Actively seeking internship position for Summer 2020

1. Kushagra Bhargava
kushagra@usc.edu​ ​| ​linkedin.com/in/kushagra-bhargava/​ ​| ​+1-(213)-476-5207
EDUCATION
MS, Computer Science, ​University of Southern California, Los Angeles GPA: 3.42 | December 2020
Honor​: NextGen Fellow, Internet Corporation for Assigned Names & Numbers (ICANN66)
B.Tech., Computer Science and Engineering, ​GGSIPU, India CPI: 77.53 | July 2012 — May 2016
Honor​: Best Outgoing Student (Department of Computer Science)
TECHNICAL SKILLS & COURSEWORK
Languages & Databases: ​Python, Java, TypeScript, JavaScript, Bash, Swift (iOS), SQL, MongoDB, Redis
Data Engineering: ​Celery, Apache Storm, Selenium, pandas, numpy, scikit-learn, Version Control (Git)
Web Development, DevOps & Frameworks: ​ExpressJS, ReactJS, PHP, REST API Design, Angular, AWS, Agile
Coursework: Analysis of Algorithms, Database Systems, Web Technologies, Advanced Mobile Devices & Game
Consoles, Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing
WORK EXPERIENCE
Student Developer — Center for Electron Microscopy and MicroAnalysis, USC January 2019 — Present
● Developed web-based ​(PHP, JS) & desktop-based ​(Java Swing) user access control system to organize &
manage personnel requests for accessing organization’s equipment in real-time.
● Built customer-centric features such as instrument-specific usage time logs, scheduling, & invoicing.
● Technologies used​: Java, PHP, JavaScript, & MySQL
Full Stack Developer — Apple India ​via Randstad India June 2018 — December 2018
● Developed a crowdsourced data annotation system using ​MERN stack ​to organise and conveniently
categorize consumer feedback, collected from online sources, for different Apple products.
● Built scalable, end-to-end pipeline streamlining client requests ensuring ​data concurrency &​ ​consistency​.
● Designed a ​NoSQL storage model​ for unstructured data, earlier stored in scattered spreadsheets.
● Enhanced ​UX​ & ​throughput​ by building robust UI for handling large data influx in crowdsourced system.
● Technologies used​: ​ReactJS, ExpressJS, REST API, MongoDB, MySQL & Python
Research Associate— Precog Labs, IIIT Delhi​, ​India June 2016 — June 2018
● Developed a software based on publisher-subscriber pattern​, conducting forensic analysis of data
generated on online social networks, for enhancing law enforcement capabilities.
● Implemented asynchronous distributed-task queue ​(Celery) ​& real-time computation mechanism ​(Storm)
for processing unbounded streams of data, achieving ​scalability​, & better​ resilience to failure​.
● Being currently used by ​100+​ state and federal government agencies and armed forces across India.
● Technologies used​: ​Celery, Redis, Apache Storm (Py wrapper), MongoDB & Python
PROJECTS AND PUBLICATIONS
Real-World Object Detection and Occlusion in Augmented Reality ( iOS, XCode, ARKit )
● Designed ​iOS plugin​ to retrieve position & spatial orientation of real-world objects of any shape & size.
● Enhanced ​ARKit3​ experience by allowing to ​occlude virtual entities​ behind real objects in 3D space.
SocialRep: Detecting Twitterrati with Manipulated Follower Count ( Python, REST API, scikit-learn )
● Published research for proposing unsupervised neighborhood detection for identification of Twitter users
(​precision:​ ​98.62%​)​ ​who bolster online social reputation​ ​via inorganic manipulation of follower count.
WeatherCast: Know Any City’s Climate ( Android, Java, Angular, TypeScript, ExpressJS )
● Developed ​Angular+Android based application, providing detailed daily and weekly weather forecasts,
along with search functionalities for adding multiple cities, and for saving favorites.
Comment Based Seller Trust Model for E-commerce ( Python, Selenium, scikit-learn, MongoDB )
● Multi-class text classification model of seller feedback reviews to predict ratings between ​(1-5) ​& counter
“all-good reputation” ​problem corresponding to sellers on e-commerce platforms: amazon.in, flipkart.com
ACHIEVEMENTS
Youth Fellow, Internet Governance Forum​, ​United Nations, Paris, France August 2018 ​—​ November 2018
Viterbi Career Ambassador,​ ​Student Engagement and Career Connections, USC August 2019 ​—​ December 2019