Statistics student at University of Minnesota

• 📧 Email: ishaan[at]koratkar.com
• 🐦 Twitter: @whybyfire
• 💬 Discord: @whybyfire

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• Featured on Marginal Revolution!
• Built a highly cost-efficient search system (<10¢ total cost) using OpenAI embeddings and Cloudflare vectorize
• Demonstrated resourcefulness by learning and implementing new technologies and systematically debugging complex issues

• Conducted and published interviews with professionals across diverse fields (medicine, technology, science)
• Self-initiated project demonstrating proactive research skills and independent agency
• Helped identify ML engineering & cybersecurity as career focus areas

University of Minnesota, Twin Cities - Statistics Major (Current)

Continuous Learning:

• Fast.AI (in progress)
• LaurieWired's practical assembly tutorials (reviewing)
• Angela Yu's Web Development Bootcamp (completed)

• Become an ML engineer
• Master computer systems from circuits to networks
• Develop expertise in resource optimization and supply chains