Abeer Sethia

Experience

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  TheCandidSpeaker

  Jul 2020 - Apr 2022

  Co-Founder

  CandidSpeaker aims to push back against the herd mentality with new and bold thinking and to provide a platform for otherwise unheard ideas, people, and places. I am the Co-Founder of this organisation and have multiple roles in the organisation like writing articles, website designing, social media etc.

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  Delhi Public School - India

  Oct 2020 - May 2022

  Student Project

  Review on Optogenetics “Optogenetics: To understand the background, methodological advances and potential applications in optometry and cardiology” under the guidance of Mrs Bindu Oza and Dr Apurva Ratan Murthy (post-doctoral researcher at Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

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  Project Arambha

  Nov 2020 - Nov 2021

  Social Media Coordinator + Designer

  • Project Arambha is a non profit organization which works towards saving girls at risk from dropping out of school. • Worked with the NGO - Sparsha Trust via Project Arambha. • I am the social media coordinator and handle the social media accounts for this non-profit organisation.

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  Aashman Foundation

  May 2021 - Aug 2021

  Social Media Marketing Intern

  Aashman Foundation is an NGO working for widows, women empowerment, and child education and development. I needed to use these 3 platforms to create awareness about Aashman Foundation and make its voice reach to masses using social media. We are working with women empowerment centers and free schools for children so that they can also stand and live a respectable life.

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  IAESTE LC Manipal

  Nov 2022 - now

  As the Data Analyst (part of the Junior Board), I automate numerous repetitive manual procedures within the organization using Google Appscript and oversee various databases. I am responsible for collecting, analyzing, and presenting data-driven insights. This includes data cleaning, visualization, decision support, automation, and collaboration with various teams. As a Local Committee member, we have the opportunity to work under various departments such as Administration, Public Relations, Finance and Exchange programmes.

  • Data Analyst

    Nov 2023 - now

  • Local Committee Member

    Nov 2022 - Nov 2023
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  Research Society MIT Manipal

  Feb 2023 - now

  As a task phase member I have written review papers/ summary papers on topics like: 1. "Investigating the feasibility and safety of CRISPR-based gene editing for inherited retinal diseases.2. Investigating the Application Of Nano-Probes in Molecular Imaging.3. Proteomics Overview and Applications

  • Managing Committee Member - Biotechnology Domain

    Jan 2024 - now

  • Working Committee Member - Biotechnology Domain

    May 2023 - Jan 2024

  • Task Phase Member

    Feb 2023 - May 2023
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  IEEE EMBS Manipal

  Jul 2023 - Oct 2023

  Working Committee Member

  I am currently in the Research and Project Wing working under the Artificial Intelligence, Signal and Image Processing Domain. We develop and maintain software applications for data acquisition, processing and visualisation (Creating custom hardware components for experimental data collection, model simulations using MATLAB and developing algorithms to solve project related problems.) I am also a part of the Content and Production Wing working under the Graphics Design Domain.

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  IEEE Student Branch Manipal

  Sept 2023 - Jun 2024

  Managing Committee Member

  Active member of the Coding and Machine Learning domains.

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  Manipal Institute of Technology

  Jan 2024 - now

  Research Assistant

  Working under Professor Nisha Shetty from the Department of Information Communication and Technology on a paper as Co-Author on brain fMRI data collected first hand from Kasturba Medical College and Kasturba Hospital in Manipal with graph theory and machine learning to understand neurological and development disorders.

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  Samsung R&D Institute India

  May 2024 - now

  Project Intern - Samsung PRISM

  Project: Audio-Visual Deepfake Detection Leveraging Digital Biometrics1. Understanding of feature extraction, feature selection, feature correlation techniques to create/collect Dataset.2. Data processing techniques to convert audio/video data to digital representations.3. Training Transformer models with data to classify deepfake audio-visual contents.4. Incorporate advance techniques like digital biometrics and heartbeat pattern detection to detect deepfake contents.5. Fine tuning on model to achieve better accuracies compared to existing models.6. Prepare a detailed documentation of work done and comparison reports with existing solutions. Show less

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  TULIP Labs, Deakin University

  Jun 2024 - now

  Undergraduate Student Researcher

  I am working on time series anomaly detection, which involves identifying unusual patterns or events in temporal data that deviate from the expected or normal behavior. This process has numerous applications in various fields, including finance, healthcare, security, and manufacturing.This project aims to develop innovative and effective approaches for time series anomaly detection by utilizing both statistical models and deep learning techniques.