Machine Learning Research Assistant

Kusum Choudhary

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University of Maryland, College Park August 2022 – May 2026 Bachelor of Science in Computer Science GPA: 3.66 / 4.0 Minor in Statistics

Relevant Courses: Data Structures and Analysis of Algorithms, Machine Learning, AI, Data Science, Computer Systems, Organization of Programming Languages, Discrete Structures, Linear Algebra, and Statistics and Probability Experience

Undergraduate Research Assistant February 2025 – Present University of Maryland College Park, MD

• Built a VAE in PyTorch to encode protein images into a low-dimensional latent space.

• Classified 27 protein types using latent features; reconstructed images with a decoder.

• Improving model via data augmentation, evaluation metrics, and hyperparameter tuning. Instructor - Girls Who Code September 2023 – Present University of Maryland College Park, MD

• Teaching Python, MySQL, JavaScript, and Machine Learning through project-based instruction.

• Leading coding workshops and hackathons; using GitHub for collaboration and version control. Undergraduate Research Assistant January 2023 – December 2024 University of Maryland College Park, MD

• Used Python(regex) to parse TeX files from 100,000+ papers, creating a structured dataset for equation analysis.

• Built a database of 234,000 expressions and symbol frequencies using Pandas and NumPy, improving data accessibility.

• Wrote a Python script to categorize equations (Machine Learning pipeline), enhancing pattern recognition. Software Engineering Intern May 2021 – August 2021 Interview Camp Singapore

• Developed a geospatial visualization tool using JavaScript and JSON, displaying company locations and hiring data for 5,000+ users.

• Built data ingestion and preprocessing pipelines in Python with Pandas and NumPy for 9M+ company records.

• Improved query performance by 40% through efficient indexing and structured data transformation. Projects

HCI-Based Health App Design React Native, TypeScript, Figma, UX, UI, Human-Centered Design Jan 2025 – Present

• Developed a cross-platform health app in React Native and TypeScript, following accessibility and usability standards.

• Led UX research and prototyping in Figma using human-centered design and cognitive walkthroughs. MicroCaml Implementation OCaml, Regex, Functional Programming, AST, Git September 2024

• Implemented lexer, parser, and evaluator for a dynamically typed OCaml subset.

• Generated and executed Abstract Syntax Trees (AST) using functional programming. Text-Based Document Manager System C, GDB, Command-Line Interface, File I/O, Debugging June 2024

• Built a command-line document manager in C with features for adding, deleting, and editing text files.

• Integrated debugging and performance profiling pipelines using GDB, optimizing file I/O operations by 25%. Technical Skills

Languages: Java, Python, C, C++, JavaScript, Rust, Assembly, R, HTML, CSS, MySQL, React, MATLAB Frameworks: Windows, Linux, Node.js, Bootstrap

Developer Tools: Version Control, VS Code, Eclipse, JupyterNotebook Libraries/Databases: JavaFX, Pandas, NumPy, Matplotlib, Scikit - learn, TensorFlow, JUnit, Google Maps API Awards

Swami Vivekananda Scholarship August 2022 – Present

• Selected for full tuition support by the Government of Rajasthan in recognition of academic excellence. Sitare Foundation Scholarship May 2016 - May 2022

• Awarded comprehensive middle and high school education for exceptional academic potential as an underprivileged student.

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