibility on conspicuous consumption by 15%

Working under Professor Abhishek Borah and a mentor at Microsoft to automate data scraping using API’s, process data and provide analysis using Python

Teaching Assistant | Information School (INFO 200,201) | September 2017 - Present

Lead lab sections, prepare lesson plans, grade assignments weekly, provide guidance to prospective students

Represent the Informatics major as a whole: regularly correspond with students both in person and online

Front-End Development Intern | Newbook Digital Texts | April 2017 - June 2017

Part of the Website Team for The Baki Project under Prof. Walter Andrews working to build a Multilingual Web Platform using Omeka and Php

Skills

· Data programming · Data Modelling · Statistics, Machine Learning · Front-end Development · object oriented programming

Languages

Python · R · Java · Javascript · HTML/CSS · SQL

Tools

· AWS · Sci-kit Learn · ReactJS · Firebase · OpenCV · JQuery · Bootstrap · ggplot · REST API's · GIT · Linux

References

"Saurav was an excellent research assistant for my research project. He helped me in obtaining data from Google Trends using Google Trends and Google Analytics API. As the program to download the data needed a few tweaks, he came up with a very creative and efficient solution to overcome the hurdle. He always delivered on time and was quick to correspond with me if he had any questions or clarifications. Overall, he is hard working, self-disciplined, creative, intuitive, intelligent, and has a curious mind. I very highly recommend him"

- Abhishek Borah, Assistant Professor of Marketing at Foster School of Business

"Saurav has incredible drive and focus. He confidently brings ideas from vision to fully-developed implementation. 10/10 would work with again"

- Zach Turk, Security Program Manager at Microsoft

Courses

Relevant University Coursework

Advanced Data Science -INFO 371
Introduction to Data Science -INFO 370
Advanced Database Design and Management -INFO 430
Server Side Web Development -INFO
Client Side Web Development -INFO 343
Introduction to Relational Database Management Systems -INFO 340
Population Health Informatics -INFO 478
Computer Programming I (Object Oriented Programming with Java) -CSE 142
Computer Programming II (Data Structures) -CSE 142
Technical Foundations of Informatics (Data Programming with R) -INFO 201
Calculus I, II, III
Introduction to Statistical Methods -QMETH 201
Intellectual Foundations of Informatics -INFO 200

Online Courses

Machine Learning Foundations: A Case Study Approach, University of Washington
Introduction to R for Data Science, Microsoft
Google Trends Data Mining using R

Projects

Delta Upsilon Website

DU Website

A website to cater the needs of Delta Upsilon fraternity including calendar, barcode check-in, chat channels and polls.

Skills used : HTML, JS, CSS, ReactJS, Firebase

View it here

· AngelHack Seattle Grand Prize ·

Impostor Blocker

A security tool to catch phishing websites using computer vision

Skills used : Python, Scikit-learn, Javascript, React

· AngelHack Seattle Grand Prize ·

Freekick Predictor

A soccer freekick predicting app that lets users bet over any upcoming freekick in real time

Decomplicate

It takes a given text, and reduces its lexicon to a more accessible reading level

Skills Used : Python, Javascript, NLP API's

Petura

Prototype app designed while taking INFO 200 to provide a platform for PTSD victims to communicate.

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