Name: Mahima Thakkar
Internship, Co-op, or Research Site: Reality Analytics Inc
Position Title: Data Science Intern
Major or Program: Master's of Professional Studies- Data Science
Class Level: Master's Student
Work Term: Spring 2021
Tell us about your internship, co-op, or research opportunity, including your day-to-day responsibilities.
Reality AI is an audio signal processing company that provides solutions to the clients using Artificial Intelligence and Tiny ML. Reality AI offers AI-driven technology to help you find the most cost-effective instrumentation, components, and placement - and to build, optimize and deploy ML models in your product’s firmware.
In my journey at the company, I have assisted in collecting and curating the sound data that can be used to train the models on. After the data is in good shape and ready to go in the pipeline, I have trained models to classify or to perform anomaly detection. Along with being in the technical team, I have been in the customer success team and interacted with clients to know their expectations, deliver the results, assisting them in the future plans and strategies they could follow to meet the goal and discuss future steps.
Describe the process of obtaining your position. When did you hear of the position and submit your application?
I applied to the position in mid-July through UMBCworks. I heard back from the company in mid-August, and the interview was scheduled.
What have you enjoyed the most about your position or organization?
Due to the type of work I do, I have to go to the office onsite. The most exciting thing is I get to meet the team members and my manager with whom I work closely. I enjoy a lot, to test the models in action and see how it actually performs. I enjoy this part of my work the most.
How do you believe you have made an impact through your work?
I have curated the data that is used by the automobile industry, health industry, personal and safety industry. The data I collect and segment goes in the ML conduit and helps in providing the best results. The solutions are used by various clients that in real life make use of it. This makes their life easier and smoother.
What advice would you give to another student who is seeking an internship or similar experience?
My guidance to other aspiring students would be to build your network and communicate with more people. Work on your resume and seek help from the Career Center if needed. Look out for the positions available and modify your resume to the expectations of the position. Be prepared for an interview as the opportunity may come to your door anytime.
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