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Responsibilities:· Worked across multiple teams to gather user feedback, feature requests, and mockup reviews.· Assisted Python GUI development providing lay users a quality experience utilizing UX principles.· Assisted with Python code optimization, debugging, and harmonization between current data analytic programs.· Assisted in designing queries for data extraction and aggregation from a SQL Server.· Used Matplotlib to create plots and graphs, pandas for data manipulation, and PySide2 for the GUI.· Reduced dependencies and code-complexity by decoupling classes, methods, and files.· Reduced Source lines of code (SLOC) by 50%.

The Institute for Data Exploration and Applications (IDEA) is tackling problems that require new technologies for sensing the environment, collecting data, and analyzing it to simulate engineered social and biological systems. The Rensselaer IDEA enables research to access such technologies via the development of critical computational methodologies including data-intensive supercomputing, large-scale agent-based simulation, and cognitive computing technologies.I researched under Tom Morgan who headed the sports analytics project called RPI Hockey Motion Capture. This project was directed at tracking the on-ice motion of hockey players combined with analytics to aid coaching and player development. My role was to research the application and feasibility of various Computer Vision techniques for tracking fast-moving objects. I applied techniques such as color masking and contour detection to track hockey pucks in a video stream.

MY ROLE:Worked under IBM’s Power Systems Performance group, specifically in Chip Performance and Benchmarking, to assist in upbringing the IBM POWER9’ and POWER10 chips. I provided development support and created automated scripts to assist our CPU HW power/performance validation engineers with streamlining work efforts of repeatable but tedious tasks. My team was driving pre-silicon to post-silicon Power/Performance validation, optimization, and tuning of the POWER microprocessors for next-generation IBM Cognitive Servers.Other tasks included:• Focused on developing and maintaining automated regression test scenarios for validating post-Silicon.• Enabled IBM Power Systems Performance Bring up team to further automate the existing suite of benchmarks.• Incorporated IBM’s Design Thinking to create scripts resulting in great user experience that contributes towards efficiency, quality, and stability.• Enabled continuous deployment by developing and creating automated processes of which were documented in weekly reports via GitHub.• Debugged test environments and assist in solving scripting language package dependencies prior to deployment in ATE.PROJECT IMPACT:My work at IBM has already saved 100+ hours of manual work. I was brought in as an intern to automate most of the testing being done for the POWER series chips.In addition to this, the incorporation of IBM’s Design Thinking methodology improved the user experience of our engineers with regards to our test data. This is done by post-processing the data to return meaningful results, spreadsheet creating/population, and data simplification in the form of live graphs. This three step process eliminates nearly all of the menial tasks and headaches ourengineers endure analyzing test data.TECH STACK: Python (Pandas, Matplotlib, Openpyxl), Bash scripting, Red Hat Linux

The Cognitive and Immersive Systems Lab (CISL) is a collaboration between Rensselaer and IBM Research to lead the frontier of research and development of immersive cognitive systems. I was part of the Multimodal Dialogue and Machine Teaching project as an Undergraduate Researcher under the Dialogue Engine Team. This research project focuses on teaching an instructable agent through natural language and dialogue. I researched Natural Language Generation and implemented agent dialogue to match the complexity of the user by computing the difficulty of their spoken sentences.This research project is part of The Mandarin Project, a forefront of advanced research in Cognitive and Immersive Classrooms for Cyber-Enabled Language Learning. It leverages speech-based dialogue for communication and information exchange in Mandarin between students and agents in an immersive environment, where students are engaged in task-oriented group activities with communications and other social practices.

Engaged in fitness consulting, maintenance and reception duties. Duties include ensuring that participants are using equipment in a safe and considerate fashion. Maintained familiarity with Mueller Center emergency procedures, and understand and enforce all Mueller Center policies and procedures. The job also involves cleaning the fitness center and equipment, interacting with patrons in person and over the phone, and demonstrating a willingness to answer questions or direct questions to appropriate persons. Other duties include reporting broken and out-of-order equipment, following all building opening and closing procedures, cooperating with other staff members and working as a team, and checking patrons' ID cards as they enter the fitness center.

PROJECT DEFINITION: Involved analyzing customer feedback, reviewing designs from the UX team, and implementing those designs as Modern InFlight screens. The process in doing this was as follows: Take one improvement feature, design a solution, code the solution to completion, and produce production-ready code. PROJECT DELIVERABLES: The implemented usability improvements consisted of reduced clicks, labels, and simplification of data presentation within modern InFlight. Delivered a final presentation to a crowd of 200+ people, mainly managers and engineers at IBM.PROJECT TAKEAWAYS: • Acquired a basic understanding of usability and design elements that shapes user experience. • Learned the importance of visibility tools in providing clients exposure to data processing within the IBM cloud. • Gained experience of working with EDI technology and working on a real product with an Agile development process.TECH STACK: Java, CSS, Chef-Generator, Maven, Vagrant VM, WebSphere, and 10x (internal Java framework for building web-based applications).

Accepted as a qualified and reliable notetaker to take notes for students with disabilities. I took notes for the following courses:CSE 1729 - Introduction to Principles of ProgrammingCSE 2050 - Data Structures and Object-Oriented Design CSE 2500 - Introduction to Discrete Systems

I was one of 27 attendees selected out of 900+ applicants to attend a five-day interactive program for first-year computer science majors focused on professional and technical development including coding, networking, personal branding, resume writing, interview skills. I worked with a team of 6 to create a new tweet feature, named Tweet Time, based on our developed design document. The project was later presented to many engineers, mentors, and participants; including Twitter CEO, Jack Dorsey, and Vice President of Engineering, Nandini Ramani.Link to project: https://github.com/Early-Bird-Four4Life

- Completed Electrical Safety Analysis of worn equipment.- Completed operational/performance test of worn equipment.- Medical Device Troubleshooting( Active and Passive circuit analysis; Test Instrument Usage; Problem Isolation; Power Supply failures).- Preventative Maintenance and Mandated Safety Checks. - Learned the primary safety features of biomedical equipment and the importance of macro/micro current protections.- Learned Human Physiology and the monitoring of bodily functions. Attained knowledge on Electrocardiographic signals and their development and monitoring.