Akrash Sharma

Edmonton, Alberta LinkedIn

Cell: (+1) 7802987551 GitHub
akarshsharma654@gmail.com Website
EDUCATION
University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Sept 2019 - Expected May 2023
BSc Honors in Computing Science | GPA: 3.7/4.0
Relevant Courses: Algorithms1, Database Management (SQL,MongoDB), Introduction to Machine Learning, Practical
Programming Methodology (C language), Computer Organization and Architecture (MIPS Assembly)
RELEVANT EXPERIENCE
University of Alberta – Data Analytics Intern May 2021 - Present
 Conducted Data Analysis and Predictive Modelling to help identify Top Prospects and built Donor Model
 Used Correlation Analysis and Machine Learning to identify Donor Cycle and Donor Touchpoints
UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH
University of Alberta – Research Assistant May 2021 - Present
 Designed linear and quadratic objective constraints from discount policies
 Used Integer Linear Programming in CPlex to obtain the optimal solution
LEADERSHIP
Google Developer Student Club - Student Lead (President) Website June 2021 - Current
 Identified local organizations to collaborate with during the academic year

ACM (Association for Computing Machinery) Student Chapter – Vice President Aug 2020 – May 2021
 Organized club meetings, activities, distinguished speaker sessions and hackathons
 Held Kaggle competitions to prepare students for the ACM ICPC Contest
 Helped design the Chapter’s official website at http://uofa.acm.org/
PROJECTS
Graph Algorithms Visualizer [Github Repository] July 2021
 Implemented Breadth First Search, Depth First Search and Topological Sort
 Created a Python Package(graph-algo-vis) which takes in an adjacency matrix as an input from user and
visualizes the graphs before and after Breadth First Search, Depth First Search, Topological Sort
Unify (Full Stack Web Development Project) [Github Repository] Jan 2021
 Tools and Technologies: HTML, CSS, NodeJS, MongoDB, JavaScript, EJS
 Designed and implemented Unify which supports user login and uses google authentication
 Designed and Optimized a matching algorithm to get top 5 matches for students with similar courses and reduced
time to search database by 80% by using MongoDB Indexing
SQL Command Line Interface Project [Github Repository] Nov 2020
 Created an ER Diagram and implemented the schema in Python using SQLite3
 Created a Command Line User Interface for users to interact with database by searching, voting, and posting
questions and answers
 Sanitized all inputs by parametrization to prevent SQL injection attacks
Undergraduate Big Data Challenge [Github Repository] May 2020
 Used Linear Regression to determine relationship between COVID-19 and flights in African Countries
 Achieved models with R-Square greater than 90%
SKILLS
Languages: Python, C, R, JavaScript
Technologies and frameworks: HTML, CSS, NodeJS, Pandas, Scikit-Learn, Numpy, Matplotlib, TensorFlow, Tableau
Databases: SQL, SQLite3, MongoDB