Prashant Singh Rana

Supercomputing Facility for Bioinformatics & : +91-931*******,+91-909*******

Computational Biology, 3rd floor, Synergy Building, : psrana[at]gmail.com

Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi - 110016. : www.psrana.com

OBJECTIVE

Seeking a position in University/Institute/Research Lab that offers professional growth, resourceful,

innovative and flexible environment where I utilizes my skills and industry experience.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

• Machine Learning • Data Mining • Parallel Algorithms • Combinatorial Problems, • HPC,

• Bioinformatics: Protein Folding, Next Generation Sequencing, Toxicity Prediction,

• Soft Computing: Optimization using Nature Inspired Algorithms (GA, DE, PSO, ACO).

EDUCATION

Ph.D. [Computer Science], Jan 2010 - Sep 2014

ABV-Indian Institute of Information Technology & Management, Gwalior.

Thesis Topic: A Qualitative Study of Modelled Protein Structure using Physicochemical Prop-

erties and Machine Learning Approaches

Supervisors: Prof. Anupam Shukla and Dr. Mahua Bhattacharya

M.Tech. [Information Technology], June 2005 - May 2007 CGPA: 8.15/10

ABV-Indian Institute of Information Technology & Management, Gwalior.

Thesis Topic: Integration of Heterogeneous Biological Data Sources.

Supervisor: Prof. Anupam Shukla

B.Tech. [Information Technology], June 2000 - May 2004 Percentage: 73.20%

Bharati Vidyapeeth College of Engineering, Delhi, affiliated from GGSIPU Delhi.

POSITIONS

Project Scientist, April 2013 - Present

Supercomputing Facility for Bioinformatics & Computational Biology, IIT Delhi, India.

Research Area: Protein Structure Prediction using Machine Learning Approaches.

Subject Matter Expert (SME), June 2007 - Dec 2009 [2yr 6 months]

Amdocs, Development Center India (DVCI), Pune.

Role: Software Developer

Project / Module Under Taken: Operational Intelligence and Data Conversion.

Research Assistant, Oct 2012 - Jan 2013 [4 months]

Supercomputing Facility for Bioinformatics & Computational Biology,

Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi - 110016, India.

Supervisor: Prof. B. Jayaram.

Research Assistant, Sep 2011 - Nov 2011 [3 months]

Industrial Engineering & Management Department,

Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur, WB - 721302, India.

Supervisor: Prof. M. K. Tiwari.

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PUBLICATIONS

International Journal

1. A Mishra, PS Rana, A Mittal, B Jayaram, “D2N: Distance to the native”, BBA Proteins

and Proteomics, Elsevier, 1844(10):17981807, 2014. [IF 3.73]

2. PS Rana, M Bhattacharya and A Shukla, Quality assessment of modelled protein struc-

ture using physicochemical properties Journal of Bioinformatics and Computational Biology,

World Scientific Publishing, 2014. [In Press; IF 1.2]

3. PS Rana, M Bhattacharya and A Shukla, “Structure Stability analysis of Nin (n=2-22) us-

ing Nature Inspired Algorithms: A Performance Study”, International Journal of Advanced

Intelligence Paradigms, Inderscience, 5(1):16-30, 2013. [IF 0.5]

4. PS Rana, M Bhattacharya and A Shukla, “Classification of Protein Structure (RMSD

5 ) using Physicochemical Properties, GPB, Elsevier, 2014. [Under Review]

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5. PS Rana, M Bhattacharya and A Shukla, “Clustering of Protein Structure (RMSD 10 ) A

using Physicochemical Properties”, Quantitative Biology, Springer, 2014. [UnderReview]

International Conference

1. PS Rana, M Bhattacharya and A Shukla, “Guided reproduction in differential evolution”, In

Proc. of Simulated Evolution and Learning, Springer, 7673:117-127, 2012.

2. PS Rana, M Bhattacharya and A Shukla, A Diversity-Based Comparative Study for Advance

Variants of Differential Evolution, In Proc. of the Second International Conference on Soft

Computing for Problem Solving (SocProS 2012), Springer India, pp 1317-1331, 2014.

3. PS Rana, M Bhattacharya and A Shukla, Energy minimization of protein structure using

homology based modelling and GRDE, In Proc. of the Second International Conference on

Soft Computing for Problem Solving (SocProS 2012), Springer India, pp 1332-1345, 2014.

INVITED TALK

• “D2N: Prediction of Distance-to-Native of Protein Structure using Physicochemical Proper-

ties and Machine Learning Models”, Center for Computational Biology, Duke-NUS

Graduate Medical School, Singapore (January 2014).

• “Protein Structure Prediction using Machine Learning Models”, Institute of Informatics,

University of Warsaw, Poland (March 2014).

TECHNICAL STRENGTHS

Operating System : Unix, Linux, Sun Solaris, Windows.

Programming Languages : C/C++, Java.

Scripting Languages : Shell, Perl, Python, AWK, Sed.

Database : Oracle, MySQL, MS SQL Server, MS Access.

Technologies : Web Designing, Photostop, Corel Draw.

Scientific Writing : L TEX

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Scientific Tools : R, Octave, Matlab.

Bioinformatics Tools : BLAST, FASTA, RasMol, PyMol, BioPython, Bioconductor.

Cufflinks, TopHat, Bowtie, edgeR, DESeq.

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AWARDS

• Qualified GATE-2005 and GATE-2010 with 98.89 and 95.75 percentile respectively.

• 3rd place in Imagin Cup 2006, organized by Microsoft.

WORKSHOP/ SEMINAR/ TRAINING ORGANIZED

Scientific writing using Latex, June 2012 - Present

• Invited talk on “Scientific writing using Latex” at DST sponsored short term course on “Soft

Computing Techniques for Optimization” at ABV-IIITM, Gwalior. [ Feb 2014 ]

• Two days workshop on Latex at Hindustan College of Technology, Mathura. [ Jan 2013 ]

• Invited talk on Latex at Faculty Development Program, ABV-IIITM, Gwalior. [ Nov 2012 ]

• One workshop on Latex for PhD Scholars, ABV-IIITM, Gwalior. [ June 2012 & March ’13 ]

Data Mining and Machine Learning using R, July 2012 - Present

• Invited Talk on “Machine Learning and Data mining using R” at National Workshop on

“Open Source Technology and Tools” (TEQIP-II), Govt. Engg. College, Ajmer. [Aug 2013]

• Invited Talk on “Data mining using R” at DST sponsored workshop for researchers at ABV-

IIITM, Gwalior. [ March 2013 ]

• One day workshop on “Data mining using R” for PhD Scholars at ABV-IIITM. [ July 2012 ]

WORKSHOP/ TRAINING ATTENDED

1. One week DST sponsored short term course on “Soft Computing Techniques for Optimization”

at ABV-IIITM, Gwalior. Feb 2014.

2. Ten days DST sponsored workshop on “Machine Learning and Text Analytics” at SAU, New

Delhi, Dec 2013.

3. One week DST sponsored short term course on “Soft Computing Techniques for Optimization”

at ABV-IIITM, Gwalior. March 2013.

4. Two week short term course on “Bioinformatics workshop on Genomics, Proteomics, Drug

Design and High Performance Computing” at IIT Delhi. August 2012.

5. Three days national workshop on “Applications of Computational Statistics in Medicine &

Biology (ACSMB - 2011)” at IIT Kharagpur, WB. Sept 2010.

6. One week short term course on “High Performance Parallel and Enterprise Computing” at

IIT Kharagpur, WB. April 2010.

7. Three days workshop on “Digital Forensics” at MANIT, Bhopal. Feb 2010.

8. One month training on “A&M (Advertising & Media) Track” module at Development India

Centre (DVIC) Amdocs, Pune. June 2007.

9. Two days training on “Development PL/SQL Program Units” module at System Consultant,

Pune. June 2007.

10. Four days training on “SQL & SQL Plus” module at System Consultant, Pune, June 2007.

11. Two days training on “UNIX Introduction” module at System Consultant, Pune. June 2007.

12. Two Days Training cum Workshop on “Bioinformatics Basics: Sequence, Tools & Their Po-

tential” at IIT Delhi. March 2006.

13. Three Week Training cum Workshop on “Methods in Gene: From Molecular Cloning to

Bioinformatics” at Jiwaji University, Gwalior, MP. March 2006.

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TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Instructor, Sep-Oct 2010, Nov-Dec 2010, June-July 2011, Aug-Sept 2011, Jan-Feb 2013

Training for Professionals, (tfp.iiitm.ac.in)

ABV-Indian Institute of Information Technology & Management, Gwalior.

Course: Data Structure using C & C++.

Instructor, Feb 2011, May 2011, June 2011, Feb 2013

Training for Professionals, (tfp.iiitm.ac.in)

ABV-Indian Institute of Information Technology & Management, Gwalior.

Course: Programming using Python.

Teaching Assistant, July 2012 - Dec 2012

ABV-Indian Institute of Information Technology & Management, Gwalior.

Course: Internet Technology.

Audience: IPG, VII Semester.

Teaching Assistant, Jan 2011 - May 2011

ABV-Indian Institute of Information Technology & Management, Gwalior.

Course: Advance Data Structure.

Audience: M.Tech, II Semester.

HOBBIES

Explore challenges: • DREAM8.5 (Challenges to solve complex biomedical problems) • CASP

(Critical Assessment of protein Structure Prediction) • Innocentive (Organize crowdsourcing inno-

vation problems) • Kaggle (Solving business challenges through predictive analytics) • CrowdAN-

ALYTIX (Solving business challenges through predictive analytics) • CAGI (Critical Assessment

of Genome Interpretation).

SOCIAL ACTIVITY

• Voluntarily donated blood 42 times and platelets 5 times.

• Associated with Student Gyan Movement (SGM), an initiative by ABV-IIITM students to

teach Government school students of nearby location in Gwalior.

PERSONAL DETAIL

Father’s Name : Late Sri Pratap Singh Rana Mother’s Name : Smt. Asha Devi

Date of Birth : March 15, 1982 Martial Status : Married

Nationality : Indian Passport No. : G6957714

Permanent Address: RZ J Block, 15/231, West Sagarpur, New Delhi-110046

DECLARATION

I hereby state that all the information mentioned above is true to the best of my knowledge and I

shall be held responsible for any discrepancy found later.

Date: September 30, 2014

Place: New Delhi Prashant Singh Rana

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REFERENCES

B. Jayaram

Professor, Department of Chemistry and Supercomputing Facility for Bioinformatics &

Computational Biology, Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi - 110016, India.

Phone: +91-11-265*****, +91-991*******(M)

E-mail: bjayaram[at]chemistry.iitd.ac.in, bestofbj[at]gmail.com

S. G. Deshmukh

Director, ABV-Indian Institute of Information Technology & Management, Gwalior.

Phone: +91-751-*******/2460316(O), +91-942*******(M)

E-mail: director[at]iiitm.ac.in, deshmukh.sg[at]gmail.com

M. K. Tiwari

Professor, HOD, Industrial Engineering & Management Department,

Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur, WB - 721302, India.

Phone: +91-322*-******(O), +91-973*******(M)

E-mail: mkt09[at]hotmail.com

Anupam Shukla

Professor, Department of Information Communication & Technology,

ABV-Indian Institute of Information Technology & Management, Gwalior.

Phone: +91-942*******(M)

E-mail: anupamshukla[at]iiitm.ac.in, dranupamshukla[at]gmail.com

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