About

Abhay Iyer is a highly motivated and skilled computer science professional with a specialization in artificial intelligence. He is currently pursuing a Master's degree in Computer Science at the University of Southern California and is actively seeking co-op and full-time opportunities as a software engineer starting from Spring 2022 onwards. Abhay has gained valuable experience working as a course producer for CSCI 567 - Machine Learning under Prof. Vatsal Sharan at the University of Southern California. He has also worked as a Machine Learning Intern at Ushur, where he built a document classifier using graph neural networks and achieved an overall classification accuracy of 80%. He has experimented with various image stitching techniques and models to identify labels on packaged medicine boxes. Abhay has also worked as a Risk Data Scientist at USC Information Technology Services (ITS), where he used data analysis to extract information from data sets and identify correlations and patterns. He organized and transformed information into comprehensible structures via Extract, Transform, Load (ETL) and used data to predict trends in the Software-as-a-Service security tool landscape and from the on-premises USC device populations. He performed basic statistical analysis of data and used various tools and techniques to visualize data in easy-to-understand formats, such as diagrams and graphs. He monitored data quality and removed corrupt data using reconciliation and deduplication. Abhay has a strong educational background, with a Bachelor of Technology in Computer and Communication Engineering from Manipal Institute of Technology and a High School diploma in Science from R.N. Podar School. He is proficient in ML, Spring, Neural Networks, Data Scientist, Research Scientist, and ETL. With 1.69 years of relevant experience, Abhay is a valuable addition to any team looking for a skilled and dedicated software engineer.