SRIKAR
PRAYAGA
adncws@r.postjobfree.com
San Diego, California
92336
EDUCATION
University Of California - San
Diego
La Jolla, CA • Expected in
Bachelor of Science : Data
Science
Major GPA: 3.4
● Coursework in Big Data
Analytics, Advanced Data
Structures and Algorithms,
Object Oriented Design,
Digital and Analog Circuit
Design,
Supervised/Unsupervised
Machine Learning, Data
Mining, Database
Management, Data
Visualization, Data Analysis
and Modelling
PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
Driven Data Scientist ready to thrive in demanding digital intelligence processing environments. Well-informed on latest machine learning advancements. Ready to combine tireless hunger for new skills with desire to exploit cutting-edge data science technology!
WORK HISTORY
Katch Media - Data Science Intern
Los Angeles, CA • 07/2020 - 12/2020
● Skills Learned: Advanced Excel (pivot tables, advanced formulas, nested formulas, macros) BeautifulSoup, Tensorflow, Keras, Pandas, Numpy, Rest APIs, Git, statistical
modelling tools, Data Visualization techniques, AWS, Spark
● Served as team lead for "TEAM GEO" by managing
checkpoints on JIRA
● Performed intensive wrangling for large-scale databases using Python and SQL to create effective datasets for projects.
● Successfully developed 70 models using Random Forests, Logistic Regression and Neural Networks for the Movie Genome Project.
● Implemented Gradient Boosting/Tuning algorithms to increase accuracies from 65% to 91%.
● Visualized and presented the best models to the C-Suite using Tableau dashboards and effective data storytelling.
● Created daily reports of work on Confluence and authored 4 official technical reports for company use.
Codepath - Tech Fellow
San Diego, California • 01/2020 - Current
● Skills Learned: Swift, XCode, Parse/MongoDB, REST APIs, Webkit, Mapkit.
● Teaching complex topics in iOS Development such as APIs, MVC Architecture, Database in Parse/MongoDB, WebKit, MapKit, and AVFoundation.
TheCoderSchool - Code Coach
Cupertino, CA • 03/2021 - Current
● Skills Learned: Swift, Python, SQL, Java, C,C++, Scratch.
● Teaching hands on project based coding classes for kids from ages 8-18.
● Developing a bespoke lesson plan and teaching style to match each student's learning capabilities
SKILLS
● Java, Python, R, SQL,
C/C++, Verilog, Swift,
Matlab, Bash, Assembly,
Advanced Excel
● AutoCad, Revit,
Solidworks, Tableau,
Tensorflow, Git, Vim,
React, Parse, MongoDB,
Pandas
ORGANIZATIONS
IEEE,DS3 (Data Science
Society), UCSD Sitaare
(Competitive South Asian
Acapella Team)
AWARDS
Provosts Honors- Warren
College
Most Improved Singer- UCSD
Sitaare Acapella
CERTIFICATIONS
-Coursera Deep Learning AI
Certificate
-Codepath iOS BootCamp
-JP Morgan Software
Engineering Certificate
PROJECTS
/*Data Science Projects*/
COVID Face Mask Detector
Worked with: Open CV, Keras, Tensorflow, Deep Learning
● Use facial landmarking to build a training dataset of images of people with masks
● Achieved a 99% accuracy rate on the test set in terms of identifying if a person had a mask or not.
● Implemented it to detect masks in real time using a webcam.
Fraud detection in Credit Card Transaction
Worked with: Pandas,Sk-Learn, NLP
techniques,Tensorflow,PyTorch,Keras
● Identified fraud transactions leveraging predictive modelling with optimization attaining precision of 98.03%.
● Tested against classification algorithms such as KNN(K Nearest Neighbor), XG Boost Classifier, Random Forest Classifier.
Loan Underwriting Model
Worked with: AWS EC2, AWS EMR, Pyspark, Dask,
Pandas, Sk-Learn
● Built a classification model using Freddie Mac Loan datasets to predict loan defaults.
/*Software Engineering Projects*/
Worked with: Xcode 11, Swift, Cocoapods, Parse
ParsyGram - Instagram iOS app clone with a custom Parse backend
-An Instagram-style social media application where users can create accounts to upload and share pictures. The application utilizes a custom Parse backend to securely store users and passwords.
Twitter Client - Duplicates functionality of Twitter with a fresh look
-Client app that allows users to log in and view their feed. This is done by using Twitter's RESTful API. Likewise, the users can like, retweet, and refresh their live feed. Apartly- Productivity app that implements the Pomodoro method
- A productivity app that is designed to keep any individual on track of work during quarantine. Users will be able to join study/work rooms with specific tags with a global productivity timer.
- A productivity app that is designed to keep any individual on track of work during quarantine. Users will be able to join study/work rooms with specific tags with a global productivity timer.
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