I'm Ashwath Krishnan.

Dove deeper into my love for computer science while simultaneously exploring other disciplines of interest.
GPA: 3.77/4.0, Minors: Statistics, Cybersecurity

Gained a well rounded academic foundation, the fundamentals of computer science, and some life-long friends.

Working as a member of an agile data science team focused on creating machine learning solutions within the cybersecurity division of Capital One to enable automated access controls throughout the company. Main responsibilities include developing machine learning and statistical models in Python using PySpark and Tensorflow, writing model monitoring scripts in Python and Bash, doing exploratory data analysis on new data sources, and working on the underlying AWS infrastucture where the models are hosted.

Worked as a member of a software development team to develop new features for Capital One’s commercial banking application, Intellix Mobile. Main responsibilities included developing new screens for the iOS and Android applications in Swift and Kotlin, writing backend endpoints with Golang, and helping migrate the application’s infrastructure from AWS EC2 to AWS Fargate.

Worked as a member of an agile software development team to develop new features for UnitedHealth Group’s Individual Insurance store website in order to increase customer retention across the various phases of the insurance shopping experience. Main responsibilities include developing new components in AngularJS, writing backend endpoints with .NET core, and connecting to and managing a CosmosDB database. Also worked as a member of an agile data engineering team developing ETL pipelines to process data from the company's various data sources. Main responsibilities included developing pipelines using Azure Synapse, writing SQL scripts to validate data, and monitoring job statuses.

Teaching Assistant for a university level discrete mathematics course, where my main responsibilities included:
- drafting homework and exam questions
- grading homework assignments and exams
- holding office hours to clarify student doubts

Taught a computer science course on digital logic design through the lens of the popular game, Minecraft. All concepts and techniques taught in the class were demonstrated through completing tasks within Minecraft using the in-game Redstone mechanic that mimics real-world circuitry. Main responsibilities included:
- delivering lectures on digital logic theory and design
- writing homework and project descriptions
- working with and integrating class Minecraft mod with UMD's project submission server
- creating video tutorials and other supplementary content
- managing class logistics (grades, announcements, exams, lectures, etc)

Worked as a member of an agile data science team on a project attempting to forecast flu levels in various regions based on Google search trends in those regions. Main responsibilities included writing python scripts for data collection, exploratory data analysis, factor analysis, linear and symbolic regression, and neural network integration.

Created a Google Chrome extension using ReactJS and vanilla JavaScript to help the developers easily manage their code reviews.

Worked on strict typing using Facebook's Flow framework for a cross-platform mobile application and a web application. In addition, I worked on converting the company's development setup from a virtualization environment (Vagrant/Virtualbox) to a containerization environment (Docker).

Created a windows application using C# in order to grab archived mail data from an Appache Solr index and allow the user to modify the data without using the Solr Admin UI.