Hello, I'm Yash Rao Data Scientist & Analyst

Transforming complex data into actionable insights and elegant visualizations

About Me

I'm a data scientist and analyst passionate about transforming data into valuable insights. With expertise in statistical analysis, machine learning, and data visualization, I help organizations make data-driven decisions.

My approach combines technical expertise with strong communication skills to translate complex findings into clear, actionable recommendations. I'm constantly exploring new technologies and methodologies to enhance my analytical capabilities.

3 Years Experience
4 Projects Completed
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Skills & Expertise

  • Statistical Analysis Expert
  • Data Cleaning & Preprocessing Advanced
  • Exploratory Data Analysis Expert
  • A/B Testing Proficient
  • Dashborading and Reporting Expert
  • Supervised Learning Expert
  • Unsupervised Learning Expert
  • Deep Learning Advanced
  • Image Processing Expert
  • Natural Language Processing Advanced
  • Docker and Containerization Proficient
  • CI/CD with GitHub actions Proficient
  • Cloud Monitoring Advanced
  • Cloud Resource Management Advanced

Tools & Technologies

Python
SQL
R
Power BI
TensorFlow
Google Cloud
Airflow
Spark

Featured Projects

Machine Learning Project

News Notifier

Developed a machine learning model to predict customer churn with 92% accuracy, enabling proactive retention strategies.

Python Transformers and Clustering (UMAP) Airflow
Data Visualization Project

Interactive Sales Dashboard

Built an interactive dashboard visualizing sales performance across regions, products, and time periods.

PowerBI SQL Data Visualization
Data Analysis Project

Personalized Cafe And Restaurant Recommendation System

Performed association rule mining on transaction data to identify product affinities and optimize store layouts.

Google BigQuery RAG ChromaDB and OpenAI API
NLP Project

Asthama Predictor

Created an NLP model to analyze customer reviews and social media mentions, extracting sentiment and key themes.

R Data Preprocessing Machine Learning
Data Visualization Project

Predicting ESG Risks using Flood detection

Analyzed and visualized COVID-19 data to understand socioeconomic impacts across different regions and demographics.

Deep Learning Python Geospatial Analysis
Time Series Analysis Project

Wound Detection And Segmentation

Implemented ARIMA and Prophet models to forecast sales and inventory needs, reducing stockouts by 35%.

Image Processing Google Deeplab V3 Apache Kafka

Experience & Education

Graduate Research Assistant

Boston University

Feb 2024 – May 2024
  • Built ChromaDB vector DB for melanoma research.
  • Integrated Llama2 RAG with 90% accuracy.
  • Used Query Translation + Step-Back Querying.

M.S. in Applied Data Analytics

Boston University

Sep 2023 – Jan 2025

GPA: 3.93 / 4.00

Research Intern

IIT Roorkee

Sep 2022 – Feb 2023
  • Developed 1D–2D ResNet50 for hyperspectral imagery.
  • Achieved 91% accuracy and ROC-AUC of 0.995.

Data Analyst

Cutso Foods LLP

Jun 2020 – Jul 2022
  • Built REST APIs, improved SQL by 35%.
  • Created dashboards & automated reports.
  • Reduced latency by 30% with multithreading.

B.Tech in Computer Science

VIT, India

Jul 2019 – Jun 2023

GPA: 8.90 / 10

Certifications

Microsoft Power BI Data Analyst (PL-300)

Issued by Microsoft · April 2024

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IBM Data Science Professional Certificate

Issued by IBM · July 2023

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AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner

Issued by Amazon Web Services · Aug 2024

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Get In Touch

Interested in working together or have questions about my projects? Feel free to reach out!

Location

Boston, MA