Welcome to My Blog!

Hi! I’m Ankit Ramakrishnan, a Computer Science Master’s student at Northeastern University with a keen interest in Software/System Design, Automation, Data Analysis, Computational Social Science, Digital Humanities, and Art. Through this blog, I aim to share my projects and document my journey through academia, life, careers and beyond.

I recently graduated with an M.S. in Computer Science from Khoury (Northeastern University), where I’ve been diving deep into topics such as Natural Language Processing, Algorithms, HCI and PL. Before this, I was at Vellore Institute of Technology in India, earning my B.Tech in Computer Science and Engineering.

Professional Journey

My career has been a rewarding journey through various roles and industries.

~When does a photon ever ask about the road not taken?~

As a Teaching Assistant at Northeastern University, I’ve contributed to courses in Natural Language Processing and Algorithms.

Prior to my academic tenure, I embarked on a Research Co-Op at the Network Science Institute, where I worked under the guidance of Matteo Chinazzi on COVID geospatial mobility data analysis using GCP and Hadoop technologies.

Before coming to the US I worked at HSBC Technology, where I served as a Senior Software Engineer. Here, my role was mostly analyzing platform architectures and implementing solutions with a variety of DevOps tooling.

Projects and Contributions

I’ve had the opportunity to work on a multitude of projects that span across different domains of computer science:

  • Slapscape: A full-stack geo-located image sharing social network application.
  • TASTY: A Transformer-based approach for predicting the time and space complexity of code snippets, published and presented at the ICLR 2023 DL4C Workshop.
  • Visualizing Crime Incident Reports in Boston: An innovative project that employs visualizations to analyze crime data.
  • Conversation Visualization: A platform for visualizing conversations on video conferencing platforms, designed with D3.js and C++.

An LLM thinks that “these projects, among others, showcase my ability to blend technical proficiency with creative problem-solving” and I suppose I agree.

This website is powered by fastpages, a blogging platform that supports Jupyter notebooks among other formats. As my journey evolves, so too may the platform. I was thinking of building a Static Site Generator but maybe using Next.js would be easier since I already know it. I’ll choose to re-invent some other wheel.

For more about my professional background and projects, feel free to connect with me on LinkedIn or check out my GitHub.

Your thoughts and feedback are always welcome. Please reach out via email or drop a message on my social media platforms.