MITALI BANTE
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EDUCATION
Columbia University New York, NY
Master of Science in Data Science Expected May 2022 Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology (VNIT) Nagpur, IN Bachelor of Technology in Computer Science, 8.89/10 2019 SKILLS
Programming Python, R, SQL, Java, C++, JavaScript, TypeScript Python Packages Numpy, SciPy, Pandas, Scikit-Learn, NLTK Databases PostgreSQL, MongoDB
Data Visualization Matplotlib, ggplot2
PROJECTS ON DATA SCIENCE
YouTube video text summarizer Jan 2021 – Ongoing
Adopting and learning NLP basics: tokenization, stemming, lemmatization; generated a basic summarizer application by taking advantage of stop-word corpus, word and sentence tokenizer followed by frequency of appearances.
Extracting captions from YouTube videos in text format based on URL of video to be summarized. Data Science Survey Analysis and classification Dec 2020 – Jan 2021
Compiled miscellaneous exploratory data analysis techniques on entire data set to establish findings from data.
Experimented using classification algorithms: KNN classifier, logistic regression, random forest, SVM and decision tree.
Implemented grid search to conclude best performing algorithm and optimal parameters for each model; accomplished an accuracy of 80.44% on validation set.
Time series Analysis for Superstore sales Sep 2020 – Nov 2020
Adopted Auto Regressive Integrated Moving Average (ARIMA) model to develop a forecasting model for monthly sales by converting pre existing data to stationary data.
Plotted ACF and PACF graphs to obtain optimal parameters for ARIMA and generated forecast for future 18 months. VNIT: Malicious Activity detection in an ATM chamber Sep 2018 – Jan 2019
Utilized OpenPose framework for joint detection in video feed; applied feature extraction techniques.
Achieved accuracy of 86.02% with polynomial kernel under binary class classification in SVM. EXPERIENCE
Fidelity Investments Bangalore, IN
Software Engineer Aug 2019 – Dec 2020
Devised end-to-end functionality for copy tool and validation tool using Java, PostgreSQL and Spring Batch to have data consistency amongst all environments; resulted in reduced developer efforts.
Exposed an existing service as an API end-point, allowing service to be accessible by multiple applications; availed Jenkins to practice continuous implementation and continuous deployment (CICD).
Conducted idea pitching sessions for creators with senior leadership by being affiliated to a 6 member Innovation Council; helped 2 teams with project completion while working with other teams on planning and resource collection. Fidelity Investments Bangalore, IN
Software Engineer Intern May 2018 – Jul 2018
Designed an Angular based platform for research analysts with editable templates to publish research report for different stocks; research reports are availed by Portfolio Managers to take investment decisions.
Automated Beta-testing for iOS versions on devices hosted on cloud by employing Appium Studio and Selenium. INTERESTS/ LEADERSHIP
Lawn Tennis, Dramatics, Sports Secretary ( Computer Science Dept, VNIT), Coordinator for Dexter (Technical Fest)