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
 Built advanced Tableau dashboards with quick/context/global filters, parameters and calculated fields that helped
answer questions about Donors and allowed to track and improve Donor Retention and Donor Giving Levels
UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH
University of Alberta – Research Assistant May 2021 - Present
 Designed linear and quadratic objective constraints from store 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, Topological Sort, Prim’s MST and Kruskal’s MST
 Created a Python Package(graph-algo-vis) which takes in an adjacency matrix as an input and visualizes the edges
traversed by BFS, DFS, Topological Sort, Prim’s MST and Kruskal’s MST
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
 Used R Programming Language and achieved models with R-Square greater than 90%
SKILLS
Languages and Databases: Python, C, R, JavaScript, SQL MongoDB
Technologies and frameworks: HTML, CSS, NodeJS, Pandas, Scikit-Learn, Numpy, Matplotlib, TensorFlow, Tableau