Syed Daanish Ismail,
Aspiring Software Engineer
I’m a software engineer and CS student at UIC passionate about building clean, useful, and scalable applications. My work includes AI projects, full-stack web apps, computer graphics, game development, and systems programming.
Experience
Software Engineering Intern
Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank
June 2024 – July 2024
Abu Dhabi, UAE
- Analyzed 2,000+ demographic and financial records using Python, pandas, and NumPy to generate reports on customer behavior.
- Improved machine learning model accuracy by 25% through feature engineering and cross-validation across Logistic Regression, Decision Tree, and Random Forest models.
- Deployed the final model through a Flask REST API with input validation and logging, achieving under 200 ms response time in local testing.
- Automated preprocessing and evaluation pipelines, improving runtime efficiency by about 40% and making experiment tracking more consistent.
Projects
Qupa
- AI-powered B2B procurement platform that automates vendor discovery and supplier selection using web-scraped data, LLM-powered recommendations, and relevance filtering.
UICGuessr
- Location-based web game inspired by GeoGuessr that challenges users to identify places on the UIC campus through interactive map-based gameplay.
Rosso Albesio Website
- An architecture website I built using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript to showcase the firm’s work in a clean and responsive way.
Education
University of Illinois, Chicago (UIC)
Bachelor of Science in Computer Science