Shreyans Jain
5 Colburn Drive, Apt 9 Orono, ME 04473
shreyans.jain@maine.edu, 312-860-1579
http://www.spatial.maine.edu/~shreyans.jain
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Education
M.S. in Spatial Information Science and Engineering
The University of Maine, Orono, ME
● GPA: 3.884/4.0
● Recipient, National Science Foundation, Graduate Research Assistantship(2010)
● Recipient, Esri User Conference Student Assistantship (2011)
May 2012(Expected)
Related Coursework: Introduction to GIS, Spatial Databases, Human Computer Interaction
B.E. in Computer Science and Engineering (honors)
Rajiv Gandhi Technological University, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India
● Cumulative GPA: 75.8/100
● Recipient, Young Jaina Award (2006)
June 2010
Related Coursework: Database Management Systems, Object Oriented Programming Methodology
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Employment
Graduate Research Assistant, University of Maine, Orono, ME
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Project: Audio based interface design for indoor navigation systems ,(funded by National Science Foundation)
Technology: Vizard Virtual Reality Platform, Python programming language.
Role: Designing and Running Behavioral experiments to test various auditory interface modes.
Student Intern, Infobeans Systems India Private Limited, Indore (MP) India
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August 2010-Present
July-August 2009
Project: Web Based File Explorer.
Technology: C# , ASP.NET
Role: Developed a small module that allows users to explore files on Web similar to Windows Explorer.
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Related Academic Projects
Walkability Analysis for the city of Lewiston, Maine
● The city of Lewiston, Maine was categorized into regions as most walkable and least walkable based on parameters such as
proximity to schools and grocery stores.
● Technology: ArcGIS 9.3
An approach to solve near neighbor queries in GIS
● An algorithm was proposed to optimize near neighbor queries in GIS. This algorithm was tested by creating a function using
PL/SQL.
● Technology: PL/SQL, PostgreSQL with PostGIS extension.
Medisearch, A medical search engine
● A web application which found nearest hospital to user’s entered location for the city of Indore, India and displayed it on Map.
● Technology: PHP , MySQL, Google Maps API
Let’s Talk: A LAN based messaging application.
● An application for instant messaging in LAN environment.
● Technology: Java Socket Programming, TCP/IP protocol.
Other related Experiences
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Created a Drive Time Calculator widget for Esri’s ArcGIS viewer for flex and submitted it to the Flex-A-Widget
Challenge at the 2011 Esri Developer Summit.
● Participated in Storytelling with Maps Contest for the Esri International User Conference 2011.
● Created an application that routes the user along with directions to the nearest place to eat at the University of Maine,
Orono Campus using ArcGIS API for Javascript.
● Created a Facebook Application ‘Mapfriend’ that takes a random friend from user’s friend list and displays his
hometown on a google Map.
● Created an application that displays a random google street view when a person clicks a button for the city of Bangor,
Maine. (Using google Street view API)
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Extra-Curricular
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Founder of Open Source University Meetup (OSUM) at Rajiv Gandhi Technological University funded by Sun
Microsystems.
● Ranked amongst the top 4% of about 73,000 participants in a national level IT-Aptitude test held by NIIT India.
● Test of English as a Foreign Language (ToEFL), Gold Performer.
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Software Skills
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Programming Languages
Web
Database
Spatial
C/C++, Java, Python, C#
PHP, Javascript, Actionscript
MySql, Oracle 11g, PostgreSQL
ArcMap, Google maps API, ArcGIS web
Mapping APIs (Javascript,Flex,Silverlight), PostGIS extension to PostgreSQL
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Memberships
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Student Member: Association of American Geographers.
Member: National Geographic Society.
Member: South Asian Association of Maine.
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Presentations
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Presented a poster on “Accessing Audio interfaces for use in Indoor Navigation Systems” at the University of Maine
Graduate Academic Exposition 2011.
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Reference
Dr. Nicholas A. Giudice
giudice@spatial.maine.edu
Assistant Professor,
Spatial Information Science and Engineering,
The University of Maine.
Room 325, Boardman Hall, Orono (ME)
04469-5711
Office Phone: 207-581-2187