aakef waris
Engineering Advisor at Blocklight
m.s . artificial intelligence
'm master student iit studying artificial intelligence . 've done work building restful apis data pipeline business analytics platform early e-commerce tech startup . 've internship experience building etl job spark building machine learning model library sklearn , matplotlib , panda etc . academia , 'm exploring field artificial intelligence machine learning also building strong foundation computer science fundamental .
Blocklight
https://www.linkedin.com/company/blocklightio
Engineering Advisor
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Blocklight
https://www.linkedin.com/company/blocklightio
Contract Software Engineer (Data / Backend)
Chicago, Illinois, United States
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Blocklight
https://www.linkedin.com/company/blocklightio
Software Engineering Intern (Backend)
Backend Engineer
- Contributing to a  Django web application that provides insights and metrics to small businesses
- Implementing custom python modules to integrate 3rd party APIs
- Building data pipelines between front-end analytics dashboards and back-end databases
-  Assisting ML efforts by structuring data and deploying models to a Linux environment
Chicago
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Arity
https://www.linkedin.com/company/arity
Data Science & Engineering Intern
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Arity
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Data Science & Engineering Intern
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Accenture
https://www.linkedin.com/company/accenture
Interdisciplinary Data Science Consultant
Chicago, Illinois, United States
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Arity
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Data Science & Engineering Intern
Chicago, Illinois, United States
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Illinois Institute of Technology
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Computer Science Teaching Assistant
Greater Chicago Area
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Illinois Institute of Technology
https://www.linkedin.com/company/illinois-tech
Computer Science Teaching Assistant
Object Oriented Programming TA
- Assisted students in an intro CS course by reinforcing OOP design principles discussed in class
- Assessed Java labs to provide feedback on each student's understanding of course material
Chicago
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IAA
https://www.linkedin.com/company/insurance-auto-auctions
Software Development Intern
C#/.NET Server-side and Desktop Developer
- Owned the development of an internal tool that allows managers to assess employees
- Built a windows desktop application that allows creation and review of insurance documents
Westchester, Illinois
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IAA
https://www.linkedin.com/company/insurance-auto-auctions
Software  Development Intern
Android and C#/.NET Developer
- Created an Android application for on-site employees to upload videos of vehicle engine quality
- Developed an internal query automation tool that optimized QA testing
- Worked on an agile team to implement RESTful services that streamlined vehicle titling
- Integrated an automated API documentation tool to existing services
Westchester, Illinois
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Artificial Intelligence
Master of Science - MS
Illinois Institute of Technology
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Computer Science
Bachelor of Science - BS
Illinois Institute of Technology
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JPMorgan Best Hack for Social Good
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Won the best hack for social good at Demonhacks 2019 for building "EasyShot" a digital health companion software that directed users to appropriate care.
Algorithms
CS 430
Data Mining
CS 422
Data Structures and Algorithims
CS 331
Database Organization
CS 425
Functional Programming
CS 340
Linear Algebra
MATH 332
Systems Programming
CS 351
Easy Shot
Developed a health companion platform that directs users to appropriate care such as mental illness hot-lines or nearby free clinics.
Wrote a Python Flask API to interact with Twilio services and utilized NLP to create an SMS bot that would respond to user requests
Won the JPMorgan Best Hack for Social Good award as well as 1st Place at DemonHacks
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Deen Bot
-Developed an automated twitter account that tweets religious scripture with over 30 followers
-Leveragd Python libraries such as BS4, and pymongo to scrape and store over 40,000 pieces of raw text into a NoSQL Database
- Hosted a Python script on Heroku to randomly query the Database and post to twitter every 6 hours via the Tweepy API
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Science and Technology
Illinois Institute of Technology
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ACM Board Member (Scribe)
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Mathiew Doyle
Computer Science Student at Illinois Institute of Technology, Project Sunshine IIT VP and Program Coordinator
Chicago, IL
https://www.linkedin.com/in/ahmed-basheer-7b0b99199
Ahmed Basheer
Student at Illinois Institute of Technology
Greater Chicago Area
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Bisma Ali
Computer Science Student at Illinois Institute of Technology
Chicago, IL
https://www.linkedin.com/in/puthawala
Anas Puthawala
Master's Student @ Illinois Tech | Aspiring Data Scientist
Greater Chicago Area
https://www.linkedin.com/in/gavin-oanda
Gavin Oanda
Fourth Year Mechanical Engineering Student
Greater Chicago Area
https://www.linkedin.com/in/oluwaseunamole
Oluwaseun Amole
Incoming PM @ Microsoft
Greater Chicago Area
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamie-griggs-5aab0919a
Jamie Griggs
Civil and Structural Engineering Co-Terminal Student
Greater Chicago Area
https://www.linkedin.com/in/katarzyna-staron-55b3421a2
Katarzyna Staron
Co-terminal Mechanical Engineering student at Illinois Institute of Technology
Greater Chicago Area
https://www.linkedin.com/in/nader-alnatsheh-6300b9189
Nader Alnatsheh
Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering and Master of Science in Electrical Engineering Candidate @ Illinois Institute of Technology
Greater Chicago Area
https://www.linkedin.com/in/sbayat
Sahar Bayat
Aspiring Civil Engineer
Greater Chicago Area
https://www.linkedin.com/in/anam-adil-755b831a1
Anam Adil
Medical Assistant at Innovative Express Care
Greater Chicago Area
https://www.linkedin.com/in/sakina-razvi
Sakina Razvi
Technical Support Analyst at Agilant Solutions, Inc.
Greater Chicago Area
https://www.linkedin.com/in/acherbst
Alyssa Herbst
Architecture Student at Illinois Institute of Technology
Greater Chicago Area
https://www.linkedin.com/in/anwesha-roy-3b1104170
Anwesha Roy
Intern at EY Kuwait
New York, NY
https://www.linkedin.com/in/joseph-fulkerson-336798171
Joseph Fulkerson
IT Management (BAC) | Cyber Forensics & Security (MAS) | Crypto Trader | NFT Collector
United States
https://www.linkedin.com/in/ursulasjursenhersh
Ursula Sjursen Hersh
Dual degree student at Illinois Tech pursuing a B.S. in Social and Economic Development Policy and Master of Public Policy and Administration. Graduating May 2022.
Chicago, IL
https://www.linkedin.com/in/meghana-tamhane20
Meghana Tamhane
Mechanical Engineering Major at Illinois Institute of Technology
Greater Chicago Area