Tanya Beri
San Jose, CA 408-***-**** adt1ig@r.postjobfree.com www.linkedin.com/in/tanya-beri
EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES Los Angeles, CA Bachelor of Science, Data Theory Major Expected Graduation June 2025
● GPA: 3.34
● Relevant Courses: Introduction to Programming in C++, Data Structures, Algorithms, Statistical Programming in R, Linear Algebra, Differential Equations, Discrete Mathematics, Multivariable Calculus, Data-Driven Modeling PRESENTATION HIGH SCHOOL San Jose, CA
● GPA: 4.46 Graduated June 2021
● Awards/Accomplishments: National AP Scholar (2020), Bronze Award National French Exam (2020), Presidents Volunteer Service Award (2019-2020), Silver Medal in Age Group for Om Run Half-Marathon (2019), MathCON Finalist (2019) SKILLS
● Hard Skills: Proficient in C++, Python, R; Familiar with Java, SQL, foundational AI and ML; Research and Data Analysis
● Soft Skills: Communication, presentation, teamwork and collaboration EXPERIENCE / PROJECTS
UCLA, CA Sept 2022 - Dec 2022
Project Lead ( CO2 Emissions Model Project.pdf )
● Led a project to build a CO2 emissions forecast model for Data-Driven Mathematical Modeling course at UCLA
● Implemented Random Forest Classifier to test for feature importance and KNN algorithm for multi-class classification of CO2 emissions by country
UC Santa Cruz, CA Jun 2022 - Aug 2022
Data Science Research Intern ( Brooks Lab Summer 2022 Presentation.pdf )
● Used TCGA-PAAD (Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma) dataset to analyze accuracy of RNA quantification tool MESA
● Cleaned data by handling missing values and using median imputation, and created 2 PCA plots to analyze differences in the normal and tumor data samples
● Determined the splicing signature of the tumor type and detected and further researched a set of outlier samples that were clustering separately in the PCA plots
UC Davis, CA Jun 2019 - Sept 2019
Software Engineering Research Intern
● Determined the protein domains found in each gene from the A. crassicarpa genome (Acra_v1) using BLAST
● Created a Python script to parse through the BLAST output and detect patterns, outputting a table with the gene ID and protein domain information
San Jose State University, CA Jun 2019 - Sept 2019 Data Science Independent Research Intern
● Used Python to create a K-Means clustering model of lung cancer data to show which factors were most common among lung cancer patients
● Implemented DBSCAN algorithm on iris dataset to eliminate noise and outliers in the dataset
● Created and presented weekly slides along with three lab and project reports detailing the methods and algorithms used EXTRACURRICULARS
Data Resolutions at UCLA, Project Member ( OkTY Fall 2022 Client Deliverable.pdf ) Sept 2022 - Present
● Worked with client OKTY along with 4 other members to create a model to recommend specific advertisements based on user’s spending patterns and presented model and methods to the client at end of quarter
● Implemented NLP bag-of-words model along with web scraping to categorize merchant names in the dataset
● Used Named Entity Recognition to anonymize transaction data to protect user privacy ROOT[D Dance Team at UCLA, Member Sept 2021 - Present
● Learning various styles of dance and performed at UCLA Garba, USC Mehfil, and St. Baldrick’s PULSE fundraiser
● Planned and hosted “Mock Mehndi” event at UCLA with 200+ attendees and 10+ performances