Prateek Vaish

Experience

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  National Institute of Science Education and Research

  May 2018 - Jul 2018

  Summer Research Intern

  Worked with Professor Upakarasamy Lourderaj.- Wrote a numerically stable implementation of Gaussian Process Regression(GPR) in Fortran. - Performed electronic structure calculations for He-F_2 van der Waals complex and fit the potential energy surface using GPR.

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  Queen's University

  May 2019 - Aug 2019

  Mitacs Globalink Research Intern

  Worked with Professor Tucker Carrington Jr. on a project funded by Mitacs.- Implemented a NumPy version of Gaussian Process Regression(GPR) and modified the GPR algorithm to use an approximate inverse of the Kernel matrix using CUR decomposition. - Tested the GP-CUR method and Sparse Gaussian Process Regression (using PyTorch) to represent the six-dimensional potential energy surface of Formaldehyde.

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  Indian Institute of Science Education & Research (IISER), Kolkata

  Aug 2019 - Jun 2020

  - Assisted Prof Debansu Chaudhari and Prof Priyadarshi De in the course "General Physical Chemistry" CH1201.- Conducted weekly problem-solving sessions for ~40 students and graded the assignments/exams. - Teaching Assistant for the course CH3103 Quantum Chemistry II taught by Prof. Ashwani Kumar Tiwari.- Organised tutorial sessions, designed and graded assignments for third-year undergraduates at IISER Kolkata.

  • Master's Thesis Project

    Aug 2019 - Jun 2020

  • Undergraduate Teaching Assistant

    Jan 2020 - May 2020

  • Undergraduate Teaching Assistant

    Aug 2019 - Dec 2019