Zoom Video Communications | Summer 2018
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Karthik Shankar
Class of 2021 - Computer Science Student at the
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
My name is Karthik Shankar and I am currently pursuing a degree in Computer Science + Statistics at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. I love to build and create new things. In my free time, I am always coming up with products and ideas that I want bring to life!
I have previously worked as a Software Dev Intern at Zoom Video Communications, Software Engineering Intern at Couchbase Inc and Software Engineer for Hack4Impact UIUC. In the future, I hope to get into the fields of Data Science and Analytics, Artificial Intelligence and Cyber Sercurity.
Experience
Couchbase Inc. | Mountain View, CA | Summer 2016
Worked as a paid summer intern on the Couchbase platform, where I created Python automation scripts to transpose data into database buckets. I also fixed bugs in the UI and created visualization tables to store and display Virtual Machine Data.
Hack4Impact UIUC
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Projects + Activities
These are recent endeavors taken on over the last few years, which have helped get my hands dirty.
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X-Cram: Boilermake Hacks
Built Educational Open-Source API Platform used for loading online API’s in an effort to create a week-long individualized study plan for any user. Currently works with Khan Academy's online API. (More info at: X-Cram)
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BackBeat Project: Revolutionary Metronome
Created web application to assist musicians in categorizing and manipulating beat-count. It was created to help musicians better track and understand the tempo of their music recordings.
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Musical Notes Database Website
Website created with incorporation of search fields and word recognition to easily store and locate musical notes for Indian Drum music class.
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ADSA Workshops Committee
Working on teaching lessons on Data Science + Analytics topics such as Machine Learning, Python and Data Visualization; creating Jupyter Notebooks to facilitate learning with students
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AP Computer Science Student Tutor
Tutored students outside and inside the AP Computer Science and Java Programming Classes at Monta Vista High School.
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President of Architecture, Construction, Engineering and Design Club
Worked on creating workshops on engineering + design principles and research opportunities for members at Monta Vista High School.