Eeshaan Jain

3rd year undergraduate, Electrical Engineering, IIT Bombay

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Education
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay CPI: 9.57/10
DUAL DEGREE (B.TECH + M.TECH) IN ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING WITH MINOR IN AI AND DATA SCIENCE Jul 2019 - Ongoing
Aditya Horizon Junior College Percentage: 93.2%
INTERMEDIATE (HSC - HIGHER SECONDARY CERTIFICATE) Jul 2017 - Apr 2019
Wisdom World School Percentage: 98.2%
MATRICULATION (ICSE - INDIAN CERTIFICATE OF SECONDARY EDUCATION) Jun 2012 - May 2017

Interests
Machine Learning Graph Neural Networks, Generative and Adversarial Networks, Privacy on Social Networks
Quantum Quantum Computing, Quantum Machine Learning

Experience
AGRIVATOR A Startup at IIT Bombay
MACHINE LEARNING SUBSYSTEM Jun 2021 - Oct 2021
• Surveyed recent literature on SOTA approaches to image segmentation on crop-weed detection and soil-nutrient monitoring
• Benchmarked real-time performance of Fast-RCNN, Faster-RCNN and YOLO-v4 on soyabean crop weed detection
• Integrated the model with an autonomous bot to continuously monitor crop state and synchronously provide improvements

Key Projects
ESTIMATION OF EPIDEMIC STATE USING GRAPH NEURAL NETWORKS 
GUIDE: PROF. ABIR DE Sep 2021 - Nov 2021
• The goal of the project was to approximately determine the state of epidemic spread in a small-world network using GCNs
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Generated random networks using the Erdos–Rényi-Gilbert, Watts-Strogatz and Barabási–Albert models for our dataset
• Implemented the SIR contagion model , treating the epidemic as a CTMC, on our graphs to get a spatio-temporal dataset.
• Performed node classification (S/I/R) using Graph Neural Networks by monitoring only a small subset of nodes (15% - 25%)

BENCHMARKING IMAGE NETWORKS ON CANINE VISION SPECTRUM 

GUIDE: PROF. AMIT SETHI Oct 2021 - Nov 2021
• The goal of the project was to benchmark popular CNN models on an image dataset transformed into the canine vision spectrum
• Applied non-linear transformations and clipping to the cats v/s dog dataset by Microsoft Research to get images in the CVS
• Surveyed literature based around effect of color space and vision spectrums on the performance of CNNs in the classification setting
• Benchmarked the performance of our dataset on DenseNet-121, ResNet-50 and EfficientNet-B1 in two parameter settings

IMPROME - IMAGE PROCESSING MADE EASY 

GUIDE: PROF. AMIT SETHI Aug 2021
• Developed a graphical user interface using the PyQt framework in Python to perform image processing operations
• Reviewed literature on color spaces, histogram specifications, intensity transformations and frequency transformations
• Implemented image processing algorithms such as vectorized convolutions, transformations and equalizations from scratch

NEURAL MACHINE TRANSLITERATION 

GUIDE: PROF. BIPLAB BANERJEE Mar 2021 - May 2021
• The goal of the project was to create an interface to facilitate transliteration of text in images from one language to another
• Explored and implemented various sequence to sequence machine transliteration models to convert a piece of Hindi text into English
• Pipelined the transliteration model with optical character recognition techniques using EasyOCR to extract Hindi text from an image
• Surveyed literature on attention-based transliteration models such as DeepTrans, which is implemented in the TensorFlow library

STOCK MARKET ANALYSIS AND PRICE PREDICTION 

GUIDE: PROF. AMIT SETHI, PROF. SUNITA SARAWAGI Mar 2021 - May 2021
• Studied the performance of seven sectors of the Indian stock market during the first wave of COVID-19 from Feb 2020 to Jun 2020
• Performed exploratory data analysis on the NIFTY sectoral indices and compared them using technical indicators such as RSI
• Compared performance of sequential neural network architectures such as LSTMs and 1D CNNs to predict stock market prices
• Received a special mention and credited as the most outstanding project amongst 40+ projects in the field of Data Science
NON-SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER DETECTION AND MUTATION PREDICTION
GUIDE: PROF. AMIT SETHI Jan 2021 - Apr 2021
• Trained Inception v3 on whole-slide images obtained from TCGA to classify the tissue cancer into LUAD, LUSC or non-cancerous
• Obtained an AUC score of 0.97 on cancer classification comparable to the predictions obtained by visual inspection from pathologists
• Further trained the network to predict 6 of the most common mutated genes in LUAD obtaining a maximum AUC score of 0.84

METHODS IN NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING 

HSE RUSSIA, COURSERA May 2020 - Jun 2020
• Performed semantic analysis using linear models (multi-label classifiers) on StackOverflow for predicting tags given questions
• Studied about language models, probabilistic Markov models and performed named-entity recognition on Twitter using LSTMs
• Worked with character, word and sentence embeddings and used them to identify duplicate questions on StackOverflow
• Reviewed statistical machine translation, encoder-decoder models and summarization using pointer-generator networks

Other Projects
PYFRAC - FRACTIONS IN PYTHON 
SELF PROJECT May 2021
• Developed the pyfrac module in Python to perform operations on rational numbers which can be sub-classed for complex data types
• Extended the usage of fractions module in python by addition of mutability and optimizations to convert decimals to fractions

DIGITAL CIRCUIT DESIGN IN QUARTUS

GUIDE: PROF. MARYAM SHOJAEI BAGHINI Jan 2021 - Apr 2021
• Implemented a 16 bit Kogge Stone adder/ subtractor, arithmetic right shift and a clock divider on the Krypton CPLD-based board
• Designed a tone synthesizer circuit to automate the sequence of 8 musical notes to generate music using a finite state machine
• Emulated the blinking taillights of the Ford Thunderbird by modeling the blinking sequence with a finite state machine

WORKING WITH CISC AND RISC MICROPROCESSORS

GUIDE: PROF. DINESH SHARMA & PROF. V RAJ BABU Jan 2021 - Apr 2021
• Implemented software keyboard scanning on the Intel 8051 and Mini-MIPS processor using FSM with a keystroke interval of 50ms
• Programmed the 8051 for communication via Continental Morse Code using UART and perceived it by synthesizing tones at 500Hz
• Analyzed the stack structure and operations in the 8086 and utilized string instructions for efficient movement of data

HYPERLOOP POD SUBSCALE PROTOTYPE DESIGN

TEAM HYPERLOOP IITB Jan 2020 - Dec 2020
• Amongst 50 tech-enthusiasts aiming to build a subscale prototype of the Hyperloop Pod which could travel at hypersonic speeds
• Applied knowledge acquired on I2C and CAN communication protocols to the Hyperloop communication systems
• Studied about various control and communication systems and various error correction and detection algorithms
• Qualified in the top 5 university teams internationally for the finals of the European Hyperloop Week (EHW 2021)

IMAGE TO IMAGE TRANSLATION - SKETCH TO COLOR 

SEASONS OF CODE - WINTER Apr 2020 - Aug 2020
• Surveyed literature on generative adversarial networks and image-to-image translation using conditional adversarial networks
• Implemented a conditional-GAN which accepts sketched image and predicts its colored version without knowing the ground truth

AUTONOMOUS GARBAGE COLLECTING BOT

INSTITUTE TECHNICAL SUMMER PROJECT Apr 2020 - Aug 2020
• Designed an autonomous garbage collecting bot which can classify, detect and collect plastic, cardboard, metal and wrappers
• Constructed a full-scale model of the bot on Blender, designed the electric circuit on Fritzing using Raspberry Pi 4 and Arduino
• Used YOLO for object detection, ROS for simulation, and designed a custom gripper for palming action to pick the garbage
• Declared as one of the top 3 projects overall out of more than 60 projects that were submitted in ITSP 2020

VIRTUAL REALITY GAME DEVELOPMENT

TINKERER’S LAB, IIT BOMBAY Apr 2020 - Aug 2020
• Headed the animation team and developed a first person virtual reality game in Unity Game Engine and Blender 3D software
• Applied knowledge acquired in the field of 3D animation and modelling to create assets and characters to be used in the game
• Read about construction of virtual reality gloves linked with headset to control movement and actions in the game

Skills
Languages Python, C++, Julia, HTML, CSS, Javascript
Machine Learning PyTorch, PyTorch-Geometric, TensorFlow, Keras, NLTK, Scikit-Learn, OpenCV, Flux.jl
Softwares Scilab, MATLAB, Quartus, Keil, Blender, Git, AutoCAD, SolidWorks, GNU Radio, Spice
Python Libraries NumPy, Pandas, Matplotlib, Seaborn, SciPy, Qiskit, SymPy, PyQt5, JAX, NetworkX
Scholastic Achievements
2021 Institute Academic Prize, Awarded for outstanding academic achievement IIT Bombay
2021 Department Rank 2, Out of 79 students in the Dual Degree Programme, Electrical Engineering IIT Bombay
2020 AP Grade, Awarded for outstanding performance in Differential Equations-II and Physical Chemistry IIT Bombay
2019 All India Rank 120, JEE Main 2019 out of 1.2 million candidates JEE
2019 All India Rank 355, JEE Advanced 2019 out of 245,000 qualified candidates JEE
2019 Top 300, Indian National Chemistry and Astronomy Olympiads INO
2018 All India Rank 100, Kishore Vaigyanik Protsahan Yojana and received their undergraduate fellowship KVPY
2018 Nation Top 1%, National Standard Examinations in Physics and Chemistry IAPT
2018 State Top 1%, National Standard Examinations in Astronomy IAPT

Key Courses Undertaken

Programming for Data Science, Introduction to Machine Learning, Learning with Graphs, Foundations of Intelligent
Machine Learning
Learning Agents, Image Processing, Advanced Machine Learning*
Mathematics & Physics Calculus, Linear Algebra, Differential Equations-II, Complex Analysis, Quantum Physics, Electricity and Magnetism
Probability and Random Processes, Signal Processing, Microprocessors, Digital Systems, Communication Systems,
Electrical Engineering
Digital Signal Processing, Markov Chains and Queuing Systems*
Deep Learning Specialization, Natural Language Processing, Algorithmic ToolBox, Data Structures, Managing the
Online Courses
Company of the Future, MATLAB Onramps, Machine Learning with Graphs› , Differential Privacy›
  non-certified * to be completed by Apr 2022
Positions of Responsibility
CLASS REPRESENTATIVE
ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT Sep 2019 - Ongoing
• Responsible for establishing communication between professors, functionaries, other academic staff, and the class
• Suggested measures that could be adopted by instructors to facilitate better learning experience in the mode of online teaching
• Facilitated discussion among students of the class to understand general consensus on various academic issues

UNDERGRADUATE TEACHING ASSISTANT

MA108: DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS, MA207: PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS & CH107: PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY Mar 2021 - Nov 2021
• Selected on the basis of in-depth knowledge of the subject, in addition to good presentation and communication skills
• Conducted weekly tutorial sessions for a batch of 50 freshmen and helped them in the course through personal interaction
• Assisted the instructor in course logistics by proctoring exams and evaluating examinations and periodic assessments

STUDENT PROJECT MENTOR

INSTITUTE TECHNICAL SUMMER PROJECT & SUMMER OF SCIENCE Apr 2021 - Jul 2021
• Mentored a group of 4 students in their Institute Technical Summer Project on the topic of Dialogue Management
• Mentored a student in their Summer of Science learning project on the topic Deep Learning and Neural Networks
• Provided mentees with regular assistance and insights on various topics to be explored in the respective fields of interest

PYTHON COURSE INSTRUCTOR

PYCK: PYTHON IS COOL, KIDS! May 2021 - Jul 2021
• Introduced Python to 1000+ students at IIT Bombay in the course PyCK hosted under Web and Coding Club, IIT Bombay
• Delivered biweekly lectures covering topics such as classes, libraries amongst others in Python and held frequent doubt sessions
• Assisted 50+ students in their project by documenting their project reports and scrutinizing their progress periodically

CONVENER
CHEMISTRY CLUB May 2020 - Jun 2021
• Contributed to the ideation for setting up the foundations of the club and further for the organization of future events
• Organized and conducted Rascionix, a national chemistry competition with 200+ participants from all around India
• Engaged in the creative direction of a regulated stream of content creation based around chemistry on various social media platforms

Extracurricular Activity
Chemenigma Stood 2nd overall and 1st in the prelim round of Chemenigma, a chemistry tournament by IISc Bangalore 2021
Chess Completed a year long professional course in Chess under National Sports Organization (NSO) 2019-2020
Quantum Computing Completed the workshop held by MnP Club, IIT Bombay using Qiskit on IBM Quantum Experience 2020
LIMIT Qualified the LIMIT examination and attended a camp in ISI Bangalore about abstract mathematics 2019
Rubik’s Cube Awarded the fastest cuber in Cubing Fever 2k16 - a district level speedcubing competition 2016
Debate Represented the school in various inter-school debates and wont the best speaker award twice 2016
Vedic Maths Completed all 6 levels of Speed Arithmetic under IPA and stood 2nd in their state-level competition 2015