Samarth Rai

Career Summary

I’m pursuing a Bachelors in Computer Engineering from the American University of Sharjah with a minor in Data Science. My experience ranges from personal and academic projects to professional freelance work. I am well versed in data analytics and am currently learning about deep learning and neural networks. I’m currently looking for a part-time or full-time role.

Education and Certifications

American University of Sharjah (AUS)

Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering, Minor in Data Science

Sept 2019 - Dec 2023

GPA: 3.36/4.0

Professional Experience

Software Engineering Intern

Beno Technologies, Dubai, UAE

• Created an AI chatbot that helps customers create rental bookings using the OpenAI and Google Vertex LLM Api’s which led to 25% increase in bookings.
• Developed a VR tour experience for luxury yachts that improved customer conversion rate by 16%.

May 2023 - Present

Application Development Lead

College of Engineering, AUS, Shj, UAE

• Developed and currently maintaining a cross-platform mobile application portal in Flutter.
• Handling over 2400 daily users using the application for coursework and attendance.
• Improved reach of college events by 54%.

Mar 2022 - Present

Data Analyst & System Administrator

Byte Innovators LLC, Philadelphia, PA, USA (Remote)

• Created web scrapers using python libraries such as BeautifulSoup and Pandas.
• Used various classical machine learning models on stock market data for inference.
• Created dashboards to display data and useful insights.

Nov 2021 - Jan 2023

Research Experience

Research Assistant - Solar, IOT and Machine Learning

Research conducted under Dr. Rached Dhaouadi at the American University of Sharjah

Research on solar efficiency and performance under various environmental conditions.

Sept 2022 - Jan 2023

Research Assistant - Data Science

Research conducted under Department of International Studies

Research work included web scraping and sentiment analysis on data collected from user tweets.

Feb 2022 - Sept 2022

Projects

• BugTracker App: Android mobile application using Java with Firebase Cloud Firestore and Firebase Authentication.
• MLOps Pipeline: An application implementing an MLOps pipeline with Deutsche Lufthansa AG using GoLang, Flutter, and Keras.
• Virtual Private Network (VPN): VPN server based on the Wireguard protocol.
• Linux Server: Fedora-based Linux server for service deployment and testing.
• Route Planning Application: Built a route planning application using C++ and Djikstra's algorithm.

Skills

Languages: GoLang, Python, SQL, R, C++, Java, XML, HTML, Kotlin, Swift, Dart, JavaScript, TypeScript, React Native

Tools & Technologies: Git, Docker, Kubernetes, NodeJS, ReactJS, BeautifulSoup, Pandas, SKLearn, Keras, PyTorch, Flutter, AWS

Operating Systems: Linux, MacOS, Windows

Awards

• CSE Leadership Excellence @AUS: Given to 1/1855 students. Awarded for outstanding leadership skills and contributions to AUS.
• Undergraduate Research Grant @ AUS: Awarded a grant for conducting research in the MLOps domain.
• Dean’s List @ AUS: Three-time recipient of the award given for exemplary academic performance.
• Outstanding Student Scholarship (USD 100,000) @ AUS: Awarded for consistently outstanding academic performance.
• 1st Place @ Ericsson Together Apart Hackathon: Captained one of 6 winning teams that developed an app for emergency response by automatically detecting accidents using smartwatch sensors. Showcased at the Swedish Pavilion at the Dubai Expo 2020.