About Me

Harsh in my mother tongue means "happy person".
I teach computers how to learn.

Working my way to understand world. I was born in a family of Farmer. With ambitions, hard work and my ability to learn quickly is the reason I have made it this far. If you want to know more, ask me about a story.

Contact Details

Harsh Patel
1004, E Block, Synchronicity, Powai
Mumbai, India. 400072
+91 - 9790464549
harshpateliitm@gmail.com

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Education

Indian Institute of Technology Madras

Masters in Automotive Engineering and Bachelors in Engineering Design• June 2019

I am in my final year of college pursuing Dual Degree course (B.Tech + M.Tech) in Engineering Design and Masters in Automotive Engineering. From early on I liked solving problems, so I developed interests for AI, I am currently working with in MiRL Lab for Applications of Deep Learning and Computer Vision in Medical Imaging.
I did my research thesis on Medical imaging. I used novel convolutional Neural Nets to identify Congenital heart defects (CHD) with accuracy of 92% accuracy, which is 25%+ improvment in benchmark model of SonoNet.

Work

WorldQuant

Alpha Research Consultant • Febuary 2019 - June 2019

Netted profits of over $20 million while developing financial models (alphas) as a part of a 900 highly selective global research team. Derived volume, mean reversion, momentum, and sentiment based alphas expressions with a major focus on fundamental and technical alphas. Developed and deployed systematic financial strategies across a variety of asset classes in US, Europe and Asian market, utilizing a proprietary research platform and risk management process through meticulous literature review and back-testing on WEBSIM.

Siemens

Deep Learning Intern • December 2017 - June 2018

I have worked on 2 major projects during my 7 months internship under Vinay Sudhakaran (Senior Key Expert, Siemens).
One is Prediction algorithms for context aware video frame and path prediction where I implemented PredNet model which predicts 9 frames using 1 input frame of video with MSE: 0.000605 and improve the prediction framework using probablistic modelling and object tracking.
Second one is Object and anomaly detection frameworks to detect and prevent anomalies
In total, developed 6 modules to create end to end pipeline for computer vision. You can see the results of the modules here.

tokenAnalyst

Data Analyst (Remote Project) • Octomber 2018 - November 2018

I did a remote project with TokenAnalyst to work on onchain data analysis. I mined and analysed blockchain data to identify patterns in transactions and track movement of crypto assets for various application like exchange volume analysis, whale transaction alerts, etc.

DYOR Crypto

Data Researcher • Febuary 2018 - September 2018

I am working with 3 other IIT Madras Alumni(2013) on this project as part time. I have worked on analysis and evaluation of various cryptocurrency projects (15+) based their cash flow and performance. Here is one of the report for the reference. I have developed various quantitative methods to analyse blockchain data to make better decisions.

BitBNS

Trading Consultant• February 2018 - April 2018

We Implemented Margin Trading feature on crypto exchange for 1st time in India in a span of 2 months which had a huge impact on customer aquisition, trading volume, liquidity and order book spread.

Skills

  • Python, Tensorflow, LaTeX
  • Computer vision
  • C++, HTML
  • Quantitative Finance

Hobbies

Photography I was head of Media team of 40 people, running the biggest media channel of institute. Won multiple competition in culteral festivals and inter hostel events.
Sports Played Table Tennis till State level, represented district at multiple tournaments.
Love watching F1 (Formula 1). One good road trip or travelling is my work life balance.

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