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Prashanthi (she/her)
Recent Graduate, Brown University

pramach3@cs.brown.edu
Resume
(last updated: 7th July 2023)

Hi, I am Prashanthi! I am a dynamic and curious software engineer with a strong academic and research background. With a passion for taking initiative, I have successfully led multiple projects, ranging from a robotics endeavor involving the Boston Dynamics Spot to the development of a fashion recommendation system, a GAN model for image super-resolution, and various privacy-preserving frameworks. Among my proudest achievements is InterTwine, a collaborative endeavor where my team and I extended the browser-based open-source tool, Twine, enabling real-time document sharing and editing, similar to the functionality offered by Google Docs.

During my internship at The RealReal (TRR) as a software engineer, I spearheaded a full-stack project focused on collecting crucial tracking information to generate valuable business insights for the TRR website, which has over 24 million members. Notably, I collaborated with senior engineers on a data science initiative to increase TRR's consignment, leading us to win the Best Project in Growth Supply award at the company hackathon. My research background encompasses diverse areas, including Privacy-Preserving Machine Learning, Secure Multi-party Computation, Blockchain, Robotics, and Weak-Supervision. I have showcased my research prowess by presenting papers at three conferences (PPAI workshop 2021 & 2022 and BASARIM 2020) and publishing a paper in the esteemed Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences.

Additionally, I have held significant leadership roles, including serving as the president of Women in Computing at Ashoka University and contributing as a Teaching Assistant for three semesters at Brown University. Recognized for my contributions, I was honored with the Teaching Assistantship Excellence award during my tenure at Ashoka University. As a firm believer in fostering safe, supportive, and inclusive academic and work environments, I find joy in mentoring others. I am proficient in tools such as Python, Java, C++, GitHub, React, Node.JS, Docker, and AWS, and excel in executing projects with a collaborative mindset, agility, and robust problem-solving skills.

Feel free to write to me if you wish to get in touch!

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Work Experience

    Software Engineering Intern | Seller Acquisition | {The RealReal}
    June 2022 -- August 2022
    Research Intern | Crypto Research Group {Koc University}
    July 2020 -- August 2020

Education

  • Sc.M. | Computer Science, 4.0/4.0 | {Brown University}
    September 2021 -- May 2023
  • Post Graduate Diploma in Advanced Studies and Research, Computer Science | Magna Cum Laude |{Ashoka University}
    August 2020 -- May 2021
  • B.Sc. (Hons.), Computer Science | Cum Laude | {Ashoka University}
    August 2017 -- May 2020