My CV
Author:
Alok Shankar
Last Updated:
9 years ago
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Abstract:
Alok Shankar's CV
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Alok Shankar's CV
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\moveleft.5\hoffset\centerline{\large\bf Alok Shankar Mysore} % Your name at the top
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\moveleft.5\hoffset\centerline{A-911, Komarla Brigade Residency, Uttarahalli Main Road, Bangalore - 560061}
\moveleft.5\hoffset\centerline{\href{mailto:alok.shankar.m@gmail.com}{alok.shankar.m@gmail.com}}
\moveleft.5\hoffset\centerline{+91 879 270 4610}
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\section{OBJECTIVE}
To pursue a career that allows for the best expression of my passion for Computer Science.
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\section{EDUCATION}
{\sl B.E - Computer Science and Engineering} \hfill August 2012 - May 2016 \\
PES Institute of Technology, Bangalore, India
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\section{TECHNOLOGY \\ SKILLS}
{\sl Programming Languages:} Python, Java, JavaScript, C, Ruby, C\#.\\
{\sl Cloud Computing:} OpenStack, CloudFoundry.\\
{\sl Parallel Computing:} Nvidia CUDA.\\
{\sl Frameworks:} AngularJS, JQuery, Bootstrap, Ruby on Rails, Python Flask, Android.\\
{\sl Databases:} PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, Heroku.\\
{\sl Hardware:} Raspberry Pi.
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\section{EXPERIENCE}
{\sl Software Development Engineer Intern} \hfill May 2015 -August 2015 \\
Bing Team, Microsoft R\&D, Hyderabad
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\item Built a Big Data pipeline that utilized open data sources - Wikipedia, Wikidata, Dbpedia to enhance the triggering of the Bing Infopane.
\item Enhanced the triggering of the Bing Infopane for around 300,000 entities.
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{\sl Co-founder and Head of Software Systems} \hfill May 2014 - Present \\
Farmalytics, Bangalore
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\item Provide Affordable and Accessible Precision Farming for Farmers using state of the art sensor technology with robust analytics to enable them to make data driven decisions.
\item Selected to the prestigious “Nasscom 10k Startups” accelerator and incubator program.
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\section{RESEARCH PROJECTS}
{\sl Studying the Wisdom Of Crowds at Scale}
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\item Worked with Prof. Sharad Goel from Stanford University to study the Wisdom of Crowds Phenomenon.
\item Built the Web Experiment and Analysis of the experiment results.
\item Published work at the 28\ts{th} ACM User Interface Software and Technology Symposium 2015 at Charlotte, USA.
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{\sl Machine Learning Approach to Auto Scaling CloudFoundry}
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\item Application of Artificial Neural Network to preempt server load and scale up or scale down CloudFoundry Application based on Historical data in order to minimize bad QoS.
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{\sl Parallelizing DTW algorithm for Time Series subsequence search on Nvidia GPU}
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\item Implemented and Optimized University of California, Riverside's Flavor of the Dynamic Time Warping algorithm for Time Series Sub-sequence search on Nvidia CUDA.
\item Achieved 12x performance increase versus the original algorithm on a mid range Nvidia GPU.
\item Paper under review at IEEE Confluence-2016, 6\ts{th} International Conference on Cloud System \& Big Data Engineering.
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\section{AWARDS}
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\item 1\ts{st} place winner at Google Indic Language Android Hackathon 2014, Bangalore.
\item 1\ts{st} place winner at Microsoft Ventures Hackathon 2014, Bangalore.
\item 1\ts{st} place Winner at `Ayana' 2014, All-India Hackathon, Bangalore.
\item 2\ts{nd} place winner at Google Bizdroid Hackathon 2014, Bangalore.
\item 2\ts{nd} runners up at AngelHack Mumbai 2014.
\item 3\ts{rd} place winner at `Huawei Mojo jojo' Hackathon 2014, Bangalore.
\item Prathiba Puraskara - Perfect Computer Science score in ICSE 10th grade exam.
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\section{COMMUNITY \\ SERVICE}
Children's Lovecastles Trust(CLT)\hfill February 2014 - Present \\
{\sl Volunteer Software Developer}
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\item Designed and developed a licensing and content distribution system on Android for the educational material produced by CLT in order to ease content distribution and prevent plagiarism.
\item The Project was chosen as recipient of South Asia Education Summit Award 2014 in the ``Mobile Initiatives in School" Category.
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Paadhai - Wayanad Project\hfill February 2015 \\
{\sl Volunteer - Teacher's Training Program}
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\item Architected Open Coursework Curriculum for Tribal school Children in the remote Wayanad Region in the state of Kerala in India.
\item Trained the teachers at the school to utilize the curriculum to better teach the children.
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\section{EXTRA-CURRICULAR \\ ACTIVITIES}
PES Entrepreneurship Cell \hfill May 2014 - Present\\
{\sl Founding Member and Head of the PR Team}\\\\
PES IET Students Club \hfill August 2015 - Present\\
{\sl Technical Secretary}\\\\
Flutist, {\sl Carnatic Style of Music}
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\section{REFERENCES}
Dr. Sharad Goel \hfill \href{mailto:scgoel@stanford.edu}{scgoel@stanford.edu}\\
{\sl Assistant Professor, Stanford University, \\Management Science \& Engineering Department}\\
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Bhagya Rangachar \hfill \href{mailto:bhagya@cltindia.org}{bhagya@cltindia.org}\\
{\sl Founder and CEO at CLT India}
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