Education
Post Graduate Diploma in Business Analytics, ISI Kolkata, IIT Kharagpur, IIM Calcutta, July 2015 to May 2017 CGPA: 9.08/10 Course Webpage Flyer
- Ranked 7 out of 51 students in the batch. 3-institute joint 2 year program in Data Science and Analytics
- Scored A grade in courses Algorithms and Machine Learning,Statistical Structures in Data, Statistical Inference, Computing for Data Sciences, Optimisation and Decision Analytics
- Worked on projects on Machine learning, Complex networks, Information retrieval, Recommender Systems, Neural Networks
- Secured Second Position in CodeAthon mentored by Google Developers Bhubhaneshwar, Illuminati 2016 at IIT Kharagpur
- Attended Workshop on Big Data Analytics December 2015 Workshop Website
B.Tech., Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, July 2010 to July 2014 CGPA: 8.56/10
- S.L. Duggal convocation award by Director of institute for Best All Round Performance amongst graduating students of Mechanical Engineering
- Jointly awarded Rajendra Kumari Malhotra Memorial Convocation Prize by Director IIT Delhi for responsible student leadership during the session 2013-14
- Summer Undergraduate Research Award: Conferred the prestigious grant by IRD, IIT Delhi 2012
- IIT D Semester Merit Award - Awarded for excellent academic performance (batch top 7%) in first semester
Machine Learning Internship
Machine Learning Internship, QuantOne Technologies Pvt. Ltd., Kolkata, India, May 2016
- Using Deep Learning to identify potential stocks and derivatives
- Developed MLP and RNN models with a consistent hit rate, 10% over baseline hit rate, on the price movement
- Reduced the feature space to 10% of original size using stacked autoencoders
Projects
Machine Learning Projects (Done from July 2015 to Present)
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Classification of rooftop images captured by Satellites (International Data Science Game 2016) - Multi Category Classification of rooftop images sourced from satellite based on Roof Top type and Alignment. Achieved 80% accuracy in classification using Deep convolutional Networks. Potential application in assessment of risk due to high winds in a locality
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Clustering and Topic Modeling of Financial News - Using constrained clustering methods and LDA for Topic Modeling for making trading decisions based on impact on return, volatility and liquidity.
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Customer data analysis for Gurgaon based Startup www.Baxi.taxi - Developed predictive model for returning customers and clustering to identify customer segments to be used for differentiated offerings
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Event Retrieval from Twitter - Project aimed at identifying events from Tweets by popular tweet handles and extracting Time, Location attributes for events. Event information has potential applications in transport route and schedule planning. Used supervised classification of tweets, rule based time information extraction and geospatial corroboration to extract location information.
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Mining of large Telecom by-Grid Call Graph Data - Exploratory research project aimed at generating insights from geo-spatial telephone call graph data. Carried out anomaly detection, dependency analysis using complex network and ML tools. Utilized Hadoop for larger time window of analysis (Link to Dataset)
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Recommender System on Yahoo Billion Song Data - Used Hadoop to develop similarity matrix for collaborative filtering on User-Song review data. Also used approximation techniques to build computationally economical alternative models and compared performance. (Link to Dataset)
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In-Hospital In-ICU Patient Mortality Prediction - Involved developing model to predict future mortality of patient from ICU and pre-ICU Laboratory Data. Link to Blog
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Walmart Trip-Type Classification Challenge - Prediction of purpose of trip for customers visiting super market, based on the point of sale data. Leaderboard - 469/1047 Link to Challenge
Development Projects
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Interactive Java applet developed (Object Oriented Programming in Java Course Project) - Developed interactive Java application using data streams of historic Earthquakes and Airports across the Globe.
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Android App Development (Basic Android App Development Course Project) - Develop simple interface application storing frequently URLs for user. User can access URLs from the app and preferences saved and loaded on reopening
Work Experience
Business Analyst, www.GulfTalent.com, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, August 2014 to July 2015
- Marketing - Published a research and extensive data analysis based report to understand recruitment and
compensation trends in Gulf. Supplemented research with detailed interviews of 100+ HR and Top Managers Link to download report
- Product Development - Owner of multiple product streams, responsible for enhancing the user experience with data-
driven features based on quantitative analysis
- Analytics - Devised and Analyzed User Engagement metrics utilizing website usage logs and Google Analytics data
- Sales Strategy - Strategized and Managed 2 annual sales promotions involving mailshots and segmented offers
- Operations - Analyzed and implemented the internal phone call forwarding network, critical to sales team functioning
- Technology - Managed integration of third party digital marketing tool designing, sending and analyzing mailshots
Independent Courses
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Object Oriented Programming in Java - Coursera.org Certificate
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Android Application Development(Project Centered Course) - Coursera.org Certificate
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Text Retrieval and Search Engine - Coursera.org
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Data Visualization - Coursera.org
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Extracting Web Data using Python - Coursera.org
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Computational Investing I - Coursera.org
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Computational Investing II - Udacity.com
Programming Skills and Softwares
Python, R, Java, Eclipse, Deeplearning4j, Android Studio, SQL, NLTK, SNAP, Theano, Keras, Hadoop Map Reduce, Github, Google Analytics
Publications
Achievements and Awards
- Selected to be Student Volunteer for COMSNETS 2016 Conference held from 4-10 January Bangalore Link to Conference Page
- Cleared CFA Level 1 Examination in first attempt; Appeared for exam in December 2014
- 1 of the 9 membered team to represent IITD at 'Kizuna Program' by Japan International Cooperation Centre, Japan Link to Program Page
Courses
- Computer Science : Algorithm Design , Data Structures, Machine Learning, Data Mining,Complex Networks , Information Retrieval, Database Management Systems,Computing for Data Sciences , Computer Networks, Software Project Management, High Frequency Finance and News Analytics, Optimization and Decision Analytics,Visualization
- Maths and Statistics : Probability and Stochastic Processes,Statistical Inference,Statistical Structures in Data,Regression and Time Series Modelling,Categorical Data Analysis,Computational Finance
- Other Courses : Financial Risk Management, Modelling in Operations Management, Supply Chain Analytics, Introduction to Marketing Management,Organisational Behavior,Project Management, Macroeconomics, Corporate Finance
Past Internships
Live Strategy Project Internship, Accenture Strategy Consulting, New Delhi, May 2014 - July 2015
- Worked on "Study of Improving Business Environment in India" by Ministry of Commerce
- Conducting International and Domestic benchmarking to identify leading practices across of Business Regulatory Environment
- Detailing state level best practices through Primary and Secondary Research
- Prepared As-In Process Maps for various regulatory compliances within Best Practices
- Developed recommendations for improving the practice for the implementation across the country
Engineering RnD Internship, Daikin Industries, Shiga, Japan, May 2013 - July 2013
- Worked in Multi-cultural team to reduce cost and increase reliability of Heat exchangers by changing material
Contact
Email - robinsinghiitd@gmail.com , Phone : +91 974 888 4997 , LinkedIn