Priya Pal
Aachen
Summary
Detail-oriented team player with strong organizational skills. Ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously with a high degree of accuracy. Meticulous learner with one and a half year of experience as a Data Scientist accomplished in compiling, transforming and analyzing complex information through software. Expert in machine learning and large dataset management. Bringing a total of 4+ years of software development, data science and agile work experience.
Overview
5
5
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Working Student - Data Scientist
SMS digital GmbH
Dusseldorf
08.2022 - Current
- Created robust ML deployment pipelines with Kubeflow and Docker for project-wide implementation.
- Engineered models for NLP predictions, showcasing a proficiency in tackling complex language challenges. The models yielded initial accuracy of 0.85 to 0.87. Also, performed initial research to move to LLMs.
- Conducted hyperparameter optimization to enhance the efficiency of machine learning models, increasing accuracy to 0.96. Reduced the variance in model prediction using different regularization techniques.
- Deployed models seamlessly using Fast API and created user-friendly interfaces with Streamlit. The interfaces showcased different probability graphs with almost 50 prediction classes.
- Took full ownership in a two-person team, managing project work independently and, ensuring the project's success.
- Models developed are actively used in the dev environment, with plans for production integration.
- Presented project outcomes in a company-wide Data Science talk meeting with over 100 people attending, highlighting projects significance within the organization.
ASSISTANT SOFTWARE ENGINEER
NOMURA RESEARCH INSTITUTE FINANCIAL TECHNOLOGIES INDIA PVT. LTD
Kolkata
08.2019 - 09.2021
- Engineered sophisticated interfaces with dynamic web features using JSPX, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and jQuery, enhancing user interaction and visual appeal.
- Implemented and fine-tuned batch processes for regular interval data transfer in a component-based web application. Specialized in Spring MVC and Spring Boot for optimal performance. Additionally, designed batch services for processing Swift messages in the capital market domain.
- Provided mentorship to new employees and interns, offering expertise in web interface creation, design, and optimization of SQL queries, contributing to the team's skill development and project success.
- Analyzed user requirements to conceptualize and design system visualizations, streamlining the development process and aligning deliverables with user expectations.
Assistant Software Engineer Trainee(Intern)
Nomura Research Institute Financial Technologies India Pvt. Ltd
Kolkata
10.2018 - 04.2019
- Integrated Apache Solr to improve production database access times, enhancing overall data retrieval efficiency.
- Developed PL/SQL procedures for efficient bulk data handling in batch processes.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Computer Science
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology
India12-2019
Master of Science - Media Informatics
RWTH Aachen University
Aachen, GermanySkills
- Programming & Machine Learning: Python, Pandas, NumPy, Scikit-learn, SciPy, TensorFlow, Keras, PyTorch, Normalization Techniques, Data Screening, Deep Learning and C programming language
- Database & Java Development: SQL, Java/J2EE, Spring, Hibernate, Spring Boot
- DevOps & Containerization: Docker, Jenkins, Kubeflow Pipelines, Kubernetes
- Data Management and data visualization: DVC (Data Version Control), R programming, graphviz, Plotly, Matplotlib
- System Administration & Version Control: Linux (Terminal, Bash/Shell), Git
Projects
- RFID Wearable Ring, A wearable ring designed using an RFID chip that triggers an Android mobile application. The App sends an alert and your real-time location to the provided contacts(provided to the app while registering). The Project was awarded the 1st prize in the Inter-college Project competition TECHNOTICA.
- Twitter Data Sentiment Analysis Sentiment analysis of real-time data captured from Twitter during the FIFA World cup in 2018 using Flume and processed using hive. I used various python libraries such as tweepy, and Textblob to process the data and determine the polarity of sentiments.
Languages
Hindi
First Language
English
Proficient (C2)
C2
German
Beginner (A1)
A1
Bengali
Proficient (C2)
C2
Volunteering, Head of Sponsorship (2023-2024), Association of Indian students in Aachen(AISA)
- Organized and moderated AISA's first Women's Day meetup, leading successful events and currently coordinating the summer semester student welcome program.
- Elected to the role, brought in more new sponsorship deals than the past 3 years, and strengthened organizational relations with sponsors. Improved and formed relations with companies, facilitating support for new international students and benefiting sponsors by aligning with AISA's work.
Certification
- Operating System Overview offered by IIT Kharagpur
- Programming for Everybody (Getting Started with Python) authorized by University of Michigan through Coursera
- Mobile App Development using Android
- Spring & Hibernate for Beginners (includes Spring Boot) offered by Udemy
Timeline
Working Student - Data Scientist
SMS digital GmbH
08.2022 - Current
ASSISTANT SOFTWARE ENGINEER
NOMURA RESEARCH INSTITUTE FINANCIAL TECHNOLOGIES INDIA PVT. LTD
08.2019 - 09.2021
Assistant Software Engineer Trainee(Intern)
Nomura Research Institute Financial Technologies India Pvt. Ltd
10.2018 - 04.2019
Bachelor of Science - Computer Science
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology
Master of Science - Media Informatics
RWTH Aachen University
- Operating System Overview offered by IIT Kharagpur
- Programming for Everybody (Getting Started with Python) authorized by University of Michigan through Coursera
- Mobile App Development using Android
- Spring & Hibernate for Beginners (includes Spring Boot) offered by Udemy
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