Manthan Shah is a Master's student in Applied Mathematics at Northeastern University expected to graduate in August 2019. He received his Bachelor's degree in Information and Communication Technology from Ahmedabad University in India in June 2017. His relevant coursework includes probability, mathematical modeling, data analytics, discrete mathematics, and algorithms. He has skills in MATLAB, C, Java, Python, LaTeX, SQL, and has experience as a teaching assistant and intern. His projects include forecasting stock prices using hidden Markov models and implementing the CORDIC algorithm and traffic management systems. He has received awards for winning stock exchange competitions and high rankings in international mathematics olympiads.