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
