Experience, Achievements & Data Science Projects

Collaborated in a team to design, code, and backtest a trading algorithm on 10 years of stock data.
Applied momentum strategies, moving averages, risk management; simulated profit: $7.7M from $100K (simulation).
Skills & tools: NumPy, Polars, Plotly, data hygiene, Sharpe ratio, performance metrics.
Includes CV feedback, interview workshops, and networking.

Imperial College London — PhD Shadowing

AI for precision oncology; ML models & evaluation metrics

Shadowed PhD research on models predicting immunotherapy response.
Studied Gradient Boosting, SVM, Random Forest; used Nested K-Fold CV and MCC.
Independent project using Iris dataset: classification & regression examples.

BAE Systems — Work Experience

Week-long placement; Gold Crest Award project collaboration

Worked with senior software engineers; gained insight into defence industry project development.
Applied hardware & software integration for the Gold Crest landmine rover project.

Sparta Global

ED&I collaboration and insight into 'hire, train, deploy' model

Worked with Equality, Diversity & Inclusion team; explored business development and account management.
Learned about talent development & training programs for underprivileged communities.

CISCO — Work Experience

2-day hybrid + 3-day virtual programme — sustainability competition runner-up

Runner-up in Webex sustainability competition — proposed training for refugees and underprivileged individuals.
Explored roles: HR, Network Management, Solutions Architecture, Services Consulting.

📚 Academic Enrichment & University Programmes

LEAF — AI Perils & Dilemmas Course — 30 hours

AI safety, RLHF, interpretability; LEAF Fellow & blog series

Completed course on AI misalignment, misuse, and governance; weekly expert sessions.
Learned scalable oversight, mechanistic interpretability; engaged with experts in AI safety.
Selected as LEAF Fellow — currently writing blog posts on AI safety topics.

UCL Computer Science Summer School — 40 hours

Robotics, bioreactor group project, inclusive innovation

Built a mini bioreactor using Arduino, temperature & pH sensors, pump subsystems.
Worked on inclusive smart city concepts and accessibility projects with Institution of Civil Engineers.

UCL Mini Hackathon — Best Pitch Award

Financial literacy app for women's education — Best Pitch

Designed UX/UI and presented a solution for financial inclusion targeting women's financial education.

UCL Institute of Neurology — Site Visit

MRI analysis, medical AI ethics, model training with Python

Worked with MRI scans to determine recovery plans using ML; discussed ethical data usage in medical AI.

🤖 Major Projects & Competitions

Gold Crest Award — Landmine Detecting Rover (70+ hours, in progress)

Raspberry Pi 4B, hardware/software integration, BAE Systems collaboration

Designing rover using Raspberry Pi 4B for landmine detection; integrated sensors and Python control software.
Week-long BAE placement provided real-world engineering mentorship.

TDI Competition 2025 — Finalist (Automated Greenhouse)

Sensors, sustainability focus, automated roof & resource efficiency

Finalist for greenhouse system: temperature, humidity, ultrasonic, LDR sensors; fans, pumps, lights, alarm and automated roof.
Project emphasised sustainable agriculture and resource optimisation.

Robotics Portfolio — 15 Projects (120 hours)

Levels 1–3: object detection, smart gardening, LPG detection, home automation

Level 3 (Advanced): environmental & safety systems (40 hrs).
Level 2 (Intermediate): advanced sensor integration (40 hrs).
Level 1 (Foundation): object following, obstacle avoidance (40 hrs).

National Cipher Challenge — 23rd Place

Completed 10+ week challenge; multiple cipher techniques

Solved Caesar, Vigenère, Transposition, Polybius square and other ciphers; ranked 23rd nationally.

Digdata — Meta Data Analysis Challenge

Demographic analysis, data visualisation, marketing metrics

Analyzed buyer demographics and engagement; produced charts and computed CPM, CPC, CPA, CTR, conversion rates.

🏆 Awards & Recognition

Academic Awards

AI Olympiad — Silver
Senior Physics Challenge — Award
UKMT Senior Maths Challenge — Silver
Bebras — Merit

Cultural & Personal

UK Hindi Samiti Level 4 — Selected for Europe trip
Hindi speech competition — Winner
Bronze Duke of Edinburgh
Bollywood Dance — Gold Bar
Piano — ABRSM Grade 3

🌍 Volunteering & Leadership

School Leadership

Computer Science Prefect; AI & Data Science Magazine — Editor & Co-Founder

Tutor students in CS concepts and exam preparation; lead school magazine editorial work.

Community Tutoring

Parkwood Primary (Year 5), Kumon volunteering

Helped Year 5 students with creative writing, English, Maths (11+ prep); assisted Kumon classes.

Youth Leadership

Jain Youth Club — Digital & Social Media Lead; event anchoring

Managed social media presence and coordinated community events.

✉️ Contact & Links

Email: bagmararya@gmail.com

LinkedIn: Arya Bagmar