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Siddhant Attavar

Siddhant Attavar

CS @ BITS Pilani | Rise Winner '22 | ICPC World Finals '24 | IOL '22 | APIO '22

L 1802 Brigade Metropolis, Mahadevapura, Whitefield, Bengaluru, India, Bengaluru, India, IND, 560048
English, Hindi

Background


About

About

I am a sophomore studying Computer Science at Birla Institute of Technology and Science Pilani, Pilani Campus. I am interested in computational biology, neurotechnology, and machine learning. I also have a keen interest in participating in various olympiads, particularly in linguistics and informatics, as well as prestigious competitive programming competitions like ICPC.

Work Experience

Work Experience

  • Research Intern, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur

    Jun, 2024 - Present

    Developed machine learning models in OpenViBE for motor imagery classification in EEG data

    • Developed CSP spatial filters to de-noise EEG data

    • Created a versatile, modular testing system for benchmarking ML models used for EEG analysis

    • Designed LDA, SVM and CNN based ML models for EEG motor activity classification

    • Deployed ML models in VR game

  • Undergraduate Researcher, SPARKLE, BITS Pilani

    Oct, 2023 - Present

    Worked on a histopathalogy based breast cancer diagnostic platform using machine learning

    • Created diagnostic pipeline for benchmarking models

    • Made GAN based stain-augmentation model

    • Used image deconvolution to create stain-invariance system for histopathological images

    • Contributed to tumour classification model that used semi-supervised learning and transfer learning

Projects Experience

Projects Experience

  • SimAID - Simulating and Analyzing Infectious Diseases

    Mar, 2021 - Feb, 202211 months

    A novel agent-based epidemiological model that allows policymakers to simulate and analyze intervention policies for various pandemics. See more: https://siddhantattavar.com/projects/simaid/

  • SMART - Stroke Monitoring And Rehabilitation using Technology

    Apr, 2020 - Jun, 20211 year 2 months

    A technology based solution aimed at addressing the gaps in stroke rehabilitation services in India using EEG based brainwave anaysis and state-of-the-art machine learning techniques. See more: https://siddhantattavar.com/projects/smart/

  • DriveSafe - A smartphone app to monitor reckless driving behaviors

    May, 2019 - Feb, 20208 months

    A smartphone applicantion which uses inbuilt smartphone sensors to detect reckless driving behaviours in real-time and provide feedback in an effort to improve road safety in India. See more: https://siddhantattavar.com/projects/drivesafe/

Skills

Skills

  • Neurotechnology

    EEG

    EMG

    BCI

    Signal Processing

  • Algorithms

    Data structures

    Graph Theory

  • Machine Learning

    Neural networks

    CNNs

    GANs

  • Programming Lanugages

    Python

    C++

    Java

  • Computational Biology

    Network biology

    Computational genomics

  • Linguistics

    Computational linguistics

    Morphology

    Sematics

Education

Education

  • Computer Science, Bachelor of Engineering (Hons.), Birla Institute of Technology and Science Pilani, Pilani Campus

    Aug, 2023 - May, 2027

    Founder, Neurotech Lab

    Student Program for Advancing Research KnowLedge and Entrepreneurship (SPARKLE)

    Vertical Lead, Postman API Lab (Neurotech, Competitive Coding, App Development)

    Coding Club (Competitive Coding)

    Google Developer Student Chapter (Competitive Coding)

    Biology Association

    Inspired Karters Electric

  • , High School Diploma, National Public School, Indiranagar

    Jun, 2018 - Apr, 2023

    Founder, Linguistics Clubs

    President, Cyber Association

Certificates
Awards

Awards

  • ICPC World Finalist 2024 , Inter Collegiate Programming Contest

    Awarded on: Sep 19, 2023

    Participated in the ICPC World Finals at Astana, Kazakhstan and secured global rank of 107 as well as an Indian rank of 7. Results: https://scoreboard.icpc.global/2024/scoreboard/

  • ICPC Chennai Regional Participant , Inter Collegiate Programming Contest

    Awarded on: Jan 31, 2024

    Received a rank of 22 in the India ICPC Chennai On-site Contest 2023. Results: https://icpc.codedrills.io/contests/icpc-chennai-2023-regional-round/scoreboard

  • Asia Pacific Linguistics Olympiad Silver Medallist , Asia Pacific Linguistics Olympiad

    Awarded on: Apr 26, 2023

    Secured an APLO silver medal with the highest score from India. Results: https://aplo.asia/results/aplo-2023-results/

  • INOI Silver Medallist , Indian Association for Research in Computer Science

    Awarded on: Feb 28, 2023

    One of the top 30 students of India at the Indian National Olympiad of Informatics. Results: https://www.iarcs.org.in/inoi/2023/inoi2023/results_inoi2023.php#medals

  • Rise Global Winner , Schmidt Futures, Rhodes Trust

    Awarded on: Sep 30, 2022

    Top 100 students selected to be part of the 2022 Rise Global Winner cohort out of 80,000 applicants. Rise is an initiative of Schmidt Futures and the Rhodes Trust that finds brilliant people who need opportunity and supports them for life as they work to serve others. Results: https://www.risefortheworld.org/global-winners

  • International Linguistics Olympiad Silver Medallist , International Linguistics Olympiad, Lingomann

    Awarded on: Jul 31, 2022

    Received a silver medal in the International Linguistics Olympiad, 2022 held in Isle of Man, UK. Came 28th out of 200+ participants. Got the highest score from India. Results: https://ioling.org/results/2022/

  • Asia Pacific Informatics Olympiad Bronze Medallist , Asia Pacific Informatics Olympiad

    Awarded on: May 31, 2022

    2nd place amongst Indian contestants in APIO. Results: https://www.apio2022.org/ranking

  • GYSTB Second Prize Winner , Hong Kong Federation of Youth Groups

    Awarded on: Jun 30, 2021

    Second Prize at Global Youth Science and Technology Bowl 2021 for project "Stroke Monitoring And Rehabilitation using Technology". Results: https://hkfyg.org.hk/en/2021/06/25/gystb2021/

  • Genius Olympiad Gold Award Winner , Genius Olympiad

    Awarded on: Jun 30, 2021

    Gold Award in Science Category of Genius Olympiad for project "Stroke Monitoring And Rehabilitation using Technology". Results: https://geniuscountries.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/GENIUS_2020_2021_Awardee_List.pdf

  • IOITC Qualifier , Indian Association for Research in Computer Science

    Awarded on: Apr 30, 2021

    One of the top 40 students of India to be selected for the International Olympiad of Informatics Training Camp. Results: https://www.iarcs.org.in/inoi/2021/inoi2021/results_inoi2021.php

  • INSEF Regional and National Fair Gold Medallist , Science Society of India

    Awarded on: Jan 31, 2021

    Gold Medalist at INSEF National Fair for project "SMART: Stroke Monitoring And Rehabilitation using Technology". Results: http://sciencesociety.in/insef/INSEF_Valedictory_Presentation_2020_21.pdf

  • IRIS National Fair 2020,21,22 Finalist , Exstemplar Education Foundation; Department of Science and Technology, India ยท Jan 2022

    Awarded on: Jan 31, 2020

    Top 100 projects at IRIS National Fair for my projects: 1. SimAID - an agent-based simulation model and decision support tool for pandemics; 2. SMART: Stroke Monitoring and Rehabilitation using Technology.; 3. DriveSafe: A smartphone app to monitor reckless driving behaviours. Results: https://www.irisnationalfair.org

  • IITB Techfest Innovation Challenge Winner , Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay

    Awarded on: Jan 31, 2020

    Won 1st place in IITB Techfest's Innovation Challenge for my project "A smart Irrigation-as-a-Service (SIAS) solution for reducing water consumption in sugarcane".

  • Asia Pacific Linguistics Olympiad 2019,22 Bronze Medallist , Asia Pacific Linguistics Olympiad

    Awarded on: Apr 30, 2019

    3rd place amongst Indian contestants in APLO. Results: https://aplo.asia/results/aplo-2019-results/

  • World Robot Olympiad India National Finalist , World Robot Olympiad Association

    Awarded on: Nov 30, 2016

    Qualified for Indian National Round of World Robot Olympiad

Interests

Interests

  • Competitive Programming

  • Computational Biology

  • Machine Learning

  • Brain Computer Interfaces

  • Linguistics