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Rishikesh K

Masters in Data Science at UMich - Ann Arbor | NLP researcher at LIT Lab | Previously Data Science Manager at Mu Sigma Inc. | AI/ML, Natural Language Processing, Data Analysis, Reinforcement Learning

Ann Arbor, Michigan   Joined 18 March 2025

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https://rishiksh20.github.io My journey in data science began with a strong foundation in engineering, leading me to pursue a Master's in Data Science at the University of Michigan, where I will graduate in 2025. Over t

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6 years 7 months

UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN

Graduate Student Instructor
Aug 2024 - Current

GSI for QMSS 301 - Quantitative Social Science Analysis and Big Data - Leading weekly labs and conducting office hours to instruct and support over 30 students in R, geospatial ana

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UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN

Research Assistant
May 2024 - Sep 2024

Language and Information Technologies Lab (LIT@UMich). Working under Dr. Veronica Perez-Rosas and Prof. Rada Mihalcea to explore the realm of Fake News Detection and Perception thr

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UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN

Research Assistant II
Jul 2024 - Sep 2024

The "Climate Change, Demographic Shifts, and Socio-Political Stability" project at the University of Michigan examines how climate and demographic changes affect socio-political st

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MU-SIGMA

Data Science Manager
Aug 2022 - Jun 2023

1. Impairment Classification - Led a team of 7 data scientists and designed an unbalanced multi-class classifier by stacking XGBoost and a sequential Neural Net to facilitate Class

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MU-SIGMA

Data Scientist
Jul 2019 - Aug 2022

1. Store Planning and Forecasting - Assisted the FP&A team of the world’s largest home improvement retailer to plan 11 retail metrics viz. Sales, Markups, Markdowns, Inventory, am

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BMC SOFTWARE

Project Intern
Aug 2018 - Apr 2019

Designed a prototype for integrating a blockchain based backend to a globally used legacy ITSM software. Used Hyperledger Composer and a voting based consensus mechanism to design

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UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN

Aug 2023 - Current

SAVITRIBAI PHULE PUNE UNIVERSITY

Jul 2015 - May 2019

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