Prateek Vaish

Prateek Vaish

Summer Research Intern

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  • About me

    PhD candidate at Brown University | Integrated BS-MS at IISER Kolkata

  • Education

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

      2015 - 2020
      Integrated BS-MS Chemistry Major 9.13/10.0
    • Brown University

      2021 - 2026
      Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Chemical Physics 4.0/4.0
  • Experience

    • 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.

    • 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.

    • 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
  • Licenses & Certifications

    • 6.00.1x: Introduction to Computer Science and Programming Using Python

      EdX
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    • Qiskit Global Summer School 2022 - Quantum Excellence

      IBM
      Aug 2022
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  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to Prateek Vaish
      Thomas R. Huckins 1938 Graduate Fellowship Brown University Graduate School Apr 2021
    • Awarded to Prateek Vaish
      Mitacs Globalink Research Internship Award Mitacs May 2019
    • Awarded to Prateek Vaish
      Innovation in Science Pursuit for Inspired Research (INSPIRE) fellowship Department of Science & Technology, Government of India Jul 2015