Ruchi Gupta
Bachelor Of Computer Science (Honors)
Amherst,MA
Summary
Extremely hardworking student committed to learning, developing skills in computer science and technology, and team contribution. Self-directed and energetic with superior performance in both autonomous or collaborative environments working independently and collaborating with others on group projects.
Overview
1
1
year of professional experience
8
8
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Undergraduate Course Assistant Program Coordinator
Manning College Of Information And Computer Science
Amherst, Massachusetts
03.2022 - Current
- Implemented practices and policies to assist and manage the Undergraduate Course Assistant Program in the Computer Science department at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
- Managing over 100 undergraduate course assistants in over 40 computer science and informatics courses by answering questions, holding orientation sessions and helping in the transition of newly hired UCA's into their roles.
- Facilitate the UCA hiring process by reviewing applications, conducting applicant interviews, analyzing professor feedback and assisting in the hiring process.
Undergraduate Course Assistant
Manning College Of Information And Computer Science
Amherst, MA
01.2022 - Current
- Undergraduate Course Assistance for Cs 230 - Computer Science Principles.
- Assisted in management and structuring of the course lesson materials, exam review materials, lab assignments, projects and in-class worksheets.
- Oversaw groups of over 40 students during lab sessions and provided assistance with academic projects.
- Supported grading of in class worksheets and projects for over 200 students, held office hours, answered student questions and monitored student discussion forums.
Summer Leadership Academy Fellow
Institute Of Diversity Sciences Cornell University
Amherst, Massachusetts
06.2021 - 08.2021
- Participated in the 2021 cohort of the Summer Leadership Academy under the mentorship of Dr. Rati Thanawala, Advanced Leadership Fellow at Harvard and Dr. Hannah Riley Bowles, chair of the Management, Leadership, and Decision Sciences area at Harvard Kennedy School.
- Interacted with industry leaders in the technology and management sector, developed a personal brand, and inculcated leadership practices and negotiation techniques in technical projects and managerial positions.
Microsoft Technical Resilience Program
Microsoft
Amherst, Massachusetts
03.2021 - 04.2021
- Worked closely with experienced Microsoft engineers to decipher in significance of technical and soft skills in team projects and large scale industry assignments.
- Solved mathematical, computational, and logical problems in fields of computer science and data analysis under the leadership of two highly experienced Microsoft engineers with a combined experience of over 30 years in industry.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Computer Science
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Amherst, MA 06.2020 - 05.2024
Telangana State Board of Intermediate Education -
Fiitjee Junior College, State Board of Intermediate
Hyderabad, India 06.2017 - 06.2019
Central Board of Secondary Education -
DRS International School
Hyderabad, India 03.2015 - 04.2017
Projects
- Interpreter: Designed an interpreter for a small fragment of JavaScript. Handled expressions, variable scoping, if-else statements, loops, assignments, and declarations.
- Finite State Automaton: Implemented a Finite State Automaton (FSA) using the State and Memento design patterns, and fluent design. Computation for deterministic and non-deterministic Automaton.
- Image Processor: Designed an image processor to perform various image processing tasks. Blur, sharpen, grayscale, black-and-white, highlight edges, swapping color gradients, saturate, and blacken low.
- Search Engine: Designed a working searching engine that performs tokenization, stopping and stemming on webpages, uses the PageRank algorithm to rank relevant webpages and perform indexing, query processing and information retrieval algorithms.
Relevant Coursework
- COMPSCI 121 Intro Problem Solving W/Comp, COMPSCI 187 Programming w/Data Structures, COMPSCI 198C P-Intro/C Programming Language, COMPSCI 220 Programming Methodology, COMPSCI 230 Computer Systems Principles, COMPSCI 240 Reasoning Under Uncertainty, COMPSCI 250 Introduction To Computation, COMPSCI 383 Artificial Intelligence, COMPSCI 446 Search Engines, MATH 132 Calculus II, MATH 233 Multivariate Calculus, MATH 235 Intro Linear Algebra, STATISTC 515 Statistics I, ACCOUNTG 221 Principles/Financial Accounting
Skills
- Java
- C
- Python
- JavaScript
Timeline
Undergraduate Course Assistant Program Coordinator
Manning College Of Information And Computer Science
03.2022 - Current
Undergraduate Course Assistant
Manning College Of Information And Computer Science
01.2022 - Current
Summer Leadership Academy Fellow
Institute Of Diversity Sciences Cornell University
06.2021 - 08.2021
Microsoft Technical Resilience Program
Microsoft
03.2021 - 04.2021
Bachelor of Science - Computer Science
University of Massachusetts Amherst
06.2020 - 05.2024
Telangana State Board of Intermediate Education -
Fiitjee Junior College, State Board of Intermediate
06.2017 - 06.2019
Central Board of Secondary Education -
DRS International School
03.2015 - 04.2017