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Chayanika Sinha

Chayanika Sinha

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SDE Intern @ AWS | CS+ML@UMD | NLP Researcher
Maryland, United States
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    SDE Intern
    Jun 2025 - Aug 2025 (3 months)
  • MITRE
    Frontend and Data Visualization Engineer Intern
    MITRE
    Jan 2025 - May 2025 (5 months)
  • Wikimedia Foundation
    Undergraduate ML Research Intern
    Wikimedia Foundation
    Jun 2024 - Jan 2025 (8 months)
    Computational SocioDynamics Lab -Working for a project funded by Wikimedia Commons on the Gender Gap on Wikipedia and utilizing tools like mediawiki, wikidata(Python) -Preprocessed data and built a web scraping tool using Python(BeautifulSoup) and SQL(Quarry) to collect over 1M+ articles on the English, Bengali and Italian wikis -Building a large language model(LLM) to help gain insights from English, Italian and Bengali languages
  • Technuf
    Software Development Engineer Intern
    Technuf
    Jun 2024 - Aug 2024 (3 months)
    -Building a WordPress plugin with PHP,HTML, CSS, and Vue.js to integrate Aphelia software, an application that contained event data of company clients like 5+ high schools and Bangladesh Embassy -Utilized REST API queries to interact with the PostgreSQL database, ensuring efficient data retrieval and management -Integrated seamless payment options with PayPal and credit cards, increasing event registration ease by 10%
  • UMIACS
    Undergraduate Research Assistant
    UMIACS
    May 2024 - Aug 2024 (4 months)
    Human Data Interaction Group -Scraped data from over 2,000 websites to collect high-quality SVGs for research, utilizing advanced web scraping techniques. -Annotated and organized the data for improved usability, contributing to the efficiency and accuracy of research processes.
  • UMD Department of Computer Science
    Teaching Assistant for CMSC132 (Data Structures)
    UMD Department of Computer Science
    Jan 2024 - Jun 2024 (6 months)
    - Teaching Assistant for Data Structures course in Java - Graded and debugged code for a class of 250+ students
  • Quantum Startup Foundry QSF
    Software Engineer Intern
    Quantum Startup Foundry QSF
    Jan 2024
    - Worked as a full stack developer and used front end and backend elements and built website using HTML, CSS, PHP, and Drupal - Maintained SEO principles and responsiveness of the website
  • UMD Department of Computer Science
    Co- Faciliator and Teaching Assistant of CMSC398N(Ethics in Computer Science)
    UMD Department of Computer Science
    Aug 2023 - May 2025 (1 year 10 months)
    Course Title: Special Topics in Computer Science: Ethics in Computer Science Course Instructor: Elias Gonzalez -Guided and facilitated discussions for a diverse group of 30 students, exploring various specialized fields within computer science -Led insightful conversations on the ethical implications and considerations specific to each field, fostering critical thinking and ethical awareness -Collaborated with the course instructor to design and deliver engaging curriculum content, ensuring alignment with industry trends and ethical principles
  • University of Maryland Computing Catalyst
    Teaching Ambassador
    University of Maryland Computing Catalyst
    Jan 2023 - Current (3 years)
    - Involved in helping out in K-12 events and community outreach to middle and high school - Conducting high school workshops about Computer Science and tutoring students studying AP Computer Science A about concepts in Java and OOP
  • First Year Innovation and Research Experience FIRE
    Undergraduate Research Assistant - Sustainability Analytics
    First Year Innovation and Research Experience FIRE
    Aug 2022 - Dec 2023 (1 year 5 months)
    -Part of a dedicated team of five researchers, collaborating on a crucial project within the Sustainability Analytics stream of FIRE -Leveraging R programming to analyze and visualize extensive water samples from the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries, assessing microplastic levels before and after the plastic bag ban - Seeking to check whether microplastic pollution has reduced in each state after banning plastic bags
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  • University of Maryland
    Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science
    University of Maryland
    Jan 2022 - Dec 2025 (4 years)
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    AI YouTube Thumbnail and Description Generator
    Aug 2024
    -Developed a YouTube clone application to generate video information and thumbnails using OpenAI’s GPT-4 and DALL-E-3
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    When You Smish Upon A Star
    Oct 2023
    -Collaborated with a team of 5 members to create an algorithm to detect smishing(SMS phishing) -Engaged in quantitative and qualitative analysis and user studies -Presented research project to Computer Science faculty at the University of Maryland
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    Effectiveness of Plastic Bag Ban in the DMV Area: Research Study
    Jan 2023 - Dec 2023 (1 year)
    - Worked with a team of 5 members to analyze microplastic levels in water of the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries to check effectiveness of plastic bag ban in the DMV area -Conducted research to prove that states with plastic bag bans that imposed a financial fee had better impact - Implemented data analysis and visualization techniques using R and presented research at the University of Maryland Undergraduate Research Symposium
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    Blog App
    -Developed an app where users can create, delete and update their own blogs -Used JSON server and react-router DOM to emulate the backend
  • D
    DocuWell
    -A web application that acts as a doctor-patient management system and integrates a 24/7 chatbot to assist patients
  • D
    Data Visualization Tool
    - Creating a tool to recognize and annotate different types of SVG charts by the process of visual recognition - Used Python for the backend to query into a database with over 150+ SVG charts created with tools like D3.js, High Charts, Apex Charts, etc
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    Tapia Conference Scholarship
    Computing Catalyst UMD
    Sep 2025
    Scholarship to attend the Tapia Conference 2025 at Dallas,Texas
  • M
    Winner - Bitcamp Hackathon - [MLH] Best Use of Gemini
    Major League Hacking at Bitcamp
    Apr 2025
    - Built a full-stack wellness app that detects and prevents developer burnout using real-time webcam fatigue tracking, Fitbit and GitHub data, and personalized self-care nudges - Built the React UI, integrated Spline 3D models, connected Fitbit and GitHub APIs, and visualized burnout trends using Chart.js. Collaborated to integrate Flask backend and OpenCV-based ML fatigue detection pipeline -Project received recognition from the DeepMind team
  • UMD Department of Computer Science
    Grace Hopper Conference Scholarship 2024
    UMD Department of Computer Science
    Scholarship to attend the Grace Hopper 2024 Conference in Philadelphia
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    Dean's List
    College of Computer Mathematical and Natural Sciences at UMD
    Awarded to students who display academic excellence(3.5 GPA+)
  • UMD Department of Computer Science
    John D. Gannon Scholarship Recipient
    UMD Department of Computer Science
    Scholarship for students displaying excellence in Computer Science
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    VisAnatomy: An SVG Chart Corpus with Fine-Grained Semantic Labels
    IEEE VIS
    Oct 2024
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    Lightcurve and Rotation Period Analysis For 19774 Diamondback
    Minor Planet Bulletin
    Worked in a group of 12 for the Astronomy course ASTR 315 to study an asteroid and name it Diamondback,after the University of Maryland's mascot