About Me

I am a graduate student pursuing my Masters in Computer Science at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles. I am a driven and motivated person and I appreciate good design. I love programming and solving mathematical problems and puzzles. Besides these, I am a huge fan of Manchester United. I am currently involved in learning and exploring iOS programming in Swift, Machine Learning and rock-climbing. I am interested in learning more about Virtual Reality and Game development.

Schooling and Undergraduate education

I did my high-schooling at Chinmaya Vidyalaya, Chennai, India and in my senior year, I was the School Pupil Leader of my school. I would like to attribute my work ethic and leadership quality to the strong fundamentals that I was bestowed with here. I enjoyed my schooling a lot as I got ample opportunities to develop not only my academic acumen, but also my extra-curricular skills. I was part of the school football team and I played as a right-back. Besides this, I actively participated in inter-school cultural events and I won prizes in music competitions. I was also actively involved in intramural sporting events. It is in my school that I developed a liking for programming and Computer Science and I will always look back at my school days with nostalgia.

I went on to get my B.Tech in Information Technology at Amrita University, Coimbatore, India and it was a great experience. I came out of my comfort zone that was my home and moved to a different city. Hostel life exposed me to the various challenges of life and I improved as a person and became more independent and receptive to new concepts, beliefs and people. Along with this, I also developed my programming skills and passed my Red Hat Certified Engineer certification with flying colors. I made some great friends here and would cherish my time at Amrita forever.

Professional experience

I joined Cognizant as a Programmer Analyst Trainee and completed my training successfully at Cognizant, Chennai. Again, I had to shift my base to Bangalore as I was posted on work at Cognizant, Bangalore. These were some of the most memorable days of my life as I kickstarted my professional career and I joined the Adobe CQ development team. I worked with some of the top hotel majors in the United States on exciting projects that offered me a lot of new things to learn in a field(Adobe AEM) whose adoption was increasing multifold.

I became a Programmer Analyst and part of the Adobe AEM core development team, wearing the hat of not only a developer but also of a researcher, interviewer and trainer. I formed a great rapport with my peers and enjoyed working on my day to day assignments and additional research work that I voluntarily undertook. This period of 2 years was great for my learning curve and I met some of the most talented and important people in my life here. I still miss working here with my wonderful team on stuff that impacts huge websites.

Graduate life

It has been a dream journey so far at USC. Fight on is USC's motto and so does it suit me. I always wanted to study Computer Science at a top university and USC truly falls in this category. The contents of the coursework, the challenging assignments and the diversity in people at USC have all been tremendous. The course projects have helped me gained confidence in my programming abilities and I look forward to attending each lecture.

Miscellaneous

I am a very driven and determined individual when it comes to setting my goals and achieving them. As a leader, I have a tendency to think in terms galvanizing my team and making team work conducive and at the same time balance my individual targets. According to me, 'sacrifice' is the purest and ultimate characteristic of a person. I am a pet lover and I like watching documentaries. I love soccer and I am a big time fan of Manchester United and Sir Alex Ferguson. I like pop/rock and soft rock music and 'Coldplay' is my favourite band. 'The Prestige' is my favourite movie and black is my favourite color.
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My Skills

Core Java

HTML/CSS

jQuery

Adobe AEM

My Interests

Algorithms

Taking an algorithmic approach to solve problems has been one of my strong traits. I try to utilize my free time on sites like Hackerrank, Google Code Jam and Project Euler, trying to come up with optimal algorithms for problems.

Web Development

I am fluent in HTML5, CSS3 and JavaScript and jQuery. I am also familiar with the REST principles and I have developed a lot of applications and POCs in Adobe AEM, which is Adobe's web based CMS. In addition to this, I have also developed websites as part of my academic coursework.

Mobile Application Development

I have developed apps in both iOS and Android. The iOS app was a simple gesture-driven alarm app that presents the user with a great and clean interface. The Android can be used as an eBay search tool. I am currently learning Swift and I am keen on developing more mobile as well as smart watch apps.

Artificial Intelligence

I am very much interested in Artificial Intelligence and its applications. I took up a course on the Foundations of Artificial Intelligence which gave me an opportunity to program some classifiers in Python. I have also taken up a course in Natural Language Processing and I will try to implement the knowledge that I gained from my AI course towards NLP.

User Interface Development

I am a big fan of design studies and I like to focus on making a product's design simple and effective. I also took up a course on Specifications and Design of User Interface Software and also developed a high-fidelity prototype for an iOS app. I have also extensively worked on creating and fixing website UIs.

Software Engineering

Software Engineering is vital to create strong processes to develop great software and I have learnt this with experience. As I was part of a small team in a big organization, I understand the various roles and stages of software development and their relevance in making things work properly.

My Work

400

Hackathons

300

Projects

200

Lines of Code

100

Github Contributions

Some Milestone Projects

Here are few of the projects that I have worked on that are close to my heart. I am proud of the fact that I learnt a lot of new things solely due to these projects.

My Hobbies

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Programming
Web and Mobile

I enjoy programming both casual and competitive. I also look out for latest trends in programming.



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Soccer
Manchester United fan

I am a die hard Manchester United fan. I aim to watch atleast one match at Old Trafford in my lifetime.


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Music
Pop/Rock

I like pop/rock music and I love songs by 'Coldplay' and 'James Blunt'. I also listen to Tamil movie music and I like songs composed by Anirudh.

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Foodie
Spicy food lover

I love to taste new food and when I move to a city, I make it a point to have the local food and street food of the city.


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Gaming
Counter Strike, FIFA and GTA

I enjoy playing Counter Strike, FIFA 16 and GTA5 with my friends. LAN gaming FTW!


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Cycling
Random biking

I like to take my bike out and get a feel of the evening breeze. Off late, I hang out at Downtown Los Angeles, observing the street art scene and the Los Angeles culture.

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Documentaries
Police stories

I like watching documentaries that encapsulate success stories of cops and armies. I derive a sense of success when I watch these.

Blog

Coming soon.

Testimonials

In the journey that is my academic, professional and social life, I have been gifted enough to meet some truly wonderful personalities and I have been able to share a great relationship with some of them. Some such people have been kind enough to share with me a few of their observations about me.

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    Vijaya Shankar

    Manager

    His passion for programming enables him to involve himself extensively in development of a solution from scratch. Furthermore, his systematic approach and attention to details helps him multi-task efficiently. In addition to his regular assignments, he invests time in the research and development of several Proofs of concepts, estimation of future projects and training his junior associates. He has built a great rapport with his onsite counterparts and our clients.

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    Raghesh Krishnan

    Professor

    He is a keen observer of the world developments and he has a penchant for technology. In addition to being a well-behaved and an attentive student, he was very punctual when it came to turning in assignments and projects. I remember him as a student who would confidently put forth his views and do so in a diplomatic tone.

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    Bindu K R

    Professor

    Shriram is an outstanding individual with a strong character who has very high aspirations and is a hard-working and dedicated person with the self-belief that he can do whatever he has set for himself. Shriram is systematic in his approach, very inquisitive, extremely organized and is highly self-motivated with a very positive attitude and truly embraces learning all there is to know in the field of technology.Shriram was the ACM Student Chapter Coordinator and was an active member of FOSS club. He was a member of the organizing committee of COGITO 2011 hosted by the department.

Call Me

+1 (213) 245-7653

Email Address

shriram7@gmail.com

Work Location

Joint Educational Project, 801 West 34th St, Los Angeles, CA - 90089

Address

2366 1/2 Portland St, Los Angeles, CA - 90007

Contact Me

You can reach me in any of the above mediums. If you want to leave me a quick message, please feel free to do so here. I am a notification freak and I constantly check my phone for any updates, so rest assured that I will get back to you as soon as I can.