1. Rishina Tah
1270 Amsterdam Ave #1-D Phone: (917) 971-9248
New York, NY 10027 E-mail: rt2545@columbia.edu
Columbia University, New York, NYEducation
M.S. in Computer Science December 2015 (Expected)
SRM University, Chennai, India 2014
B.Tech. in Computer Science and Engineering CGPA: 9.04/10.00, First class with Distinction
University of Wisconsin - Madison, WI
Visiting Student, Department of Computer Science 2012 - 2013
Academic
Experience
− Implemented random access memory (RAM) and content addressable memory (CAM) on System
Verilog, Fall 2014
− Senior year project on optimization of Fuzzy C-Means using clustering algorithm and feature extraction
in MATLAB for image segmentation of brain MRI scans where reduced running time by a factor of
three, Fall 2013 - Spring 2014
− Created gaming projects on Scratch for outreach initiatives, Spring 2013 - Spring 2014
− Implemented projects using Visual Basic including library management system, banking management
system, and car parts inventory system, Fall 2012 - Fall 2013
− Created and maintained tools to import data from disparate sources to a standard MySQL format ,re-
ducing average data collection time from eight hours to twenty minutes as an undergraduate researcher
at University of Wisconsin - Madison, Fall 2012
− Constructed a compiler in JAVA using Java Cup, Fall 2012
− Participated in an Android app development workshop by Indian mobile Initiative in association with
MIT, USA at SRM University, Fall 2011
Summer Intern, HCL Technologies Ltd., India Summer 2012Professional
Experience − Designed a healthcare patient record system using swing package in JAVA to make the user interface
and integrated it with Oracle database for JAVA database connectivity (JDBC)
− Studied fundamentals of project development phases and software engineering techniques
Programming Languages C, Python, Java, MySQL, Visual Basic, MATLAB, Mathematica
Scripting Tools HTML, PHP, LATEX
Hardware Description Language VHDL, System Verilog
Technical
Skills
Honors and
Awards
− Womenshpere Foundation Full Scholar, awarded $500 for participating in Womensphere Summit 2014
− Top 1%, Class of 2014, Computer Science and Engineering, SRM University, India
− Awarded scholarship worth $2000 by SRM University for studying at University of Wisconsin - Madison
− Top 1% in the country in All India Secondary School Examinations, 2007
− State Rank 24 and All India Rank 309 in National Level Talent Search Examination, 2006
Leadership
and Team
Work
− Founder and Lead at CS Outreach Club - SRM University, Fall 2013 - Spring 2014
− Education Lead at Google Students Club - SRM University, Fall 2013 - Spring 2014
− Club Lead and Teacher at Madison Children’s Museum, Madison, WI, Spring 2103
− Special Student Representative at Associated Students of Madison (ASM), University of Wisconsin -
Madison, Spring 2013
− Organizer, Science Nights in Madison and Portage, Wisconsin, Spring 2013
− Research and Development Lead at The Dialogue Foundation, collaborated with the Institute of Ideas,
United Kingdom, Spring 2012 - Fall 2012