PRAGESH ADHIKARI // CS + DATA HATTIESBURG, MS

Portfolio

Interested in the statistical analysis of data to build systems that reason through decisions.

Computer Science student at USM studying data analysis, statistics, and ML foundations — currently researching contention risk in GPU clusters, and building analytics tools for newsroom operation.

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Research

Under review · SEDE 2026

"Predicting High-Priority Job Contention Risk in Heterogeneous GPU Clusters Using Scheduling-Observable Features"

  • Engineered a binary contention-risk label from unlabeled Alibaba production trace data by computing temporal job overlaps
  • Constructed 8 scheduling-observable features from live cluster state and job submission metadata, producing a final dataset of 415,713 labeled HP job instances deployable in real scheduler environments
  • Applied statistical analysis to identify and cap extreme outliers, validating threshold choices through sensitivity analysis
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Experience

May 2026 —
Present

Data & Insights Analyst

The Roy Howard Community Journalism Center
  • Generated automated reports analyzing thousands of newsroom file downloads, organization activity, and content popularity using Pandas, Plotly, and Streamlit
  • Produced quarterly KPI dashboards and monthly social media performance reports
  • Provided insights for content uploads through quality visualizations
Jan 2025 —
May 2026

Visual Content Producer

The Roy Howard Community Journalism Center
  • Built a full equipment reservation application handling booking conflicts and automated approval workflows using Microsoft Power Apps
  • Integrated SharePoint Lists, Microsoft Teams, and Power Automate for real-time notifications and record keeping
  • Helped market community-impact stories by producing graphics and short-form content
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Skills

Languages & Libraries

SQL, Python, NumPy, Pandas, Matplotlib, Streamlit, Excel, HTML, CSS

Data & Analytics

Data cleaning, statistical analysis, data visualization, machine learning fundamentals, dashboards

Tools & Platforms

GitHub, VS Code, Microsoft Power Apps, Power Automate, SharePoint

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Education

The University of Southern Mississippi GPA 3.90

May 2028

B.S. Computer Science · Minor in Economic Data Analysis · Hattiesburg, MS

Relevant coursework: Machine Learning in Cybersecurity (CSC 428), Probability and Mathematical Statistics I (MAT 320), Discrete Mathematics (MAT 340), Linear Algebra (MAT 326), Database Concepts