About

Vishnu Thakral is a highly skilled data scientist with a passion for analytics, image processing, and sports. With two years of experience in the field, he has received the highest accolades for his curiosity in learning about the business and automating advanced level jobs, saving nearly 130 man-hours at Vodafone India. Vishnu is currently a Business Intelligence Developer at Amazon, where he is responsible for developing innovative solutions using data science and machine learning techniques. Vishnu's expertise in the field of data science is evident from his research paper on image processing based on machine learning with the Adaboost technique published in Springer. He is an enthusiastic team player who is interested in working in the field of data science and being accountable for smart decisions based on insights provided by him. Prior to joining Amazon, Vishnu worked as a Data Science Bootcamp Instructor at NYU Tandon Career Services and as a Graduate Research Assistant at NYU Center for Data Science. During his time at NYU, he developed Fairprep, a Python-based library to design and evaluate machine learning models for transparency and fairness. He also implemented various fairness enhancing interventions in the pre and post-processing stages of machine learning predictions and benchmarked the intervention result for various models on biased datasets such as Ricci, German Credit, and COMPAS Recidivism. Vishnu holds a Master's degree in Computer Science from New York University and a Bachelor of Engineering degree in Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering from Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra. His technical skills include data science, machine learning, image processing, research science, and Python. With nearly two years of relevant experience in the field, Vishnu is a highly motivated and dedicated individual who is committed to delivering exceptional results. He is passionate about using data science to solve complex problems and is always looking for new challenges to help him grow and develop as a professional.