Hi, I am Tarun

Tarun Sharma

I am a programmer with interest in robotics, physics, design, artificial intelligence, human augmentation and neuroscience. I like puzzles.

Courses

Experiences

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Senior Software Engineer
DeHaat

2020 - Present, New Delhi, India

Contributing as a backend developer towards making an end-to-end solution for Indian farmers’ needs.


Machine Learning Intern
Mentorz

2020 - 2020, Remote

Researched about various possibilities and toolkits like kaldi which suit the need of this growing startup’s speech recognition features.

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Software Engineer
Oracle India Pvt. Ltd.

2017 - 2019, Hyderabad, India

Learnt various technical and non-technical aspects of an e-commerce product. Helped detect and resolve performance bottleneck in various modules.


Technology Engineer Intern
Goldman Sachs| India

2016 - 2016, Bangalore, India

Created an application which solved an issue revolving around huge number of database writes resulting in server overload on particular days.

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Projects

AI learns to play my pac-man
Owner 2020
AI learns to play my pac-man

Using neuro-evolution technique NEAT to teach ai to play my own version of pac-man built using the python library PyGame.

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Generating Snowflakes
Owner 2020
Generating Snowflakes

Using p5js to generate fractals like Koch Curve.

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Owner 2020
Food Delivery Service Simulation

Simulating food delivery process to estimate and optimize the delivery time using python library SimPy.

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Re-inforce my posture
Owner 2020
Re-inforce my posture

Uses an arduino uno, a distance sensor, and a buzzer to regularly check for my posture and estimate if my back is curved a bit too much. If it is, the buzzer goes off to remind me to sit straight.

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Owner 2020
OLX Marketplace Notifier

A LED notifier that’ll check if there are any new messages in my olx account. That way, I don’t have to worry about missing out on messages any more!

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Silicon Valley Sandwich Truck Prospects
Owner 2020
Silicon Valley Sandwich Truck Prospects

Using machine learning to decide which cities in Silicon Valley are suitable to open a healthy sandwich truck.

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My own Pac Man
Owner 2020
My own Pac Man

Using python library PyGame to build my version of pacman.

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21 Pilots and what interests their fan base
Owner 2020
21 Pilots and what interests their fan base

Analyzing 21 pilots songs using Spotify API.

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Prescription Reader
Owner 2020
Prescription Reader

Using computer vision to read the medicines off of a prescription and add them to my cart.

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Modelling COVID spread
Owner 2020
Modelling COVID spread

COVID-19 infection spread modelling using python library MESA.

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One bad apple
Owner 2020
One bad apple

Can ‘One bad apple’ really spoil the bunch? We find out using python.

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Youtube ads skipper
Owner 2020
Youtube ads skipper

Using computer vision to skip youtube ads.

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Survive the pandemic!
Owner 2020
Survive the pandemic!

Game to enjoy some social distancing from comforts of your home!

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A* maze path finder
Owner 2020
A* maze path finder

Finds out a feasible path from start to end in a grid.

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Discord Sequence Bot
Owner 2020
Discord Sequence Bot

A discord bot which completes the sequence provided by you!

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Books suggested on r/suggestmeabook
Owner 2020
Books suggested on r/suggestmeabook

Fetches books suggested in all top level comments of subreddit r/suggestmeabook.

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Owner 2020
My own mini-ecommerce app

My very own ecommerce app with Flask and Python.

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Show me dogs
Owner Oct 2018 - Dec 2018
Show me dogs

A google chrome extension to set random dog pictures in new tab background.

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Fetch URL of all open tabs
Owner 2020
Fetch URL of all open tabs

Chrome extension to store urls of all open tabs in a json! No more worrying!

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Owner 2020
Remind me to drink water!

Desktop notifier in java to notify me to drink my water and other reminders I set!

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Recent Posts

Achievements

AIR 1035 in IIT-JEE 2013

Secured an All India Rank of 1035 among 1,26,000+ appeared students in IIT-JEE,2013

KVPY Fellow

Selected for KVPY fellowship in 2013 by Dept. of Science and Technology, Govt. of India.

NTSE Fellow

Awarded the NTSE scholarship in 2009 by NCERT, India for my education until college.