Hi, I'm
Anand Sunderrajan

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About

I'm Anand

A motivated young professional with an amalgam of unique experiences looking to further knowledge and experience while contributing to society. I graduated with a B.S. in Computer Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and am currently a Kaggle Competitions Expert (ranked 792 globally). I'm looking for full-time Machine Learning or Software Development opportunities. Feel free to contact me regarding any positions you might have!
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TL;DR - I make some pretty cool stuff :)

Experience

Work

Education


January 2021 - June 2021

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Teaching Assistant - ECE445 (Senior Design)

Lead and managed multiple project teams through the engineering design process – including design review, testing, demonstration, and professional documentation of each step. Created and presented course lectures. Coordinated 400+ students alongside course staff for technical and design assistance. Liaised with company representatives for sponsored projects.

August 2020 - June 2021

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Teaching Assistant - ECE385 (Digital System Design)

Guided students in laboratory experiments involving FPGA design (over 250 students each semester). Conducted office hours for students to resolve their queries; test and debug their designs; and further their understanding of digital systems design.

May 2018 - June 2019

Hendrick House

Receptionist (September 2018 - June 2019)

Resident Advisor (May 2018 - September 2018)

Collaborated with a team of 6 Resident Advisors to establish a united leadership team to oversee over 1600 residents of varying age groups. Addressed resident issues and concerns in a professional and timely manner. Maintained a database of services used by residents and sold to visitors. Created accurate and detailed reports for each shift.

October 2016 - May 2017

International School of Havana

Software Development and Infrastructure Intern

Created a program to maintain a database for over 700 students and assist in data management for various categories for each student. Assisted in the implementation of the IT infrastructure ($45,000) for the new campus built on Calle 21.

May 2016 - September 2016

UNICEF - Havana, Cuba

Software Development Intern

Developed a Python program for maintaining an expense database which lead to a 700% operational speedup. Allowed user to efficiently parse through 8 funding accounts locally on their machine and visualize 11 different expense categories.

Udacity

AWS for Machine Learning Foundations

Hands-on experience with machine learning using AWS AI Devices (i.e. AWS DeepLens, AWS DeepRacer, and AWS DeepComposer). Learnt how to prepare, build, train, and deploy high-quality machine learning (ML) models quickly with Amazon SageMaker.

June 2021 - January 2022

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

B.S. Computer Engineering

Coursework: Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Data Structures & Algorithms, Probabilities and Statistics, Computer Systems and Design, IoT and Cognitive Computing, Parallel Programming, Digital Systems Design, Senior Design

August 2017 - June 2021

International School of Havana, Cuba

International Baccalaureate Diploma

Coursework: Math Higher Level, Physics Higher Level, Chemistry Higher Level, English Higher Level, Psychology, Spanish

June 2015 - May 2017
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Projects

Personal Website V2
A fully responsive personal website that showcases current projects and achievements. It's built using HTML, CSS, and Javascript. The website is deployed via github pages. It contains fluid scroll animations, custom graphics, 3D voxels, a dark mode with saved preferences, and a contact form using Formspree.
Javascript HTML CSS Three.js Git MagicaVoxel Blender Formspree
Trading Bot
Algorithmic trading bot that conducts financial and sentiment analysis for tickers on high traffic subreddits and stock tweets . The multi-model pipeline achieved an alpha of 4.94 (compared to the S&P500) with a beta of 1.07, providing an average annual return of approximately 15.04% through back testing with data since 2003 compared to the 10.1% provided by the S&P500. Testing with funds in a brokerage account since Jan 2020 has resulted in a portfolio value increase of 1360%.
Google Cloud Platform (GCP) Python Pandas PyTorch NLTK Polygon PRAW scikit-learn Stocktwits
Event Attendance Tracker
A custom-designed PCB with an ESP-32 micro-controller, and a companion android application that provides a comprehensive system to tracks event attendees at a booth. Developed a custom distance determining algorithm that achieves an accuracy of 99.04% in determining the booths attended, a >35% increase over tested alternatives. Fall 2020 - Team 13, winner of 'Best Engineered Project' award (ECE445).
C Java EAGLE KiCad PCB Design Soldering
Pipelined Microprocessors
A pipelined version of the LC3-B microprocessor and the RISCV Microprocessor based on the RV32I ISA. Both microprocessors have advanced features such as branch prediction, cache, hazard detection, etc.
System Verilog FPGA Development Quartus Prime LaTeX
Personal Website V1
A fully responsive website built using React, Javascript, Material UI, Node.js, HTML and CSS. It showcases skills and projects, and presents it on a clean, minimalistic website that is deployed on github pages.
React Javascript Node.js Material UI
Object Detection System
An object detection and classification pipeline built in Python using TensorFlow. The model is trained using the Fashion-MNIST dataset, built using two separate methods - Keras and Low-Level APIs, achieving an accuracy of 92% and 89.7% respectively.
Numpy Pandas Python TensorFlow
PotatOS
A linux OS built from ground up including both Assembly and C code. Fully supports keyboard and mouse input, implements a read-only file system, and supports multiple terminals and active tasks through the use of paging and scheduling.
C Git Linux x86 OS Development

Skills

Programming Languages

Technical Skills / Frameworks

Spoken Languages


Assembly (LC3 / x86) C C++ CUDA HTML CSS Node-Red Python SystemVerilog
Adobe Suite AWS EAGLE Git Google Cloud Jupyter Keras KiCad LaTeX Linux MS Office Suite NLTK Pandas PyTorch Quartus sklearn TensorFlow
English (Fluent) Hindi (Fluent) Spanish (Intermediate)
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