Education
IIIT-Delhi, B.Tech in Computer Science and Engineering
Aug. 2013 - Aug. 2017
Graduated with Honors (top 10% students), Dean’s List 2016-17
CGPA - 8.11 (of 10.00)
Work Experience
Google, Software Engineer 2 (Machine Learning)
Jul. '18 - Present
Team: Apps Search and Intelligence (1 year sick-leave in 2020) | Received 5 Awards & 17 Bonuses
- Working on improving query classification in Gmail Search with Humane, to reduce scan-time
- Experimented with pNav (Personal navboost) to improve re-finding behaviour in Drive Search
- Experimented with BERT & Dolphin models for re-ranking Moma (internal search) results
Microsoft Research, Intern
Aug. '17 - Mar. '18
- Generated synthetic images with AirSim by simulating urban city scenes to train deep models for event
- Ran Infrared experiments to improve perceptibility inside cars in low lighting conditions to monitor the driver
- Computed facial landmarks on driver's face to perform fatigue detection, mirror scanning in thermal images
Image Analysis & Biometrics Lab - Student
Jan. '16 - Jun. '18
B.Tech Thesis
: Deep Learning based Cross-Spectral Face Recognition |
Published 2 Research Papers
- Proposed a face detection paradigm and reduced 90% false positives on CSCRVv2 dataset
- Won 'Best poster' in Research Showcase among 46 teams across India in 2017
- Abstract of the BTAS Paper Accepted at WiML Workshop in 2017
CERN, Remote Intern
Apr. '18 - Jun. '18
Simulation of Penning effects and inclusion of excited states of molecules in Garfield++
Bosch Research, Intern
May '17 - Jul. '17
Compared DNNs with Supervised Learning for understanding urban city scenes
Xerox Research Centre India, Intern
May '16 - Jul. '16
Worked in the Distributed Systems and Mobile Computing group
Leadership + Social Impact
NurturX Foundation - Founder (NGO registration ongoing)
Aug '20 - Present
- Pro Bono Work: Mentoring 500+ women (students & engineers) to encourage diversity in STEM
- 100+ job offers from {Adobe, Amazon, Google, Facebook, LinkedIn, Microsoft, Twitter, Uber}
- A few heartfelt testimonials are available at iamsanchitgupta.github.io/testimonials.html
Rails Girls Summer of Code - Coach
Feb. '17 - Sep. '17
Coached Team -
276linesofCode ,
among top 16 sponsored teams (youngest team worldwide)
IIIT-Delhi - Teaching Assistant
Jun. '15 - Sep. '16
- Competitive Programming [190 Bachelors and Masters students]
[Link: CSE+ECE]
- Data Structures and Algorithms [215 Masters students]
[Links: CSE, ECE] (received best TA award)
Patents
"Systems & Methods for Monitoring Driver State"
[Microsoft 2020]
V. Padmanabhan, A. Nambi, I. Mehta, S. Bannur, S. Gupta [Patent No: US10867195B2]
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Publications
"InSight: Monitoring the State of the Driver in Low-Light Using Smartphones"
[UBICOMP 2020]
I. Janveja, A. Nambi, S. Bannur, S. Gupta, V. Padmanabhan
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"FaceSurv: A Dataset for Face Detection & Recognition across Spectra & Resolutions"
[FG 2019]
S. Gupta, N. Gupta, S. Ghosh, M. Singh, S. Nagpal, M. Vatsa, R. Singh
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“Video Face Database for Cross-Spectral Cross-Distance Face Recognition”
[BTAS 2016]
M. Singh, S. Nagpal, N. Gupta, S. Gupta, S. Ghosh, R. Singh, M. Vatsa
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Awards and Achievements
Awards at Google
2019 - Present
- Peer Bonus | Commendable feedback for organising Google Bangalore's month-long Chessathon
- Kudos | Taking multiple mock interviews with detailed feedbacks for Google WTM Scholars
- Spot Bonus | Winner, Google-India wide referral competition in 2019 (across 3 quarters)
- Peer Bonus | Impact from numerous talks and continuous Diversity, Equity & Inclusion efforts
- Kudos | Reviewed Google WTM & Google
VPM scholarship applications for over 60 applicants
Invited Talks
2017 - Present
- [GeeksforGeeks, upcoming] Getting started with Interview Preparation for FAANG | Open for all
- [IIT Jodhpur, upcoming] Guest Lecture | Students enrolled in 'Introduction to Profession' course
- [Elysium Fest] 'Ask-Me-Anything Session & Informal Talk' | Open for all students across India
[Post]
- [IIIT Delhi] 'Google Process & Preparation' | Open for all Bachelors, Masters & PhD Students
[Link]
[Photo 1]
[Photo 2]
- [IIIT Delhi] 'Alumni Panel' & 'Career Opportunities' | Induction program for fresher students
- [RGSoC] Encouraging girls to get into open source at a young age | Open for all students
Selected Course Projects
2016 - 2017
- Monte-Carlo Simulations for Cancer Cells — Proposed a paradigm 100 times efficient than peers!
- AlphaProBeta: Chess AI Engine — 8-ply based Alpha-Beta pruning model with iterative deepening
- Music Genre Classification — Analysed multiple classification techniques on Million Songs Dataset
- License Plate Recognition — Created a challenging dataset to perform LPR with template matching
- NFC based Payment System — Eco-friendly scalable system for making automated transactions
Selected Achievements
2012 - 2017
- [Mentoring]
Mentored 2 girls from India & Moldova as a part of the Learn IT Girl
program
- [IIIT Delhi] Nominated for best Bachelor's Thesis Award among 178 students
[Thesis]
- [Programming] Qualified Facebook Hacker Cup, Google Code Jam, Codechef Snackdown
- [Programming] Several top 3 finishes in nation-wide contests like ProSort, Knapsack, Code-in-Less
- [Olympiad] International Maths Olympiad
— Level I: Rank 459 | Level II: Rank 137 | Gold medal
- [Olympiad] National Cyber Olympiad
— Level I: Rank 23 | Level II: Rank 145 | Gold medal
- [Olympiad] Participant, Indian Natioanl Olympiad for Informatics | Top 200 qualifed candidates in India
Chess
Founder & Coordinator, Chess Club | Google India
2020 - Present
- [Upcoming] Talks@Google by GM Vidit Gujrathi,
who led the Indian team to gold in Chess Olympiad 2020!
- [Upcoming] Simultaneous exhibition by GM Nihal Sarin,
world's 3rd youngest prodigy to reach 2600 Rating!
- Formed 4 teams from Google India for FIDE's Corporate Chess Championship 2021
- Collaborated with Chess.com to conduct a month-long
Puzzle Rush Chessathon for Google
- Organised 13 Tournaments on Lichess in various formats like Bullet & Blitz
- Organised 50+ sessions & awarded certificate of excellence for commendable feedback
- 7 tournaments organised in collaboration with Delhi Chess Association
- Taught Chess to 100+ people & facilitated 'Self Growth' credits for them (mandatory for graduation)
Personal Achievements
2009-2013
- Won 20+ prizes with numerous top 3 finishes across several tournaments
- Online Presence — Lichess: iamsanchitgupta,
Chess.com: iamsanchitgupta
- Won 1st Prize in CBSE North Zone Team Chess Championship twice in 2010 & 2012
- Won 3rd Prize in Delhi Under-19 Chess & represented the Delhi State in Nationals 2011
Positions of Responsibility
Interviewer, Google
2018 - Present
Conducted 11 interviews for several roles & reviewed numerous applications for Google scholarships
Member, Sports Council | IIIT-Delhi
2016 - 2017
Led IIIT-Delhi's team to 2 Golds in Triquetra Sportsfest 2016-17 and formed IIIT-Delhi's first Girls Chess team
Organizer, Esya (Technical Fest) | Odyssey (Cultural Fest)
2016
- ProCon Junior | Codechef (500+ participants) and Darwin Games
| DomJudge (250+ participants)
- 3 Chess tournaments | Delhi Chess Association (124, 118 and 97 participants)
Organizer, International Olympiad of Informatics (IOI) Training Workshop | IARCS
2014
7 Students qualified for International Olympiad of Informatics Training Camp (IOITC) i.e. top 30 in India
Volunteer, E-Waste Management Drives | Chintan (NGO)
2014
Created a WebApp to facilitate finding the nearest E-Waste Centre and conducted 2 awareness drives
