Mayank

I am an undergraduate research student at the Center for Computational Natural Sciences and Bioinformatics (CCNSB), IIIT Hyderabad, advised by Prof. Subhadip Mitra. My research interest lie in Dynamical Systems and Networks, Machine Learning, Quantum Computing and in general application of Computer Science in Interdisciplinary fields.

I am currently working on applied Quantum Computing for Physics applications with Prof. Subhadip Mitra and on Pseudo-spectral Discretization of Dirac Operators with Dr. Julian Lenz. I also previously worked with Prof. Geoffrey Hutchison on the project 'Active Learning based Bayesian Geometry Optimizer' as a part of Google Summer of Code 2023. You can read more about the project here and can check out my project blog here. The main aim of the project was generating the lowest energy conformer for a given molecule using Bayesian optimization locally in internal coordinates (bond lengths, bond angles, dihedral angle) and finding good initial estimates for the internal co-ordinates given a molecule.

Besides academics, I am also a trained sketch Artist by training. I like writing poetries, playing piano/guitar in my free time. I also work as a volunteer for an NGO and teach students on weekends, it's a very intrinsically satisfying experience. If someone is also interested in volunteering, they can check out Make a Difference (MAD) NGO.

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Recent Updates

  • Will be working as a Teaching assisstant for the course Automata Theory, Monsoon 2024.
  • Selected for the HZDR Summer Student Program 2024 in Dresden, Germany
  • Will be working as a Teaching assisstant for the course Introduction to Software Systems, Spring 2024.
  • Google Summer of Code 2023 Project completed successfully.
  • Won 1st prize at Megathon 2023!
  • Promoted as the club coordinator for the Astronomy club!!
  • Will be working as a Teaching assisstant for the course Probability and Random Processes, Monsoon 2023.
  • Selected for Google Summer of Code 2023! Lot to learn this summer
  • Started work as an undergraduate researcher under Prof. Harjinder Singh and Prof. Subhadip Mitra.


Achievements

  • Received a grant of $1000 for my Project 'Project Mausam' at Global Youth Climate Summit 2021
  • 1st prize (₹50,000) for our project 'Paddy Cultivation Estimation using Sentinel-1,2 satellite images' at Megathon, 2023
  • Dean List awardee Monsoon 2021, Spring 2022, Monsoon 2022.
  • Finalist at IBM - AI for better India hackathon 2020.
  • Star scholar Title, Trail-Blazer awardee for outstanding academic performance.


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