MISHMA MARIYAM RAJU

• Secured Rank 16 for Kerala Engineering Architecture Medical Examination among 99,000+ students, '19
• Awarded Prime Minister's Scholarship of 1.8 lakhs by the Govt. of India for excellence in higher secondary education, '19 - '24
• Subject Topper for Central Board of Secondary Education Board Exam in Mathematics & Chemistry with 100/100, '19
• Co-author 'Budget-constrained Emission Reduction in Economic & Environmental Dispatch', PESGRE with Jio Platforms Ltd., '23
• Presented 'What Makes a Representation Interpretable?' at Cold Spring Harbor Lab, NY, guide - Prof. R. Rengaswamy, IITM, '24

1. Dual Degree Project (Aug 2023 – Jun 2024)
Developed a framework for machine learning-based experimentation on labeled network traffic data. Implemented and evaluated five ML models across four versatile datasets to analyze performance and detection capabilities.

2. UG Research Project (Mar 2022 – Sep 2023)
Investigated unsupervised pattern detection on bit streams of encoded textual (ASCII) and ECG (IEEE 754) data using entropy and statistics. Achieved a 92% improvement in distribution detection accuracy over uniform baselines.

3. WorldQuant Alphathon (Aug 2022 – Sep 2022)
Designed and backtested quantitative models (alphas) for predicting financial instrument prices. Ranked in the Top 5% globally (Silver Level) in the competition involving real-world market data analysis and model evaluation.

4. Communication Networks for IoT (Jan 2023 – May 2023)
Built a portable pedometer prototype; trained a random forest regressor on gyroscope sensor data to predict step count, achieving 87% accuracy.

5. Shell AI Hackathon (Sep 2020 – Oct 2020)
Solved a Wind Farm Layout Optimization problem using a genetic algorithm with custom mutation and crossover functions. Ranked 11th out of 5000+ submissions nationally.

• Data Science & Analytics: Data Analysis & Visualization (R/Python/SQL), Statistical Analysis & Design of Experiments, Applied Statistics, Introduction to Machine Learning, Mathematical Foundations of Data Science, Introduction to Computation and Visualization
• Mathematical & Computational Foundations: Differential Equations, Algorithms & Data Structures, Digital Signal Processing, Geometric Modeling & CAD
• Economics & Strategy: Principles of Economics, Introduction to Game Theory, Computational Economics & Public Policy, Bloomberg Market Concepts (Certification)

• Team Captain & Strategist: Secured medal at Inter IIT Sports Meet ’22 (IIT Delhi); Member of the IIT Madras Athletics Team; Won multiple medals in Dean’s Trophy & Schroter; awarded Best Weightlifter (Women’s Category).
• Mentorship & Academic Support: Served as Acad Buddy, mentoring freshmen in core courses through regular guidance sessions.
• Cultural & Creative Leadership: Spearheaded the NFTs initiative as part of Saarang '23 Executive Committee; led design of departmental yearbook for 50+ students.
• Initiative & Inclusivity: Organized IITM’s Women’s Day Ultimate Frisbee event and participated in national Ultimate Frisbee championships, promoting gender-inclusive sports.