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Umang Sood

Oshawa,ON

Summary

Upcoming Data Scientist skilled in compiling, transforming, and analyzing complex data using software. Well-versed in machine learning and large dataset management with a strong ability to identify patterns and solve business problems.

Overview

5
5
years of professional experience

Work History

Web Developer

Apricus Hills Pvt. Ltd
02.2022 - 12.2022
  • Developed a website for viewing upcoming projects, including employee login to access customer contacts and real-time chat with agents.
  • Enhanced customer engagement and streamlined communication, fostering better client relationships and project management.

Python Instructor/Developer

Wonksknow India
08.2020 - 12.2021
  • Developed a ML application for interview assessment, detecting facial expressions, monotonous sound, and background brightness.
  • Facial recognition automation eliminated manual assessment and reduced biases, enhancing the company's efficiency and fairness in candidate selection
  • Conducting weekly Python classes for 30-35 students, covering basic and advanced topics including OOP, Multithreading, Open-CV-Image Processing, SQL, etc.

Backend Developer Intern

Tata Communications Limited
05.2018 - 07.2018
  • Designed client-focused proposals and architected Cloud-based IT Help Desk solution.

Education

Master's in Big Data Analytics: Applied Modelling and Quantitative Methods -

Trent University
Peterborough, CA

Bachelor's in Computer Science -

Iowa State University
Iowa, USA

Skills

    • Data Visualization and Presentations
    • Python Programming
    • Data Storytelling
    • Large Language Models
    • Natural Language Processing
    • Apache Spark
    • Cassandra
      • SQL Databases
      • Analytical Problem Solving
      • Statistical Analysis
      • R Programming
      • Network Programming/Protocols
      • Machine Learning
      • Scrapy

Projects

Content Moderation Final Project, Link, 04/2024, Conducted comparative analysis of Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM) and Bidirectional Encoder Representations from Transformers (BERT), with BERT demonstrating superior performance. Developed Flask web app for text and image classification. Integrated the Google Cloud Vision API for text extraction from images. Provided real-time classification results as probabilities of appropriateness or inappropriateness based on the BERT model. Deployed the Flask application on Google App Engine for global access. Data Processing Framework Evaluation, 12/2023, Conducted comprehensive evaluation and comparison of Apache Beam and Amazon Kinesis. Designed and executed experiments to assess performance, scalability, and latency of both frameworks by monitoring CPU and memory utilization while measuring processing speed. Systematically increased data volume and complexity to evaluate scalability under varying workloads. R Shiny Project, Link, 03/2023, Developed an R Shiny project analyzing the relationship between immigration trends and earnings, featuring separate components for Earnings and Immigration. Visualized US immigration (2011-2020) and Median Household Earnings (2009-2021). Customizable features: scale adjustments, PDF/CSV dataset downloads.

Timeline

Web Developer

Apricus Hills Pvt. Ltd
02.2022 - 12.2022

Python Instructor/Developer

Wonksknow India
08.2020 - 12.2021

Backend Developer Intern

Tata Communications Limited
05.2018 - 07.2018

Master's in Big Data Analytics: Applied Modelling and Quantitative Methods -

Trent University

Bachelor's in Computer Science -

Iowa State University
Umang Sood