Lakshana Asthigiri

Responsible for keeping track of the official DECA Roster and the Independence HS DECA Service Hour System through a detailed database of each member and for handling all communications at the request of the Advisor and/or President.

Responsible for making plans to effectively monitor the budget of the IHS DECA Chapter, including but not limited to managing chapter dues and evaluating the profit of the IHS Knight's Market.

Assisted the Vice President of Competition with plans and strategies to excel at Career Development Conferences; analyzed each competitor's strengths and weaknesses and created comprehensive action plans for improvement.

I joined the Deep Dive AI Workshop as part of a summer internship program hosted by the UT Dallas Computer Science Department, building up vital and useful skills in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning. This workshop aided me in gaining a comprehensive understanding of Python programming and essential tools for data analysis such as NumPy, pandas, and graphics. The curriculum includes data processing techniques, handling various file formats, loading data into data frames, and performing basic statistical operations, along with an introduction to machine learning through practical examples. I will also learn AI/ML model building, including decision trees and neural networks, delve into advanced topics like deep neural nets using TensorFlow, convolutional neural nets (CNN), and recurrent neural nets (RNN), and culminate with model evaluation techniques and hands-on project activities.

Responsible for gauging member participation of the IHS Mu Alpha Theta Chapter; inputted points for each member (based on their participation in club activities) and monitored the budget of the chapter to fund activities.

I participated in Texas A&M University's Statistics and Data Science Camp for one week. I was able to learn many skills, including the basics to the coding language "R". I worked with other camp participants to hone our coding, organization, and teamwork skills and presented my work at the conclusion of the camp.

Relevant Coursework: AP Calculus BC, AP Computer Science A, AP Computer Science Principles, AP English Language & Composition, AP English Literature & Composition, AP Environmental Science, AP Macroeconomics, AP Human Geography, AP Physics I, AP Physics C, AP Psychology, AP Statistics, AP US Government, AP US History, AP World History, Computer Science I Adv., Computer Science III Adv., PLTW Intro to Engineering Design, PLTW Principles of Engineering, PLTW Digital Electronics