Alaap Sarkar

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Education & Credentials

Academia
  1. De Montfort University, Leicester, UK, 2018 – 2019

    • M.Sc. Intelligent Systems and Robotics
    • Master’s thesis: Distinction
    • Degree classification: Merit
  2. S.R.M University, Chennai, India, 2014 – 2018

    • Bachelors of Technology – Mechatronics Engineering
    • Final project: S grade
    • CGPA: 7.41/10
Internships
  1. AiEdge, 03/02/2020 - 06/03/2020

    • Applied NLP for file search system which included extraction of keywords, dates and phrases for indexing and search using natural language.
Coursework
  • Intelligent Mobile Robots
  • Mobile Robots
  • Computational Intelligent Optimisation
  • AI Programming (Prolog)
  • Applied Computational Intelligence
  • Research Methods
  • Artificial Neural Networks
  • Fuzzy logic
Masters Projects
  • LMMAES algorithm for neural network optimisation tested and improved on KDD cup MNIST data set
  • Neural network classifier for KDD Cup 1999 Data
  • Implementation and improvement of the S algorithm for Convex Optimization
  • A memetic algorithm based on the S algorithm and Differential Evolution
  • Naive Bayes classifier to implement a controller for a robotic arm
  • Implementation of a particle filter for localisation
UG Projects
  • Design and fabrication of a 2 DOF (roll and vertical linear motion) bone and low load application device The device is capable of testing the effects of load on low load human parts in X and Y planes
Professional development

Additional Details

Languages: English, Hindi, Bengali and French
IT Proficiency: MS Office, LaTex, MATLAB, Python, Prolog, TensorFlow, Keras, Java