University College Dublin

Irish Lifecoach Institute (ICF Accredited)

AI Consulting Analyst KPMG Applied Intelligence  -  Computer Science with Data Science UCD Graduate 1:1 Hons

Was selected as a delegate to attend the One Young World Conference in Belfast 2023 among 2000 delegates from 194 countries from over the world. After attending the week long conference, I am now a proud One Young World delegate supporting the 27 UN sustainable development goals.

One Young World

Ambassador

• Delivered the project dedicated to compiling a report for the Statistical Review of World Energy 2024 
   Edition. My responsibilities included gathering data for the report and collaborating with stakeholders 
   globally, spanning locations such as Paris, London, Manchester, Germany, and Edinburgh. The report 
   contains global data ranging from Primary Energy, Oil, Minerals, Emissions, Biofuels, Renewable Energy, 
   Power and Fossil Fuels.
•  Built a PowerApps canvas app for the KPMG Audit team from the ground up, leveraging the Microsoft 
   Power Platforms suite (PowerApps, Power Automate, Dataverse). This app empowers users to handle 
   data, automate email notifications, access administrative features, manage user roles, and automate 
   data input.
   Formulated user stories using Azure DevOps, conducted user testing, ensured app responsiveness, 
   and optimized app performance in line with industry standards.
   Carried out data migration using Dataverse and designed the data model.
   Developed custom Power Automate flows integrated within the app.
   Presented the app to Partners and C-level executives.
•  Actively participated in the Inclusion & Diversity and Social committee to advocate for workplace 
   inclusivity by organizing company-wide events like Multicultural Week and quarterly events.
•  Emerged as the winner of the firm’s Project Bright Innovation Idea contest and conducted a workshop 
   for more than 50 Transition Year students to enhance their financial awareness.

KPMG Ireland

Technology Management Consultant | Connected Technology

As a data analyst in the Applied Intelligence Management Consulting practice, I have worked on the following projects
•  Worked with one of the main Irish banks to implement a dashboard using PowerBI to visualise data 
    from 10+ sources and deliver meaningful business insights, worked with client stakeholders and 
    explained the business meaning of each visualization and how it could be of use to the client.
•  Worked with another Irish bank to support their data validation and migration process.
•  Worked on web scraping hospitality data and validating the data using Google APIs.

AI Analyst - Management Consulting Applied Intelligence 

Founded an Irish chapter of an Indian non-profit organization called GirlScript here in Ireland which is aimed at teaching students how to code through workshops, events, seminars and mentorship. The mission of GirlScript is also to promote women in technology.

• Ran an international online Coding Bootcamp with over 100 participants to teach students from all around the world, how to code using Java, C++, and Python.
• Ran a Gaming Booster program with over 100 active participants to teach Processing and P5.js and coding Flappy Bird and Snake game from scratch.
• Arranged a speaker series with speakers from Amazon, Intel, Microsoft and Google.
• Trained student mentors to conduct sessions and manage a team.

GirlScript Ireland

Country Head

Enactus UCD

Senior Advisor

Worked in the technology office, formerly known as the advanced architectures group, on 3 separate research projects targeted towards computer vision and edge AI devices:
• Built a deep learning vision system for sort analysis using Python, Keras and TensorFlow
• Wrote a survey research journal article on wafer analysis
• Performed a power measurement benchmark on edge AI devices over a star tracking algorithm
• Wrote a research article for the power measurement benchmarks achieved

Intel Corporation

Deep Learning Data Science Intern

Selected as a delegate among over 3000 applicants, to participate in the Harvard Project for Asian and International Relations conference in Boston in the Science and Technology track.

Harvard Project for Asian and International Relations (HPAIR)

Delegate, HPAIR 2020

Organized and ran weekly workshops for a student-run initiative called BuddyCoders which provides first and second-year computer science students with innovative coding workshops in order to give them a better understanding of coding fundamentals.

UCD Women At CompSci

BuddyCoders Chairperson

Worked as an undergraduate demonstrator for the module Discrete Maths, guided and helped second year students with algorithmic problems.

Demonstrator

Worked with Intel Movidius Advanced Architectures group focussed on Computer Vision.

• My project focused on the applications of Intel Neural Compute Stick (NCS)
• Tied together hardware such as Raspberry Pis, DJI Tello Drones, and the Intel NCS with the software 
   toolkits like Intel OpenVINO to perform Inference on the edge.
• Created a demo board containing all optimized OpenVINO demos on the Raspberry Pi
• Besides work, I got the chance to volunteer for outreach programs to give engineering workshops to 
  children at youth summer clubs

Intel Movidius

Intel Movidius Intern

Responsible for the overall functioning of the society.

• Ran an international online incubator in the light of COVID-19 having over 90 people from 16 different countries giving students the chance to upskill their business, marketing, technology, and entrepreneurship skills and work on solving problems of the current Enactus UCD projects.
• Acted as a mentor for one of the projects in the incubator
• Ran an accelerator inculcating 5 different Enactus UCD projects
• Represented Enactus UCD in the Enactus World Cup 2019 in Silicon Valley, California
• Participated in Intuit challenge 2019 as a part of the Enactus World Cup

Chairperson

UCD CSSA

Secretary, UCD Chinese Society

Worked for a small scale startup called Foreign Admits giving them a hand in their social media marketing and doing email marketing and content generation.

foreignadmits

Social Media Marketing Intern

Leading an outreach project called 'CS Sparks' which helps educate TY girls about coding through microbits and aim to increase female leaders in technology.

Project Leader CS Sparks

Being the designer of the application, I collaboratively worked with the CTO in designing iterative prototypes with mock-up design tools like Adobe XD, proto.io and Cordova.

Also, having running social media campaigns using Typeforms and MailChimp, also makes me understand the link between design and marketing.

Umi App

Chief Design Officer & Co-Founder

Participated in Asia Pacific Innovation program as a delegate. 
The Asia-Pacific Innovation Academy is co-founded by Brightvision Capital and the European Innovation Academy, in collaboration with the world's leading technology innovation and education research institutions such as Shenzhen University, Emerging Markets Institute of Beijing Normal University, Qianhai Inno-Tech Investment, science & technology innovation institutions from CITIC enterprise and Hong Kong. In implementing the innovative integration strategy of the Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macau Greater Bay Area, APIA aims to bring together top-quality technological innovation resources worldwide to cultivate the new generation of world-class talents and advanced technology enterprises, ultimately creating the Asia-Pacific technological innovation ecosystem with international influence.

Asia-Pacific Innovation Academy

APIA Delegate

Enactus UCD is a student-run non-profit organisation that creates and implements social change through entrepreneurial action. We are working on 3 projects currently and my role as a secretary involves helping undertake new projects on board and working on improving our current projects, also sending weekly emails.

Secretary 

Worked with a small company, which focuses on programmatic advertising. Worked to pull reports involving metrics like impressions, clicks and conversions for clients, with Senior trader of the company.

Ve Global

Digital Account Executive

Being a part of the fellowship in the Innovation Academy at University College Dublin, we get an opportunity to work on research projects and build an innovative product/service.
I got a chance to build my own Fruit Ninja virtual reality gameplay using Unity.
LINK TO REPOSITORY:
https://github.com/Surabhi98/FruitNinja/tree/master

Innovation Academy UCD

Creativity and Technology Fellow

Worked with the senior android developer to solve and develop analytical problems and the testing team understanding the process of testing using various test cases and bugmantis. 
Worked with the HR team to understand the functioning of HR, giving interview calls and understanding the basic aspects of taking interviews. Worked with the Sales and Operations team to talk to clients and pitch the idea of what exactly our firm has to offer and understanding the concepts of Logistics

Surabhi Agarwal