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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

  • 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

  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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

  • 2022
    • TreeHacks, Winner; VMWare Award
  • 2020
    • Regeneron ISEF, Team Canada
  • 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 🥾