Hi, I am Manikandan Lalitprasad

Data Analyst

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Where I went

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Master of Science

  • The University of Texas at Dallas
  • Texas, US
Graduating with a degree in Business Analytics in May 2021. Concentrated towards Analyst, Machine Learning, Data Science. Completed courses includes Machine Learning, Data Visualization, Statistics, Big Data, Predictive and Prescriptive Analytics etc.
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Bachelor of Technology

  • Anna University
  • Chennai, India
Graduated in Computer Science and Engineering. Four years of Undergrad college education had injected in me a strong dose of fundamental knowledge with the help of courses like Data Structure, Calculus, Algorithms, Probability, Statistics, I had realized that competent use of computers is a fine combination of programming skills and logical thinking.
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Associate Software Engineer

  • Bengaluru, India
Worked as an Associate Software Engineer for nearly two years. Worked for AT@T and Bank of America clients developing new modules as per client's requirement, implementing test scenarios using automation techniques which reduced the run-processing time by 40% and minimizing errors by 90%
My Work

Who I am

Data Science aspirant based on DFW

A passionate individual for programming with a strong foundation in math, analytics and the ability to work autonomously having two years of experience in Application Development. I love problem solving and bringing the brains behind the solution.

Great passion and curiosity towards data analysis, big data and data science. I believe insights from big data can be a life-changer in the future. Exploring for an internship in the Fall 2020/Summer 2021 or a full time role after I graduate.

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What I do

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SGEMM Kernel Performance Prediction using Python

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Predicted the average run time of GPU Kernel by different machine learning models.

Designed linear regression model, implementing the gradient descent algorithm and experimented with different values of threshold and learning rate.

Compared performance with SVM kernels, Decision tree and found RBF kernel to have the highest accuracy of 98%.

Performed feature selection, used the transformed features on the neural network to achieve accuracy of 74.90%.

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Australian Weather Prediction using Python

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Analyzed daily observations from Australian weather stations with variables like windspeed, humidity, temperature etc and predicted if it will rain the next day.

Implemented SVM, Decision tree and boosting and achieved highest accuracy of 84.82% using Gradient boosting since it learns from weak classifiers and improvises each stage

Performed ANN using Tensor flow, Keras API and experimented with KNN to achieve 83.38% accuracy.

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Sentimental Analysis of IMDB movie reviews

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Analyzed the IMDB Reviews Dataset that contained the reviews and sentiments using nltk and sklearn packages.

Designed wordcloud to witness the frequent positive and negative reviews.

Preprocessed the dataset by tokenizing the words, removing stopwords, html strips and noisy texts, stemmed the words using Portable Stemmer.

Performed TFIDF score which penalizes the frequent words and achieved an accuracy of 75% to predict the number of positive and negative reviews by using Logistic Regression, Naive Bayes algorithm

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AT@T ICAM and FirstNet

FirstNet is operated to public safety allowing them to get information quickly during natural calamities and helping them making decisions.

Collaborated in designing automation techniques using Robot framework with Selenium for testing purposes which reduced the run processing time by 40% and minimized errors by 90%.

Implemented test scenarios using Safe Agile approach, identified the E2E scenario, created the test plan and presented the modules to client during deployment of each sprint.

Worked with Web and Mobile Cato tool to ensure the webpage accessible for physically challenged people.

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Visualizing natural disasters affecting Exxon's Refineries

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Visualized different natural calamities on the map that affect the respective counties at United States.

Collected data on different Exxon refineries in the USA, located their counties and analyzed which all disasters are impacting the refinery locations.

Identified the top 4 disasters and presented it as a story. This helps to know the advent of disasters to refinery companies before hand and they could plan appropriate measures to tackle them.

What my colleagues think

  • I rarely come across real talents who stand out like Manikandan. I had the pleasure of working with Manikandan for almost an year at Accenture, collaborating on various activities and deliverables. Manikandan's ability to multiple task was unlike any I’ve seen before and made a dramatic increase in team's productivity level.

    No matter how tense a meeting, Manikandan made sure everyone left with a smile. As a team player, Manikandan earns my highest recommendation

    - Mohansagar Killamsetty (Software Engineer and SME (AT@T FirstNet))

  • It was a pleasure working with Manikandan in Aristos (Client name:AT &T),He was very helpful in preparing test cases and test scenarios both in manual and automation. He was very knowledgeable of the requirements in the project which helped in completing the scenarios testing in very short span of time.

    I highly recommend Manikandan for the passion and success which he showcases in his work to achieve bigger.

    - Nisha Unnikrishnan (Software Test Engineer)

  • Manikandan was an amazing person to work with, and is not only a multi-skilled and insightful colleague, but also an inspiring strategist. Great employee with a very strong problem solving skills.

    He is an asset to any company with his productive, hardworking, broad-minded and forward thinking ability. His desire for proficiency and education makes him a valuable resource.

    - Misbah Tehseen Parathanalli (Software Engineer)