Aakef Waris
Engineering Advisor at Blocklight
M.S. Artificial Intelligence
I'm a Masters Student at IIT studying Artificial Intelligence. I've done work building out RESTful APIs and Data Pipelines for a business analytics platform at an early e-commerce tech startup. I've had internship experience building ETL jobs in Spark and building Machine Learning  models with libraries such as sklearn, matplotlib, pandas etc. In my academia, I'm exploring the field of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning while also building a strong foundation in computer science fundamentals.
Blocklight
https://www.linkedin.com/company/blocklightio
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Engineering Advisor
Blocklight
https://www.linkedin.com/company/blocklightio
Chicago, Illinois, United States
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Contract Software Engineer (Data / Backend)
Blocklight
https://www.linkedin.com/company/blocklightio
Backend Engineer
- Contributing to a  Django web application that provides insights and metrics to small businesses
- Implementing custom python modules to integrate 3rd party APIs
- Building data pipelines between front-end analytics dashboards and back-end databases
-  Assisting ML efforts by structuring data and deploying models to a Linux environment
Chicago
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Software Engineering Intern (Backend)
Arity
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Data Science & Engineering Intern
Arity
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Data Science & Engineering Intern
Accenture
https://www.linkedin.com/company/accenture
Chicago, Illinois, United States
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Interdisciplinary Data Science Consultant
Arity
https://www.linkedin.com/company/arity
Chicago, Illinois, United States
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Data Science & Engineering Intern
Illinois Institute of Technology
https://www.linkedin.com/company/illinois-tech
Greater Chicago Area
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Computer Science Teaching Assistant
Illinois Institute of Technology
https://www.linkedin.com/company/illinois-tech
Object Oriented Programming TA
- Assisted students in an intro CS course by reinforcing OOP design principles discussed in class
- Assessed Java labs to provide feedback on each student's understanding of course material
Chicago
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Computer Science Teaching Assistant
IAA
https://www.linkedin.com/company/insurance-auto-auctions
C#/.NET Server-side and Desktop Developer
- Owned the development of an internal tool that allows managers to assess employees
- Built a windows desktop application that allows creation and review of insurance documents
Westchester, Illinois
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Software Development Intern
IAA
https://www.linkedin.com/company/insurance-auto-auctions
Android and C#/.NET Developer
- Created an Android application for on-site employees to upload videos of vehicle engine quality
- Developed an internal query automation tool that optimized QA testing
- Worked on an agile team to implement RESTful services that streamlined vehicle titling
- Integrated an automated API documentation tool to existing services
Westchester, Illinois
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Software  Development Intern
Master of Science - MS
Artificial Intelligence
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Illinois Institute of Technology
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Bachelor of Science - BS
Computer Science
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Illinois Institute of Technology
https://www.linkedin.com/school/illinois-tech/
Won the best hack for social good at Demonhacks 2019 for building "EasyShot" a digital health companion software that directed users to appropriate care.
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
JPMorgan Best Hack for Social Good
Algorithms
CS 430
Data Mining
CS 422
Data Structures and Algorithims
CS 331
Database Organization
CS 425
Functional Programming
CS 340
Linear Algebra
MATH 332
Systems Programming
CS 351
Developed a health companion platform that directs users to appropriate care such as mental illness hot-lines or nearby free clinics.
Wrote a Python Flask API to interact with Twilio services and utilized NLP to create an SMS bot that would respond to user requests
Won the JPMorgan Best Hack for Social Good award as well as 1st Place at DemonHacks
Easy Shot
https://github.com/awaris123/easy-shot
-Developed an automated twitter account that tweets religious scripture with over 30 followers
-Leveragd Python libraries such as BS4, and pymongo to scrape and store over 40,000 pieces of raw text into a NoSQL Database
- Hosted a Python script on Heroku to randomly query the Database and post to twitter every 6 hours via the Tweepy API
Deen Bot
https://github.com/awaris123/deen-bot
Science and Technology
Illinois Institute of Technology
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ACM Board Member (Scribe)
https://www.linkedin.com/in/mathiew-doyle-4b979b1bb
Chicago, IL
Mathiew Doyle
Computer Science Student at Illinois Institute of Technology, Project Sunshine IIT VP and Program Coordinator
https://www.linkedin.com/in/ahmed-basheer-7b0b99199
Greater Chicago Area
Ahmed Basheer
Student at Illinois Institute of Technology
https://www.linkedin.com/in/bisma99
Chicago, IL
Bisma Ali
Computer Science Student at Illinois Institute of Technology
https://www.linkedin.com/in/puthawala
Greater Chicago Area
Anas Puthawala
Master's Student @ Illinois Tech | Aspiring Data Scientist
https://www.linkedin.com/in/gavin-oanda
Greater Chicago Area
Gavin Oanda
Fourth Year Mechanical Engineering Student
https://www.linkedin.com/in/oluwaseunamole
Greater Chicago Area
Oluwaseun Amole
Incoming PM @ Microsoft
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamie-griggs-5aab0919a
Greater Chicago Area
Jamie Griggs
Civil and Structural Engineering Co-Terminal Student
https://www.linkedin.com/in/katarzyna-staron-55b3421a2
Greater Chicago Area
Katarzyna Staron
Co-terminal Mechanical Engineering student at Illinois Institute of Technology
https://www.linkedin.com/in/nader-alnatsheh-6300b9189
Greater Chicago Area
Nader Alnatsheh
Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering and Master of Science in Electrical Engineering Candidate @ Illinois Institute of Technology
https://www.linkedin.com/in/sbayat
Greater Chicago Area
Sahar Bayat
Aspiring Civil Engineer
https://www.linkedin.com/in/anam-adil-755b831a1
Greater Chicago Area
Anam Adil
Medical Assistant at Innovative Express Care
https://www.linkedin.com/in/sakina-razvi
Greater Chicago Area
Sakina Razvi
Technical Support Analyst at Agilant Solutions, Inc.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/acherbst
Greater Chicago Area
Alyssa Herbst
Architecture Student at Illinois Institute of Technology
https://www.linkedin.com/in/anwesha-roy-3b1104170
New York, NY
Anwesha Roy
Intern at EY Kuwait
https://www.linkedin.com/in/joseph-fulkerson-336798171
United States
Joseph Fulkerson
IT Management (BAC) | Cyber Forensics & Security (MAS) | Crypto Trader | NFT Collector
https://www.linkedin.com/in/ursulasjursenhersh
Chicago, IL
Ursula Sjursen Hersh
Dual degree student at Illinois Tech pursuing a B.S. in Social and Economic Development Policy and Master of Public Policy and Administration. Graduating May 2022.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/meghana-tamhane20
Greater Chicago Area
Meghana Tamhane
Mechanical Engineering Major at Illinois Institute of Technology