I like being verbose and thorough, so I wanted to have a copy of a CV that is less strict and professional, and instead maximally inclusive. Ask me about any of these!

Last updated: December 2024

Education

Northeastern University - B.S. Linguistics

September 2020 - May 2024

GPA 3.58/4.00. B.S. Linguistics, minor Mathematics, minor German (cum laude).

University of Massachusetts, Lowell - Dual enrollment

May 2019 - December 2019

GPA: 3.87/4.00, non-degree path. Coursework: Calculus II, Technical Physics II.

Experience

Haystack Observatory - Research assisstant

January 2022 - August 2022

Publications, presentations, and papers

One may soon be able to read these on this very website!

A Grammar of safat Del (2024) - Northeastern University Working Papers in Linguistics

Written as a final project for LING 3462: Constructed Languages in Fall 2023, and published by the Linguistics department. It is a combination of creative writing and linguistic experimentation, with me speculating about how field linguistics would look in the far future when humanity has scattered onto different planets.

Resolving the Motion of the Accretion Flow and Jet of M87* (2023)

Presented at MIT Haystack Observatory (August 2022) and at the 241st Annual Meeting of the American Astronomical Society (January 2023).

Abstract: The Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) currently produces static images of the emission surrounding supermassive black holes. A key goal over the next few years is to lengthen the observing window in order to produce videos of the supermassive black hole at the center of Messier 87, M87*. An important purpose of such a video would be to resolve the complex dynamics of material in the accretion flow and jet. In this project, we have developed a tool to extract and characterize motions. For the motion extractions, two methods were examined using videos generated from general relativistic magnetohydrodynamic (GRMHD) simulations: voxelmorph, a neural network used in medical imaging, and the Lucas-Kanade method in opencv, a classical technique to measure the dense optical flow. We find that the Lucas-Kanade method is more effective at detecting spiral motion than voxelmorph. We further characterized the extracted angles of rotation and velocity field with polar Fourier analysis. These results demonstrate that optical flow methods may be used to characterize the dynamics of the accretion flow and jet from EHT observation.

Awards

Dean's List - Northeastern University College of Science

Awarded spring 2021 - spring 2024

Outstanding capstone in Mathematics - Northeastern University Department of Mathematics

Awarded in spring 2024 for Phonetic analysis and regression modeling of phonetic changes in the Boston accent over time, a group capstone in applied mathematics.

RASC-AL Finalist - National Institute of Aerospace

Awarded June 2021

Volunteering, activities, and hobbies

I run around the city of Boston doing a lot of different things! You might have seen me around!

Asian Student Union

September 2021 - April 2024, Mini Fall 2022, Fam head Fall 2023-Fall 2024

Boston University Conference on Language Development - Captioning Volunteer

2023, 2024

Digital Illustration Association

Spring 2022 - Spring 2024, Muse Fall 2023 - Fall 2024

Participated in game jams as a programmer and an artist.

Linguistics Club

Fall 2021 - Spring 2024, Social media manager Spring 2022 - Fall 2022, President Fall 2022 - Spring 2024

Massachusetts Independent Comics Expo - Volunteer

2022, 2024

NU Tabletop Roleplaying Society

2021-2024, Club Game Master 2022-2024

Students for the Exploration and Development of Space

Fall 2020 - Summer 2021

Wikipedia - Editor

2018-Present (on and off)

Skills

Languages

English (N), Bengali (H), German (approx. B2).

German coursework: AP German (5) (2020), Intermediate German II (2021), Advanced German (2023).

Technical

Languages: Python, HTML/CSS

Technologies: Praat, LaTex, Adobe Suite, Microsoft Suite