Resume_RishinaTah
- 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 Childrens 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