Rajan Vaish
CS PhD student at the University of California.
| Headline: | Scientist |
| Work status: | Full-Time Student |
| Website: | http://LinkedIn.com/in/RajanVaish |
| Industries: | Cleantech, Computing, Education, Entertainment, Gaming, Health, Information Technology, Internet, Media, Mobile |
| Skills: | AJAX, Business, C/C++, Computer Engineering, Databases, Design, Engineering, English, Entrepreneurship, HTML / CSS, Human-Computer Interaction, Java, Javascript, Languages, Languages and Platforms, Leadership, PHP, Public Relations, Public speaking, Python, Software Engineering, SQL, Web Development, Windows applications |
| Location: | Santa Cruz, CA |
| Groups: | 2012 Global Social Entrepreneurship Competition Application, 2012 UC Berkeley Startup Competition, BASES Social E-Challenge 2012, Global Social Venture Competition GSVC 2012 |
| Visas: | India, United States |
| Interested in: | Advising startups, Brainstorming, Career advice, Consulting opportunities, Creating a group, Employment opportunities, Finding business partners, Finding cofounders, Finding engineers, Finding experts, Finding mentors, Finding team mates, Getting press, Giving back, Growing my group, Helping friends, Helping members of my groups, Internships, Joining a startup, Learning about entrepreneurship, Meeting new people, Mentoring, Offering Expertise, Participating in a competition, Partnering with other groups, Patenting my idea, Professional opportunities, Promoting my startups, Providing services to startups, Raising money, Receiving feedback, Recruiting for my startup, Sharing my projects, Starting a company |
| Tags: | Computer Science, Entrepreneurship, human computation, Human Computer Interaction, research & development, social enterprises, Strategy, technology, us politics |
| Schools: | University of California System - Santa Cruz |
FEATURED STARTUP
LifeCode Health
LifeCode Health
LifeCode Health is a information technology venture focused on redefining the effectiveness and usability of modern day medical data. LifeCode has the capabilities to record, organize, access, and securely store health information in digital format.
- Startup type: Competition Entry
- Status: Active
FULL BIO
www.rajanvaish.com
WORK EXPERIENCE
| Employer: | University of California |
| Position: | Graduate Student Researcher |
| Time period: | September 2011 - Present |
| Employer: | United Nations Online |
| Position: | Volunteer |
| Description: | Volunteered for the Borgen Project, Seattle and helped the organization in spreading word online and increasing Web Content. |
| Employer: | OpenStreetMap Foundation |
| Position: | Co-admin |
| Time period: | March 2010 - August 2010 |
| Description: | for the Google Summer of Code'10 |
| Employer: | Accenture Technology Labs (R&D) |
| Position: | Developer |
| Time period: | November 2009 - November 2010 |
| Employer: | |
| Position: | Intern |
| Time period: | May 2009 - August 2009 |
| Description: | Student Developer at Google, under Summer of Code program for OpenStreetMap.org . |
| Employer: | One Laptop per Child (OLPC-MIT Media Lab) |
| Position: | Intern |
| Time period: | May 2008 - August 2008 |
| Description: | A Geography teaching tool using Openlayers, GeoRSS, QGIS ,Mapserver and PHP (protected by Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 license). |
EDUCATION
| University: | University of California System - Santa Cruz |
| Time period: | 2011 - 2015 |
| Degree: | Computer Science, PhD |
PUBLICATIONS
| Papers: | www.rajanvaish.com/research |
INFORMATION
| Sports: | Cycling |
| Hobbies: | • Web browsing and contributing to the open source community (as Fedora Ambassador-India list).
• Developing online/internet strategies for politicians’ e-campaign and technology/web startups. • Researching about social entrepreneurship and intrapreneurship. • Learning, learning and learning! |
| Memberships: | ACM |
| Awards: | • University of California Regents Fellowship.
• Finalist at Micrsoft's Imagine Cup Accessibility Awards'09. • Finalist at an Entrepreneurship competition at University of Utah, USA in 2009. Won "Spirit of Entrepreneurism" award. • Won 1st Prize at International Conference on Contemporary Computing for best project in PHP at JIITU, Noida co-hosted by University of Florida, USA in 2008. • Presented JUIT-IBA Project in front of Governor of Himachal Pradesh in 2008. • Project Leader in all the Computer Science Projects completed in College (2005-2009). • Secured an A.I.R (All India Rank) of 73 in NIFT Entrance Examination for Information Technology in 2005. |
Rajan's Startups (3)
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LifeCode Health
LifeCode Health is a information technology venture focused on redefining the effectiveness and usability of modern day medical data. LifeCode has the capabilities to record, organize, access, and securely store health information in digital format.
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BrainComp
BrainComp is a crowd-sourcing channel built over Crowdflower's platform, connecting corporations to the crowd in Kenya. Further creating micro-tasks based employment opportunities for low-skilled unemployed population through cybercafes.
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LifeCode Health
LifeCode Health is a technology start-up venture focused on redefining the effectiveness, usability and empathy of modern day medical data with emphasis on the accessibility of care.
Rajan is Following (2)
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MyFitSolution LLC
MyFitSolution reduces personal training costs in gyms by up to 90% using a schedule coordinating and point and reward platform connecting fitness enthusiasts to fitness wannabes.
Rajan's Contacts (10)
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Steve Markovitch
Pursuing BA in Economics at Wayne State University and collaborating on the LifeCode project.
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Talieh Rohani
Application Producer & Project Manager @ Webtrends