Machine Learning Data Science

Simrat Kaur Randhawa

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Education

Stevens Institute of Technology

MS in Computer Science

Sept 2024

GPA: 3.9/4.0

Coursework: Statistical Learning in Finance, Human Computer Interaction, NLP, Deep Learning, Machine learning, Text Mining and Information Retrieval

Gujarat Technological University

BE in Information and Communication Technology

Sept 2019 – May 2023

GPA: 3.55/4.0

Coursework: Mathematics, Machine Learning, Telecommunication, Cloud Computing, Data Science Experience

Graduate Assistant

Stevens Institute of Technology

Hoboken, NJ

October 2024- Present

Assisting in the System, Data and Analytics department in the Graduate Admissions Office. Data Scientist

Lendingkart - Small Finance Bank

Bangalore, IN

August 2023 - July 2024

Built machine learning models to optimize Lendingkart’s personal loan process, focusing on efficiency and data-driven decision support in underwriting.

Integrated predictive models into the loan application journey, working closely with cross-functional teams to streamline model deployment and ensure real-time insights. Data Science Intern

Lendingkart - Small Finance Bank

Ahmedabad, IN

January 2023 - July 2023

Transformed raw audio data by designing a transcription and sentiment-tagging pipeline to handle real-world noise and improve data quality.

Addressed challenges with mixed-language data by developing custom Python scripts to enable sentiment analysis, adapting to unique language characteristics. Publications & Conferences

Position Mapping using Content Based Image Retrieval and Annoy

(IEEE XPlore 2)

December 2023

Presented at Bits Pilani Dubai MoSICom 2023, our innovative positioning system, utilizing CBIR, An- noy library, and feature extraction, demonstrates high accuracy and real-time performance, contributing significantly to advancements in positioning systems. The Latest in DeFi Research

Columbia Business School, David Geffen Hall

May 2025

Projects / Hackathon

AU-IQM Hackathon November 2022

Developed and deployed a fully functional news aggregator within 24 hours through cross-functional collab- oration, rapid problem-solving, and data-driven implementation. Multi-Class Image Classification using Custom CNN January 2024

Built and fine-tuned a custom CNN model to classify 215 mushroom species from image data, incorporating advanced augmentation and regularization techniques to enhance generalization and accuracy. Financial Named Entity Recognition Project – CS584 May 2025

Engineered a financial NER system using BiLSTM-CRF and Transformer-BiLSTM-CRF models on FiNER- 139, improving F1 score from 0.0001 to 0.59.

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