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General Information
Full Name | Shounak Ray |
Date of Birth | February 13, 2003 |
Languages | English, Bengali, Spanishᵜ, Hindiᵜ |
ᵜStill learning these ones |
Education
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2021-present
Bachelors of Science
Stanford University
- Research Assistant, Stanford Intelligent Systems Lab.
- Research Assistant, Changing Cities Research Lab.
- Teaching Assistant, Computer Science (CS 41) (past).
- Data and Mapping Society (past).
- ASES Breakthrough Organizer (past).
Experience
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MAY 2023 - PRESENT
Research Assistant, Aeronautics and Astronautics Department
Stanford Intelligent Systems Laboratory (SISL)
- Architecting framework utilizing latent diffusion embeddings to generate new out-of-dist. datasets
- Programming stable diffusion models to generate driving sensor data across U.S. cities
- Leading application of generative AI and deep reinforcement learning (RL) to improve AV decisions in complex traffic scenarios, promoting AI safety in autonomous decision making under uncertainty
- Co-authoring two papers with Honda Research Inst., PI Mykel Kochenderfer for publication in ICML
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SEP 2022 - PRESENT
Research Assistant, Sociology Department
Stanford Changing Cities Research Lab (CCRL)
- Developed computer vision (CV) models (RNN, multi-task, ensembles, etc.) to parse Google Street View images to understand the role of physical conditions in structuring inequality and gentrification
- Programming regression and classification CV models to evaluate live videos of streets across U.S.A.
- Co-authoring paper with team, PI Jackelyn Hwang for publication in Annual Review of Sociology
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JUN - SEP 2022
Product Management Intern – AI Team
Relativity, Text-IQ
- Conducted market sizing & competitive analysis for self–proposed product, secured leadership support
- Roadmapped 18-month product, engineering, and client-engagement timelines for proposed product
- Prototyped NLP clustering pipeline (able to rapidly cluster terabytes of documents for M&A due diligence and litigation events) and product UI, set to save millions of dollars (est.) in operational costs
- Utilized AutoML to reduce project costs by 20% and time by 40% (est.), interfacing with eng. team
- Secured prospects (e.g., JP Morgan, AstraZeneca, Intel, Bayer, etc.) to stress-test MVP via paid pilot
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JUL 2020 - AUG 2021
Data Science Intern
White Whale Analytics
- Programmed scalable steam-optimization algorithms for energy clients, resulting in est. 30% savings
- Engineered customer journey optimization algorithms for hospitality providers, incr. sales by ~25%
- Developed network graph, anomaly-detection, and ML solutions for diverse Canadian clients
- Secured multiple long-term energy and hospitality contracts and maintained strong client relationships
- Designed intuitive dashboards for AI model explainability and gathered client trust in technology
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JUL - SEP 2019
Genomics and Bioinformatics Intern
University of Calgary
- Identified specific genes to make targeted melanoma immunotherapy more accessible to public
- Developed ML clustering technologies for single cell RNA, Next Generation Sequencing, & Differential Gene Expressions to determine hot tumor zones
Honors and Awards
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2022
- TreeHacks, Winner; VMWare Award
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2020
- Regeneron ISEF, Team Canada
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2019
- CWSF, Grand-Award Winner
- Sanofi Biogenius, National Finalist
- CWSF University Entrance Scholarships, Ted Rogers Innovation, YouthCanInnovate Awards
- Dr. Werner Becker Clinical Neuroscience Award
Fun
- Piano 🎹
- Dancing (Tango + West Coast Swing, etc!) 🕺
- Table Tennis 🏓
- Climbing 🧗♀️
- Hiking 🥾