Hi, I'm Manu Parashar!

About me

Determined, diligent and a graduate in Computing Science from University of Alberta. I am seeking an opportunity to use my hard work and technical skills to help create and innovate solutions for modern problems in the 21st century.

Interests

• Machine Learning
• Full Stack Web Development
• Natural Language Processing
• Robotics
• Android App Development
• Game Development

Education

Graduate Computing Science, BSc Specialization from University of Alberta

Computer Knowledge

• Programming Languages: C, C++, Python, Java (Android), MySQL, RISC-V Assembly, C# (for Unity3D), HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript
• Other Software: VS Code, LoggerPro, Microsoft and Google Suites, Linux, Robot Operating System (ROS), git, GitHub, Docker, Heroku, Azure Functions, Django, Unity3D, Android Studio
• Hardware Applications: Arduino

Work Experience

• Infosys Limited (Since March 2022)
  Associate Developer
• Astute Arrow SMART Digital Transformation (JUL 2021 - AUG 2021)
  Web Developer Intern
• Dover India Innovation Centre (Bengaluru, India) (JUl 2018 - AUG 2018)
  IT intern

My Projects

• LinkedSpace- A social media web platform which is interconnectible to other platforms using REST API.
• Mood Space - A social media android app which focuses on moods.
• ChatbotNLP - Implementation of Chatbot using Intent Classification.
• Quadris - Tetris with modified rules.
• PSDCA - Face Mask Detection in live video feed.
• Gomoku Players- Implementation of Monte-Carlo Tree Search for the game of Gomoku.
• ROS Navigation- Navigation Stack for Summit XL robot.
• RL Robotics- TD Learning algorithms for Drone Parrot.
• PETTHEBOT- IRC twitch bot I created for fun. Deployed using Heroku.
• TwoSentenceHorror-Dataset- A dataset containing 23000 two sentence horror stories from the subreddit r/TwoSentenceHorror created using Pushshift-API.

What I am currently working on...

• BulletSense - Chrome extension that gives meaning of the word when highlighted in browser.
• MC-Drogon - Minecraft Plugin which allows the player to tame and ride the ender dragon.
• Pokemon-AI - My attempt at creating a challenging AI for Pokemon battles.

Certifications

• Code Foundation for ROS – TCS
• Deep Learning Essentials – IBM
• IBM Blockchain Essentials V2 - IBM
• The Web Developer Bootcamp 2021 – Udemy
• Android Application Development - Udemy
• Privacy By Design - Infosys
• Service Layer Using Spring - Infosys
• Persistence Layer Using Spring Data - Infosys
• 5 day Leadership program by King’s College London