Arun Shankar

1628 N Daffodil St · Tempe, AZ 85281 · (480) 410-8912 · ashank16@asu.edu

I am experienced in leveraging agile frameworks to provide a robust synopsis for high level overviews. Iterative approaches to corporate strategy foster collaborative thinking to further the overall value proposition.


Experience

System Engineer

Tata Consultancy Services

Developed an automated ticketing system using SAP CRM and ABAP for 15 over SAP departments. The system extracts information from customer email, creates a service request, and sends an acknowledgment response. Developed rapid application tools on SAP WebUI, that monitor ticket influx, KPIs and user data, and help improve resolution efficiency by 67%. Optimized complex SQL queries that pull data from large datasets with over 18 million records on a bi-monthly basis. Reduced query runtime by 27% per query.

December 2014 - July 2018

Software Development Intern

Tata Consultancy Services

Developed an appointment tool for TCS employees using AngularJS and Java Spring Hibernate ORM integration. The tool is used by over 300,000 employees for scheduling internal meetings and webinars.

May 2013 - June 2013

Education

Arizona State University

Master of Science
Computer Science - Big Data Systems

GPA: 3.53/4.00

August 2018 - May 2020

SRM University

Bachelor of Technology
Information Technology

GPA: 7.8/10.0

July 2010 - May 2014

Projects

Geo-Spatial Hotspot Analysis

MapReduce | Spark | Scala

Executed spatial statistics to the New York taxi dataset and identify the fifty most significant hot zones within the city. Developed and executed range join query, distance query, hot-zone analysis, and hot-cell analysis using Scala. Implemented Hadoop Distributed File System as a distributed storage system and Native Spark as the cluster manager.


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January 2020 - May 2020

Bidirectional Search Analysis in Pacman Domain

Python

Implemented the Bidirectional Search (BDS) Algorithm with a variation of manhattan heuristic for Pacman Domain. Performed a comparative performance analysis of BDS with other algorithms such as Breadth-First Search, Depth-First Search, A-Star Search over nineteen different layouts in the Pacman world, and also diagnosed outliers.


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January 2020 - May 2020

ML-based Health app on Android

Python | Tensorflow | Android

Developed an Android app that recognizes users’ food items and adds related calories to the calorie tracker. Integrated the MobileNet model, a Tensorflow Lite API for CNN based image classification to detect the food items. Proposed the crowdsensing model to expand the app to be able to recognize home-cooked food items.


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September 2019 - November 2019

RESTful ASL-to-Text Flask Application

Python | Tensorflow | Flask | AWS | PoseNet

Extracted skeletal key points from five-second videos depicting American Sign Language using Tensorflow PoseNet. Performed feature extraction and implemented machine learning classifiers such as Random Forest, Multi-Layer Perceptron, and KNN on the skeletal key points to predict the ASL gesture and compared the accuracy of the models. Developed a RESTful Flask application for the ML framework and deployed it as a cloud instance using AWS EC2.


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August 2019 - November 2019

Activity Recognition with MyoBand

Matlab

Developed feature extraction algorithm using Matlab to identify different activities using raw sensor data collected from MyroBand. Analyzed the pattern of data streams in user dependent analysis using decision trees, neural networks, and SVM; and independent manner to derive a clear distinction between actions.


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January 2019 - April 2019

A survey on Gradient Descent Optimization

Python | NumPy | Pandas

Designed a 3-layer neural network to compare various optimization algorithms on Fashion MNIST dataset. Implemented RMSProp, ADAM, AdaGrad, AdaDelta, Polyak's, and No-momentum and compared optimizers for convergence and stability using Python, Numpy and Pandas.


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January 2019 - April 2019

Skills

Programming Languages & Tools
Workflow
  • Data Mining
  • Machine Learning
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Distributed Systems
  • Software Security
  • Data Structures & Algorithms
  • Mobile Computing
  • Agile Development & Scrum

Extra Curricular Activities

Organizations
  • Graduate Peer Career Coach at ASU Career Center
  • Software Engineer Volunteer at EPICS ASU
  • Graphic Designer at WebArch - SRM University
  • Event Organizer at AARUUSH (Techno-Management Fest) - SRM University

Certifications
  • Microsoft Technology Associate: Windows Server Administration Fundamentals (MTA)
  • Associate - Information Storage and Management Version 2.0 (EMCISA)
  • Matlab OnRamp Certification