Ankur Yadav

7421, Frankford Rd, Dallas, TX 75252
(469) 258-8256 ~ ankur.yadav@utdallas.edu

I am a Ph.D. student at The University of Texas at Dallas. My research focus is Computer Vision and Applied Machine Learning. I am an expert in problem-solving and coding in various programming languages, frameworks, and libraries. My area of expertise is Python and Machine Learning technologies. I have great experience working in various web technologies.


Coding Grounds Profiles:

Leetcode     Hackerrank     Codechef     GeeksForGeeks

Experience

Research Assistant

The University of Texas at Dallas

Working on different Computational Geometry and Machine Learning Algorithms under Dr. Ovidiu Daescu at University of Texas at Dallas.

Jan 2020 - Present

Machine Learning Intern

Meta

Improved model accuracy by 0.6% by training multiple sub-models together.
Solved an optimization problem for ad refresh interval to increase the product’s revenue by 1.6%

May 2022 - August 2022

Full Stack Developer

Emanjha LLC, Mumbai, India

Worked as Team leader and Full Stack developer with team of 5. We developed a web application using multiple frameworks and I primarily worked on 2 frameworks and 2 databases. Skills Used: Django Framework (Python), CodeIgniter Framework (PHP) Databases Used: Cassandra DB, MySQL DB

August 2018 - July 2019

Application Developer Intern

Ved Computech Private Limited, Navi Mumbai, India

Worked as android application developer as well as Php application developer

June 2017 - July 2018

Full Stack Freelancer

Freelancing

Worked part-time as a freelancer developer for multiple projects and clients. Worked in various web frameworks and application optimization techniques to improve the application's performance.

Jan 2017 - July 2019

Education

The University of Texas at Dallas

doctorate
Computer Science - Intelligent Systems and Computer Vision

GPA: 3.95/4.00

August 2020 - Current

The University of Texas at Dallas

Masters of Science
Computer Science - Intelligent Systems Track

GPA: 3.95/4.00

August 2019 - Current

University of Mumbai

Bachelors of Engineering
Computer Engineering

GPA: 9.21/10.00

August 2014 - June 2018

Skills

Programming Languages:
Frameworks and Tools:
  • TensorFlow, Keras (Python Machine Learning Frameworks)
  • Numpy Pandas (Python Statastics Libraries)
  • AWS, Google Cloud (Cloud Platforms)
  • Django (Python Web Framework)
  • CodeIgniter (PHP Web Framework)
  • React JS (JS Front End Framework)
  • Arduino, Raspberry Pi (IOT Devices)

Projects

  • Atrade - Real time Stock Brokerage Web Application (Nov 2019): The web application for real time stock brokerage developed using multiple servers implementing various security, caching and desinging protocols
    Tools and Technologies: Django, HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, Google Cloud Platform
    • Learn More (Github)

  • Dart Database Management (Nov 2019): The Database management system for DART (Dallas Area Rapid Transit) service.
    Tools and Technologies: MySQL, Database Design, Google Cloud SQL.
    • Learn More (Github)

  • Smart Teaching Assistent (March 2018): A mini voice assistant using NLP toolkit in Python and Database where system was able to parse user questions and generate answers from available data in database.
    Tools and Technologies: NLTK (Python Natural Language Processing Library), MongoDB
    • Learn More (Github)

  • Web application for Seaeagle Navigators Private Limited (Nov 2017): A web application with admin panel for the organization Wisdom Career Education Private Limited .
    Tools and Technologies: CodeIgniter, HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, Bootstrap 3
    • Website Reference

  • Web application for Wisdom Career Education Private Limited (April 2017): A web application with admin panel for the organization Wisdom Career Education Private Limited .
    Tools and Technologies: PHP, HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, Bootstrap 3
    • Website Reference

  • Server Client Monitoring System (Nov 2016): A Java SE project in which a server system in a network is able to monitor and pass messages in the LAN using Socket Programming in Java .
    Tools and Technologies: Java, Java Socket Programming, Netbeans
    • Learn More (Github)

Certifications

Honors and Awards

  • University Topper in Undergraduate Studies (Class of 2018)
    View Certificate

  • Secured rank in top 50 in nation in 4th CSI Discover Thinking Online Programming contest hosted by Computer Society of India
    View Certificate