About

Pratik Mangalore is a highly skilled Software Engineer with a passion for Machine Learning, Software Engineering, and Mathematical Optimization. He is currently a second-year Master's student in Computer Science at the University of California, Los Angeles and is actively seeking full-time Software Engineering, Data Science, or Machine Learning-oriented roles. Pratik has a wealth of experience in the industry, having worked as a Software Engineering Intern at Arista Networks in Santa Clara and at Cisco Bangalore. His projects have included the use of Machine Learning to classify network traffic based on TCP payloads, implementing Similarity Network Fusion to integrate three types of data and obtain subgroups of patients having Autism Spectrum Disorder, and developing a language invariant OCR for handwritten characters using Expectation Maximization and the Probabilistic Latent Semantic Indexing (PLSI) Model. Pratik is skilled at solving mathematical problems, object-oriented/procedural/attribute-oriented (event-driven) programming, Python, C++, C, and R. His past research experiences involve interdepartmental work in fields such as Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing, Data Mining, and Visualization. Pratik's education includes a Bachelor of Technology in Information Technology from the Indian Institute of Information Technology and a Master of Science in Computer Science from the University of California, Los Angeles. He also has a background in Mathematics and Computer Science from Thakur Vidya Mandir and Lokhandwala Foundation School. Overall, Pratik is a highly motivated and skilled Software Engineer with a passion for Machine Learning and a strong track record of success in the industry.