Uma Raul
Computer Science Student
Pittsburgh,Pennsylvania
Overview
2
2
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Language
Work History
Undergraduate Research Assistant
University Of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, United States
05.2021 - Current
- The project focuses on using machine learning techniques tp extract clinical information from medical ontologies and text to support clinical inferences
- Tested queries on a graphical database (Neo4j) and improved efficiency of the results by reducing redundancies and discrepancies
Computer Science Peer Tutor
University Of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, United States
08.2020 - 11.2020
- Provided one-on-one tutoring for computer science undergraduates taking the courses ‘Introduction to Programming' and ‘Data Structures'
- Helped debug their weekly projects and clarified concepts related to object oriented programming
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Clinical Affective Neuroscience & Development Lab
New Haven, CT
05.2019 - 08.2019
- The Clinical Affective Neuroscience & Development Lab (CANDLab) focused on neuroimaging and behavioral methods to understand the developing brain in childhood and adolescence and understand how they relate to the risk of developing psychiatric illnesses.
- Worked as a tech assistant for MRI scans
- Administered the Wechsler Abbreviated Scale of Intelligence (WASI) tests
- Processed and maintained patients' medical information
Clinical and Translational Science Institute
University Of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, United States
01.2019 - 04.2019
- CTSI is an institute that helps researchers improve the efficiency of translational research and to move actionable findings to practice settings
- Obtained clinical information from patients at various UPMC hospitals
- Recruited potential research patients to the registry to be matched with a relevant clinical trial
Undergraduate Research Assistant
University Of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, United States
01.2019 - 04.2019
- The lab focused on the developmental functioning of children and adolescents with a family history of schizophrenia
- Piloted the Movisens device to monitor the heart rate variability (HRV) caused by stress
- Formulated behavioral questionnaires and designed protocols
- Presented a poster with our research findings at the Department of Psychology Annual Poster Session
Education
Bachelor of Science - Computer Science
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA 08.2017 - Current
Skills
Programming Skills: Proficient - Java, C; Familiar - Python, Assembly, HTML/CSS, SQL
Soft Skills: Communication, Problem-Solving, Time Management, Teamwork, Patience
Academic Projects
Secure Group-based File Sharing Application (Applied Cryptography and Network Security)
- Used three main components: a group server, multiple file servers and multiple clients
- Designed multiple cryptographic mechanisms to protect against security threats from malicious clients or servers
- Implemented protocols like the Diffie-Hellman key exchange protocol and the Handshake protocol
Big Data Processing Toolbox (Introduction to Cloud Computing)
- Used microservice-based application that allows the user to run Apache Hadoop, Spark, Jupyter Notebook, SonarQube and SonarScanner without having to install them
- Hosted all applications on separate docker containers which were deployed to the Kubernetes cluster
- Deployed the Kubernetes cluster to the Google Cloud Platform where the applications were run
Classifying Genre using Song Lyrics (Introduction to Deep Learning)
- Used Deep Learning techniques like Recursive Neural Networks (RNN), Long Short Term Memory (LSTM), Bidirectional Encoder Representations from Transformers (BERT), and Embeddings from Language Models (ELMO) to predict the genre of the song
- Results indicated LSTM to have the highest accuracy for our task
Keyboard Piano (Computer Organization and Assembly Language)
- Developed a program in assembly that allows users to play the piano using the computer keyboard
- Implemented features to record what the user plays and to replay it back to them
Compressing and Expanding Files (Algorithm Implementation)
- Developed a program in Java that can compress and expand files using the LZW compression algorithm
- Used the ternary search trie (TST) data structure for maintaining the codebook
Search Engine (Algorithm Implementation)
- Developed a program in Java that autocompletes words when the user enters a prefix using a De la Briandais Trie
- Designed to remember previously typed words and present them first when the same prefix is entered again
Volunteer Experience
- Animal Angels Foundation works towards helping mentally challenged children through animal-assisted therapy.
- Worked with children suffering from mental illness like autism spectrum disorder (ASD), attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), and Down syndrome, hearing and speech impairment, and other developmental disabilities.
- Attended weekly sessions with these children where I helped them divert their attention to the animals and encouraged them to interact with each other
Accomplishments
- Lisa Schreiber and Aabi Shapoorian Endowed Undergraduate Scholarship - 2020-2021 and 2021-2022
- Dean's List: All semesters from Fall 2018 to Spring 2021
Extra Curricular Activities
Pitt Mastana, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
- Pitt's only competitive Bollywood fusion dance team
- Won trophies at inter-school dance competitions in New Jersey, Philadelphia, Indiana, and others
Timeline
Undergraduate Research Assistant
University Of Pittsburgh
05.2021 - Current
Computer Science Peer Tutor
University Of Pittsburgh
08.2020 - 11.2020
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Clinical Affective Neuroscience & Development Lab
05.2019 - 08.2019
Clinical and Translational Science Institute
University Of Pittsburgh
01.2019 - 04.2019
Undergraduate Research Assistant
University Of Pittsburgh
01.2019 - 04.2019
Bachelor of Science - Computer Science
University of Pittsburgh
08.2017 - Current