Aakash Kotha

M.S in Computer Science (CGPA: 3.94/4)

Sept 2023 - Exp. June 2025

Relevant Coursework

• Machine Learning & Discovery
• Data & Web Technologies for Data Analysis
• Software Engineering

B.Tech in Computer Science and Engineering (3.86/4)

July 2019 - May 2023

Relevant Coursework

• Data structure and Algorithms
• Object-Oriented Programming System
• Operating systems

Pmlab

Apr 2024 - August 2024

Graduate Student Researcher (GSR)

• Contributed to the development of black-box attack using a vanilla GAN, exposing critical vulnerabilities within SOTA deep clustering models, resulting in a significant 25% performance decline across diverse datasets.
• Analyzed the black-box attack thoroughly, revealing its ability to bypass established defenses like Deep Learning Based Anomaly Detection (DLBAD), detected only 15% of the adversarial samples generated by the attack.
• Engineered optimization strategies to reduce query complexity to less than 4,000 queries per model. Leveraging this expertise to enhance the resilience of video fair summarization models through diffusion model integration.

UC Davis | College of Engineering & Department of Design

Apr 2024 - June 2024

Teaching Assistant (DES 191B: Speculative Design; ECS 122A: Algorithm Design & Analysis - Spring’24)

• Facilitated interactive learning for 180+ students by leading engaging discussions and conducting live debugging sessions, including stay-late-and-code sessions, effectively enhancing their coding proficiency and debugging expertise.
• Crafted challenging assignments that boosted student performance by 20%, offered one-on-one assistance during office hours, and collaborated with faculty to enhance the curriculum, leading to a 30% increase in student engagement.

UC Davis | Department of Design

Oct 2023 - Mar 2024

Teaching Assistant (DES 111: Coding for Designers - Fall’23 & Winter’24)

• Assisted the professor with organizing coursework & offered additional assistance during designated office hours.
• Performed live tutorials on fundamentals of coding (Processing language - Java based).
• Assumed responsibility for evaluating assignments, offering prompt and constructive feedback to assist students in their growth and enhancement, Kept track of student progress, provided support for in-class questions.

Pie Infocomm

Jun 2021 – Sep 2021

Software Development Intern

• Led the development of a Covid-19 assistance website, enabling real-time interaction with the Microsoft Healthcare Bot service with a response time of under 1.5 secs, and integrated Azure Web App services for latest Covid-19 statistics.
• Implemented a Twitter API-based feature to aggregate relevant tweets by city and service type, aiding users in locating nearby Covid relief services, and subsequently recognized in Microsoft Future Ready Talent’s Hall of Fame-2022

Geeks for Geeks

May 2022 - May 2023

Technical Content Writer Intern

• Currently, Published ten articles, and Improved 400+ articles.
• Related to Python, Java, Machine Learning, Computer networks, and Web Development.

Chegg

Mar 2022 - Jun 2022

Subject Matter Expert (Computer science)

• Helped Students from various parts of Nation by providing solutions to their Computer Science Domain related Queries.
• Related to Python, Java, Machine Learning, Data Structures and Algorithms, Theory of Computation, Operating System, and Web Mining.

Programming languages

Web technologies

Frameworks

Database Management

Cloud Services

Tools

Microsoft

Jan 2023 – Sep 2023

Microsoft Learn Student Ambassador

• Actively engaged in organizing and facilitating workshops and seminars on a wide range of machine learning topics. This provided me with invaluable hands-on experience and further honed my capabilities.

IEEE-NPSS

Sep 2021 – Sep 2022

Core Technical Member

• Part of the world’s second student chapter of the IEEE NPSS league.
• Collaborated with my team members to organize successful technical events such as workshops, webinars, and seminars, contributing to the chapter's growth and outreach.
• Mentored new members with technical training, providing guidance and support to help them acquire technical skills and knowledge.

Hacktoberfest 2022

Sep 2022 – Oct 2022

Open Source Contributor

• Made contributions to several valuable GitHub repositories containing Python & Java algorithms.
• Additionally, contributed to "The Algorithms," which is the biggest open-source algorithm library on GitHub.

Microsoft Future Ready Talent

Jan 2022 – Feb 2022

Virtual Intern

• Explored Microsoft Azure and developed and hosted the “Co.Heal” application using the Azure app service.
• Later, got featured in FRT’s Hall of Fame-2022.

GirlScript Winter of Contributing (GWOC)

Sep 2021 – Nov 2021

Open Source Contributor

• Collaborated closely with a team of open-source developers to make significant and valuable contributions to various Machine learning, Python, and Front-end web development projects.
• Worked alongside fellow contributors to create new features, resolve bugs, and add enhanced functionality to a variety of open-source projects.
• Participated in code reviews, providing feedback on code quality, style, and functionality to ensure that the codebase remained reliable and easy to maintain over time.

Power Mech Foundation

Apr 2021 – Jun 2021

Volunteer

• Distributed food and medicines to needy and assisted migrant people to reach their homes during the pandemic period as a Volunteer of this Public Charitable Trust.