Ishvir Chopra | Portfolio

About Me

I'm a first-year Computer Science student at the University of Waterloo with a 4.0 GPA. I love building real things including AI classifiers, full-stack apps, and data pipelines. I've interned at Compunnel Canada and Red Circle Inc, and I'm always chasing the next interesting problem.

4.0

GPA

2

Internships

6+

Projects

GitHub Activity

Things I've Built

AI, full-stack, and data engineering projects.

Wrap It Up

TypeScriptNext.jsReactSupabaseGroq AITailwind CSS

Assignment tracker with AI-powered syllabus parsing, panic scoring (0–100), live countdowns, 7-day study plans, and email drafts. Deployed with Supabase auth and 24hr deadline conflict detection.

ASL Classifier

PythonOpenCVMediaPipeScikit-learnNumPy

Real-time ASL alphabet classifier recognizing all 26 letters with 99% accuracy. Trained on 5,200+ custom images using RandomForest with MediaPipe hand tracking.

Digit Classifier

PythonPyTorchNumPyTorchvision

Deep neural network for handwritten digit recognition achieving 94%+ accuracy on MNIST. 3-layer feedforward architecture with ReLU activations and Adam optimizer.

E-Commerce App

JavaScriptNext.jsReactMongoDBNode.jsTailwind CSS

Full-stack e-commerce platform with dynamic products, Stripe payments, and persistent cart. Optimized API routes reduced backend response time by ~20%.

Bronze Layer Data Warehouse

SQL ServerSQLStored Procedures

SQL Server ETL pipeline with BULK INSERT cutting data load time by ~40%. Includes load-duration tracking and error logging for improved reliability.

Sales Dashboard

Power BIExcelDAX

Power BI dashboard with KPIs, regional breakdowns, and YoY comparisons, built on cleaned sales invoice data modeled with DAX.

Experience

Jun 2024

Jun 2024 to Sep 2024

Compunnel Canada

Project Intern

London, ON

Refactored a Python ETL pipeline, reducing runtime from 45s to 38s by eliminating redundant transforms.
Cached intermediate results, improving visualization speed by ~12%.
Debugged data errors, boosting report accuracy from 82% to 95%.

Dec 2023

Dec 2023 to Feb 2024

Red Circle Inc

Project Intern

Chicago, IL

Researched 50+ Chicago startups across 3 VC portfolios in 8 tech sectors.
Compiled 50+ company profiles with funding stages, employee counts, and tech stack analysis.
Delivered insights contributing to 12 client acquisitions generating $45K+ revenue in 3 months.

Jun 2024

Arseam Foundation

Co-Author, Research Paper

Remote

Published research on how study habits affect academic performance using ML.
Built a linear regression model (R² = 0.89) predicting exam scores for 1,000 students.
Proposed AI-driven strategies to help educators identify at-risk students.

Tech Stack

Tools and languages I work with.

Languages

PythonTypeScriptJavaScriptJavaCC#SQLRacketHTML

Frameworks & Libraries

Next.jsReactNode.jsPyTorchScikit-learnOpenCVMediaPipePandasNumPyMatplotlibTailwind CSSFramer Motion

Tools & Platforms

GitLinuxVercelSupabaseMongoDB AtlasPower BIExcelUnity 6Pillow

Concepts

ETL PipelinesREST APIsMachine LearningNeural NetworksData WarehousingComputer VisionNLPFull-Stack Development

Education

University of Waterloo

Sep 2025 to Present

Bachelor of Computer Science (BCS)

GPA: 4.0

Relevant Coursework

Functional Programming Algorithms Calculus I Calculus II Algebra Linear Algebra

Get In Touch

I'm open to internships, collaborations, and cool projects. My inbox is always open.

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Hi, I'm Ishvir Chopra

CS @ University of Waterloo · Building things that matter