Shubham Derhgawen
Education
University of California, Riverside
Masters of Science in Robotics
Sep 2024 – Present
GPA: 3.9/4
Relevant Coursework: Advanced Robotics, Reinforcement Learning, Foundations of Machine Learning, Computational Methods for Robotics, Artificial Intelligence, Foundations of Robotics, Information Theory, Advanced Computer Vision, Natural Language Processing.
University of Pune, India
Bachelor of Engineering in Information Technology
Aug 2016 – March 2020
First Class with Distinction, GPA: 8.43/10
Relevant Coursework: Fundamentals of Data Structures & Algorithms, Database Management Systems, Operating Systems.
Projects
Autonomous Warehouse Pick-and-Deliver Robot (Jan 2025)
- Developed an autonomous robot based on TurtleBot 2, equipped with a manipulator to perform pick-and-deliver tasks within a simulated warehouse environment.
- Implemented a sampling-based planner to optimize path planning.
- Technologies Used: Gazebo, ROS1, Rviz, rqt, moveit
Demonstration Augmented Proximal Policy Gradient (Dec 2024)
- Incorporated expert data into the RL training process, focusing on enhancing learning efficiency of a Proximal Policy Optimization (PPO) algorithm in OpenAI’s Lunar Lander-v2 environment.
- Integrated expert data into the objective function to reduce training samples while maintaining or improving task performance.
- Technologies Used: Python, Pytorch, OpenAI Gym, Optuna, Tensorboard
Prints on the go (Dec 2018)
- Solution to eliminate queues at photocopy shops by allowing users to upload documents via mobile, ready for printing upon arrival.
- Technologies Used: PHP, MySQL, C, C++, Windows PrintGDI API.
Result Analyzer (May 2018)
- Tool to analyze student result data sent by the University in multiple PDF files, aggregating data using MongoDB’s MapReduce.
- Technologies Used: MongoDB, C++, PoDoFo, MapReduce, MongoCXX.
Experience
Vijeta Transport Private Limited, Maharashtra, India
Software Developer
Jul 2022 – Jul 2024
- Designed, developed, and maintained a customized transport management information system.
- Implemented Firestore for data storage and real-time capabilities.
- Created dashboards using Power BI.
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams, conducted QA, maintained documentation, and provided technical support.
- Technologies Used: Firestore (NoSQL DB), Node.js, AWS EC2, Power BI, Selenium WebDriver.
Tata Consultancy Services, Maharashtra, India
Systems Engineer
Nov 2020 – Jun 2022
- Migrated and maintained ETL processes from on-premises servers to Azure cloud.
- Utilized C#, Azure Data Lake Store, Azure Data Factory, Azure Batch for ETL.
- Monitored, debugged, and tuned ETL jobs for performance and integrity.
- Technologies Used: C#, Azure Data Lake Store, Azure Data Factory, Azure Batch, SSIS.
Intern
Jan 2020 – Apr 2020
- Worked on a proof-of-concept advisory engine for financial products.
Certifications
- Microsoft Certified: Azure Data Scientist Associate (Jan 2022 – Jan 2023)
- Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals (Aug 2021)
- Accessibility in Action, Microsoft Accessibility (Jun 2021)
- Problem Solving (Basic) Certificate, HackerRank (Nov 2020)
Extra-curricular Activities
- Elected Department President, IT department; organized technical and cultural events (Mar 2018 – Feb 2019)
Skills
Programming Languages: C, C++, Python, PHP, MySQL, JavaScript
Frameworks: Selenium, ReactJS, CodeIgniter (PHP), jQuery, ExpressJS
Cloud Tools: Azure Data Factory, Azure Data Lake Storage, Azure Machine Learning, Azure Storage, AWS EC2, AWS RDS, AWS S3, Cloud Firestore (NoSQL), Firebase Hosting
DevOps Tools: Azure DevOps, git, AWS CodePipeline
Data Analytics: Microsoft Power BI
📧 Contact: sderh001@ucr.edu