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About Me
Brief
I'm Kush, a data science and ML engineer-in-progress, turning messy real-world datasets into clean insights, practical models, and small "Jarvis-style" tools — from flight prices to food delivery — and shipping them as web apps people can actually use.
Education
New Jersey Institute of Technology
Bachelors of Computer Science • 27'
Focus Areas
Machine Learning • GenAI
End-to-end ML pipelines
Currently Learning
MLOps • PySpark • Deep Learning
Scaling ML to production
Status
Open to Opportunities
Internships • Full-time roles
THE ARSENALTHE ARSENAL
Languages
Languages
Core Proficiency
ML & AI
ML & AI
5+ Projects • Advanced
GenAI & LLMs
GenAI & LLMs
Cutting Edge
Data Science
Data Science
Expert Level
Web & Full Stack
Web & Full Stack
4+ Projects
Databases
Databases
Production Ready
DevOps & Tools
DevOps & Tools
Daily Workflow
Currently Learning
Currently Learning
In Progress
PROJECTS
UniWallet - Smart Campus Wallet
CHALLENGE
College students juggle 5+ apps for banking, meal plans, budgeting, and payments, leading to fragmented financial management and missed spending insights.
APPROACH
- ▹Integrated Plaid API for secure bank account linking in sandbox mode
- ▹Built AI Financial Coach (FinBot) using Ollama Cloud for personalized advice
- ▹Implemented smart transaction categorization across dining, transport, books, events
- ▹Created unified wallet system consolidating campus wallets and meal plans
IMPACT
Developed in 48 hours at HackFest 2025 @ Rutgers Newark, delivering a fully functional AI-powered financial platform.
TECH STACK
Student Performance Predictor
CHALLENGE
Educators need to identify students requiring additional support by predicting academic outcomes from demographic and performance data.
APPROACH
- ▹Evaluated 8 regression algorithms (Linear, Ridge, Lasso, Random Forest, XGBoost, CatBoost)
- ▹Implemented separate preprocessing pipelines for numerical and categorical features
- ▹Built responsive Flask web interface for real-time predictions
- ▹Deployed production-ready application on Render.com
IMPACT
Analyzed 1,000 student records with automated model selection using 5-fold cross-validation.
TECH STACK
Jarvis - Personal AI Assistant
CHALLENGE
Daily task automation through voice commands requires seamless integration of speech recognition, web APIs, and system utilities.
APPROACH
- ▹Implemented voice interaction with speech-to-text and text-to-speech conversion
- ▹Integrated OpenWeather and WolframAlpha APIs for real-time data
- ▹Built modular architecture supporting custom commands and plugins
- ▹Created system automation for app launching, screenshots, and file management
IMPACT
Voice-powered AI assistant with 5+ capability categories and extensible plugin system.
TECH STACK
Flight Price Prediction
CHALLENGE
Travelers struggle with unpredictable flight pricing patterns and lack tools for informed booking decisions.
APPROACH
- ▹Cleaned and analyzed 10,000+ flight records from Excel datasets
- ▹Engineered 15+ time-based and route-based features
- ▹Performed extensive EDA on journey dates, airlines, duration, and pricing correlations
- ▹Implemented feature encoding and scaling for ML readiness
IMPACT
Comprehensive data preparation pipeline ready for model training and deployment.
TECH STACK
Sales EDA & Purchase Prediction
CHALLENGE
Understanding sales patterns and building accurate forecasting models requires comprehensive data exploration and feature engineering.
APPROACH
- ▹Performed extensive EDA with distribution, trend, and correlation analysis
- ▹Handled missing values and corrected data types systematically
- ▹Implemented and compared multiple regression models (Linear, Random Forest, XGBoost)
- ▹Evaluated models using RMSE and R² metrics with prediction visualization
IMPACT
End-to-end data science workflow from raw data to model evaluation.
TECH STACK
In Development
More Projects Incoming
Building the future, one commit at a time
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📌 PINNED REPOSITORIES
UniWallet-Dev
AI-powered campus financial platform with Plaid integration
ML-Project
Student performance prediction with 8 ML models comparison
Flight-Price-Prediction
Comprehensive EDA and feature engineering for flight pricing
jarvis
Personal AI assistant with voice commands and API integration
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Designed & Built by Kush Rank
Tech Stack:
Next.js 14 • React 18 • TypeScript • Tailwind CSS • GSAP • Lenis
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