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Basics
| Name | Kushaan Gupta |
| Label | Graduate Student |
| kushaan.gupta@uleth.ca | |
| Phone | (403) 393-3382 |
Education
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2022.05 - 2024.04 Master of Science
University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada
Neuroscience
- Thesis: Investigating neural correlates of memory-guided spatial decision making in rats' prefrontal cortex
- Neuroscience Research Dialogues
- Methods in Computational Neuroscience
- Advanced Statistics
- Essentials for Scholarly Communication
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2016.07 - 2020.06 Bachelor of Engineering
Institute of Engineering & Technology, Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya, Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India
Computer Engineering
- Thesis: Automated eye blink detection in electroencephalogram
Work
- 2023.07 - 2023.07
Teaching Assistant
Neuromatch Academy - Computational Neuroscience
Facilitated learning of computational neuroscience while managing social dynamics of a class of diverse group of students
- 2022.09 - 2022.12
Graduate Teaching Assistant
Department of Mathematics & Computer Science, University of Lethbridge
Course: MATH 7460 - Analytic Number Theory. Aided learning via personalized help on computational programming assignments in Sagemath using Python
- 2022.09 - 2024.04
Graduate Teaching Assistant
Canadian Centre for Behavioural Neuroscience, University of Lethbridge
Course: NEUR 3600 - Fundamentals of Neurobiology. Aided learning via group help sessions, personalized help on material and assignments, grading of homework and exams.
- 2022.07 - 2022.07
Teaching Assistant
Neuromatch Academy - Deep Learning
Facilitated learning of deep learning & managed social dynamics of a class of diverse group of students
- 2022.05 - 2024.04
Graduate Research Assistant
Canadian Centre for Behavioural Neuroscience, University of Lethbridge
Thesis: memory-guided decision making in rat prefrontal cortex (Supervisor - Dr. David R. Euston)
- 2020.08 - 2022.04
Post Bacc. Research Assistant
Centre for Neuroscience, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
Plasticity of astrocytes due to behavior and phamacology. (Supervisor - Dr. Swananda V. Marathe) Developed SMorph Python library and tested it on data from in vivo studies
- 2020.01 - 2020.07
Software Development Engineer
Deqode
Developed and audited Ethereum smart contracts, and Google Cloud applications for market maker blockchain-based protocols of a stock exchange platform
Awards
- 2022.05.01
Graduate Research Award
University of Lethbridge
Skills
| Neuroscience | |
| Systems neuroscience | |
| Computational cognitive neuroscience | |
| Cellular and molecular neuroscience |
| Machine Intelligence | |
| Deep learning | |
| Reinforcement learning |
| Programming | |
| Python | |
| C++ | |
| MATLAB | |
| SageMath | |
| R | |
| JavaScript |
Languages
| English | |
| Native speaker |
| Hindi | |
| Native speaker |
| Dogri | |
| Native speaker |
| French | |
| Professional working proficiency |
Projects
- 2020.08 - Present