Nikhil Kumar
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EXPERIENCE
AQR Capital Services
SDE Intern JUN 2020 - JUL 2020
Automated the previously manual process of provisioning cloud storage service instances, to be used by engineers at the firm.
Developed a python library which can be used to trigger these automated processes with necessary data as well as to interact with the allocated instances associated with the data.
Completed automated unit tests using pytest and
end-to-end feature tests using behave for smoother future development.
PROJECTS
Link Prediction using community detection in
social networks
B.Tech Course Project, Supervisor: Dr. Bhaskar Biswas Utilised different community detection algorithms to extract information about the communities that manifest in a social network.
Theorized and implemented a novel scoring method that indicates the likelihood of formation of a new connection between any unconnected pair of nodes using the
community structure information obtained from the
aforementioned algorithms.
Tools: Networkx, Python
Museo: Django based Web Application
Semester course project, Supervisor: Dr. Amrita Chaturvedi Built a blog-post web application (Museo) using Django Framework. Application was designed to rank users based on the upvotes/downvotes received upon articles they publish. Used raw SQL queries and django Models in tandem with MySQL to achieve backend functionalities.
School Management Web Application
DBMS course project, Supervisor: Dr. R. N. Chowdary Built a web application using Spring MVC to manage operations of a school administration.
Designed various functionalities for teachers, students and admins each with their own respective scope of access. EDUCATION
Indian Institute of Technology (BHU),
Varanasi — Bachelor of Technology in
Computer Science and Engineering
July 2017 - May 2021 CGPA: 8.54
Bishop Johnson College, Prayagraj
12th -2017 96.25%
Bishop Johnson College, Prayagraj
10th -2015 91.6%
SKILLS
● Languages: C++, Python, SQL.
● Familiar Tools/Frameworks: MySQL, AWS Boto3,
Django, Networkx.
ACHIEVEMENTS
● Ranked 22 globally in Hourstorm#12 hosted on
Hackerearth.
● Qualified for scholarship with All state rank 15 in UPSTSE 2016-17 conducted by CSTUP, Govt. of
Uttar Pradesh.
● Ranked 61 globally in April Circuits 20, monthly 7-day long challenge hosted on Hackerearth.
● Ranked 97 globally in Biweekly contest #37 on
Leetcode Platform.
● Secured All India Rank 2518 in the Common Merit
List of JEE Advanced (Previously IIT-JEE) out of
approximately 200k candidates who appeared for
JEE Advanced.
● Secured All India Rank 1291 in the Common Merit
List of JEE Main (Previously AIEEE) out of
approximately 1.2 million candidates who appeared
for JEE Main.
COMPETITIVE PROGRAMMING
● Proficient in Data Structures and Algorithms.
● Rated Expert on Codeforces Platform ( Max Rating: 1764, Profile: Link)
● Rated 4 stars on Codechef Platform ( Max Rating: 1933, Profile: Link)
● Max Rating 1619 on Hackerearth Platform ( Profile: Link )
● Max Rating 1822 on Hackerrank Platform ( Profile: Link )
● Max Rating 1801 on Leetcode Platform ( Profile:
Link