Blockchain Platforms: A Compendium
C. Saraf and S. Sabadra, "Blockchain platforms: A compendium," 2018 IEEE International Conference on Innovative Research and Development (ICIRD), 2018, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/ICIRD.2018.8376323.
Resume
Work experience
- Full Stack Developer at Intercontinental Exchange, Atlanta, GA : January 2024 - Ongoing
- Delivered 15+ features for a trading application used by traders for post-trade analysis, enhancing efficiency.
- Improved performance of commodity trading analysis tools by 30% using Java SpringBoot and ReactTS.
- Contributing to the development of a centralized data system, set to unify data access across the organization.
- SDE Intern at The MathWorks Inc., Natick, MA : May 2023 - August 2023
- Collaborated with the team to enhance 3 major Simulink components using C++, JavaScript, and MATLAB.
- Architected the design of a Simulink component of a simulation monitoring system.
- Associate at Deutsche Bank Group, India : July 2019 - July 2022
- Analyst (July’19 – Dec’21), Associate (Jan’22 – July’22)
- Operated as Full Stack Developer with a tech-stack of ReactJs, Java Springboot, Oracle SQL, and Gulp, for a web-based application used by the bank to identify and assess risk associated with the bank’s activities in the financial market.
- Enhanced the performance of the application by 30%. Implemented novel UI developments in applications using ReactJs packages such as React-Bootstrap, Ag-grid, etc.
- Contributed to developing APIs in microservice-based architecture using Java Springboot.
- Project Intern at Persistent Systems Ltd., India : September 2018 – April 2019
- Developed a Blockchain-based decentralized web application as a solution to current cyber-attack vulnerable systems used in the automobile industry for managing the Supply Chain of the manufacturing process.
- Utilized Hyperledger Fabric platform with tech-stack – Go, NodeJs, HTML, and CSS to implement the solution.
- Demonstrated an instrumental role in designing the architecture and in the development of chaincode and middleware.
Education
- Master of Computer Science, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, USA: August 2022 - December 2023
- GPA: 3.94/4.00
- Relevant Coursework: Database Management, Artificial Intelligence, Advanced Software Engineering, Applied Parallel Programming, Machine Learning for Software Engineering
- B.E. Computer Engineering, Pune Institute of Computer Technology (University of Pune), India: July 2015 – May 2019
- Ranked among the top 10% in a class of 80 students (9.27 CGPA, 81.6%)
- Relevant Coursework: OOP, Data Structure, Algorithms, Operating Systems, Engineering Mathematics, Machine Learning, Data Analytics, Computer Networking.
Technical Skills
- Programming Languages: Java, Javascript, Typescript, Python, C++, C, Go, CUDA, MATLAB
- Tools & Frameworks: React, Typescript, Spring boot, Angular, Nodejs, CodeQL, Android, Hyperledger Fabric, Ethereum, Gulp, GCP
- Databases: Oracle SQL, MySQL, MongoDB, Neo4J
Projects
- AI-enabled Automated Blackbox Testing of REST API-based Applications: January 2023 – May 2023
- Orchestrated a Blackbox Testing tool for REST API-based projects using GPT3.5 saving 40% of test development time.
- Contributed to the generation of interaction graphs of microservices through static code analysis using CodeQL.
- Created a Java-based module to generate a unified Swagger and a Python-based script for the tool.
- Achieved 10% more code coverage compared to state-of-the-art tools like RESTler, Evomaster, RESTestGen, etc.
- OnioPay – Payment Regulating Application for Mentally Challenged People: January 2021 – March 2021
- Devised a react-native-based mobile app to solve the problem of ‘Overspending’ faced by people with mental disorders like Bipolar, Dementia, and Alzheimer’s.
- Implemented an ML prediction model using Keras with an accuracy of 95.42%.
- Ranked among the top 10 of 50 teams from India participating in the Deutsche Bank Global Hackathon.
- Decentralized Supply Chain Management for Automobile Industry: September 2018 – April 2019
- Developed the Blockchain Application for Supply Chain Management of the Automobile Industry assisted by industry experts from Persistent Systems Ltd.
- Played a key role in designing the architecture of the application after getting inputs from the SCM experts in the automobile industry.
- Presented the project in the National Level Project Competition – INC’19 and secured the ‘Runner-up Award’ in the Blockchain domain.
- Decentralized Audit System using Blockchain: June 2018 – September 2018
- Developed a decentralized Blockchain-based solution for the current financial audit systems to avoid fraud using the Ethereum platform with tech-stack - Solidity, Nodejs, JS, HTML, and CSS.
- Oversaw as an application architect and contributed to chaincode development using Solidity.
- Presented the project poster at ACM India’s annual event ‘Compute-18’.
- Attendance log generation using Image Processing: February 2018 – April 2018
- Developed an application to monitor employees’ presence on office premises with the help of CCTV cameras and Image Processing using OpenFace, hosted server with Python–Flask. Achieved accuracy of 84.25%.
- Built the back-end to handle API calls to perform real-time image recognition using the openFace model.
- Selected for the final round of the ‘Smart India Hackathon’ 2018, organized by the Government of India.
Publications
Learning from Nature: Applications of Biomimicry in Technology
A. Kulkarni and C. Saraf, "Learning from Nature: Applications of Biomimicry in Technology," 2019 IEEE Pune Section International Conference (PuneCon), 2019, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/PuneCon46936.2019.9105797.
A Hyperledger Fabric Based Organizational Decentralized Access Control Solution
S. Das, C. Saraf and D. P. Khairnar, "A Hyperledger Fabric Based Organizational Decentralized Access Control Solution," 2020 IEEE 7th International Conference on Engineering Technologies and Applied Sciences (ICETAS), 2020, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/ICETAS51660.2020.9484187.
Extracurricular Activities and Leadership
- Assisted Prof. Kevin Chang in designing assignments, weekly quizzes, grading, and office hours for a class of 250 as a lead Course Assistant of the Data Management Systems class for Spring-23 at UIUC.
- Chairman of PICT ACM Student Chapter (PASC) – Led the chapter from Sept 2017 to Aug 2018 and PASC won the ACM (Association for Computing Machinery) India’s Best Student Chapter Award for the 1st time under my tenure and the 2nd consecutive year under my guidance as a senior member of PASC.
- Event Co-ordinator for PICT ACM Student Chapter’s annual flagship event ‘Pulzion17’ which had a footfall of around 3000 participants. Headed a team of 150 to organize the event, marketing, arranging guest lectures from industry experts, etc
- Facilitated the expansion of membership of PASC from 30 to 200.
- Volunteered for PASC’s annual event – Pulzion’16. Played a major role in setting questions for junior-level coding competitions.
- Conducted various technical workshops and seminars on Blockchain, Machine Learning, and Android Application Development during my association with PASC.
- Volunteered in CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) activity for presenting informative topics for underprivileged students, organized by Deutsche Bank in June 2020.
- Volunteered for CSR activity conducted by Deutsche Bank in July 2019 to help create paper bags and distribute them to the women of rural areas to dispose of used sanitary pads.