Aryan Parikh
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Aryan Parikh

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ARYAN PARIKH

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Candidate for B. Math in Financial Analysis and Risk Management,
Statistics and Computational Mathematics

ABOUT ME
In high school I was fortunate enough
to discover my passion for math and
computing. My goal is to use my skill
set in the financial domain to optimize
traditional methods of evaluating risk
and return. I can also cook a MEAN
veggie sandwich

TECHNOLOGIES:
- C/C++
- Microsoft
Office
- HTML
- Maple TA
- git
- linux
- bash
- R
- Lisp
- Java

AWARDS
- Donald Bornhold Memorial
Entrance Scholarship ($1500)
awarded to 3 incoming students
out of over 3000
- School Champion and Distinction (Top 25%) positions held for
5 different math and computing
contests hosted by CEMC by
University of Waterloo
- University of Waterloo -
President's scholarship ($5000)
awarded all students that
graduated with an average of 95%+

EXPERIENCE AND PROJECTS

ONLINELEARNING ASSISTANT - MATH FACULTY
University of Waterloo, Online May 2020 - Aug 2020
- Developed animations, visualizations, and interactive elements using GeoGebra
and Adobe suite to make Calculus and Physics courses more engaging when
offered online.
- Developed algorithmic questions in Mobius to evaluate students for the courses
- Surveyed students to produce recommendations to improve student satisfaction.
- Worked around limitations of remote work by optimally utilizing various
communication channels, and organizing periodic face-to-face meetings

PINK LEADER - FIRST YEAR ORIENTATION
University of Waterloo, Online July 2020 - Sept 2020
- Collaborated with another student to assist two groups of 30 students each with
transition to University to leading them through various ice-breaker activities
- Overcame the challenges of physical distancing by utilizing online collaboration
tools to make students feel welcome in a friendly environment
- Crushed it as an impostor when playing "Among Us"

STOCK MARKET SIMULATION
University of Waterloo, Online Sept 2019 - Present
- Invested $1M CAD worth of simulated currency to test various investment
strategies, such as Dogs of Dow, options trade and Blue Chip companies.
- Generated a total return of 57%, currently placing 18/116 in the FARM program
- Sold TSLA before they were rejected from entering the S&P 500 - that was smart

SPACESAVERS- 2D VIDEO GAME
Grade 12 CS course Jan 2019 - Jun 2019
- Applied principles of OOP using Java to develop an interactive video game
- Interfaced with several libraries to import external images, create text, move
graphics, and so on
- Applied trigonometry to determine trajectory of 'bullet' objects based on cursor's
position relative to console's top-left corner and console's dimensions
- Included features such as upgrades to health, bullet speed and damage

AUTONOMOUS LINE FOLLOWING ROBOT
2019 RobOlympics competition Sept 2018 - April 2019
- Lead a team of 4 other students to develop a robot that processed real-time
inputs from infrared sensors and adjusted relative motor speeds based on a PID
algorithm to follow a line
- Processed information using an Arduino UNO board that operated using a C
program. Controlled motors using a motor driver to avoid current overload
- Earned second place on behalf of Sandalwood Heights at ?2019 RobOlympics
Sprint Challenge among 10 schools from Peel District School Board.