CV
Education
- B.S. in Physics, University of Delhi, 2013
- M.S. in Physics, Indian Institute of Technology-Chennai, 2016
- Ph.D in Physics, The Catholic University of America, 20– (expected)
Work experience
Data Scientist Oct 2022 - Present
Shell Technology Center Houston, TX
Scientific Researcher May 2017 - Present
Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) Experiment at CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
- Designed and developed a Python based software to perform statistical analysis and hypothesis testing on multi-TB physics data
- Processed 200 TB of complex Physics data on a regular basis using distributed grid of computing clusters
- Designed a Principal Component Analysis framework to reduce the dimensionality of the data and helped reduce processing time, resulting in more computing resources availability
- Co-authored more than 150 scientific publications by the CMS collaboration
- Communicated scientific results to the general audience as a science outreach volunteer
Teaching Assistant August 2016 - May 2017
The Catholic University of America
- Taught Physics to a class of 200 Undergraduate Students
- Experimental Physics Lab Instructor
Skills
- Languages: Python (Advanced), R (Intermediate), pSQL (Intermediate), Bash, Shell
- Scientific Computing: Sci-Py, Numpy, Keras, SkLearn, MatplotLib, SeaBorn and Bokeh
- Machine Learning: Linear and Logistic Regression, Classification, Clustering (PCA, KNN, Random forest), Auto-Encoders, NeuralNets,
- Familiar: Computer Vision, Natural Language Processing
- Soft Skills:
- Organizationally Savvy: Worked in Collaboration with 5000+ Scientists doing Physics analysis and Software Development
- Enthusiastic about un-orthodox methods
- Critical thinking and Research Oriented
Awards and Achievements
- Fermi Nat. Lab Guest & Visitor Fellowship, 2019
- Research Fellowship to Work on Anomaly Detection at the LHC
- Best Oral Presentation, 2018 :
- a General Audience Talk on the Higgs Boson
- Data Science Hackathon Winner, 2019
- Winner of a Data Science Hackathon on Increasing Voter Turn-out
- Collaborated on the 1000th publication of the CMS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider
Service and Outreach
- Fermilab Science Outreach Volunteer,
- Shelter Home Cleaning Volunteer
- CERN Tour Guide Volunteer