Amer Din

Software Engineering, Finance @ UT Dallas

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about me

I am currently a Software Engineering & Finance student at The University of Texas at Dallas looking to graduate in December 2022. I have recently founded FinTech UTD , the first collegiate organization in North Texas focused on building software & research powering capital markets, robo-advisors and digital payments (Click the link above to learn more).

Spending time researching and implementing new frameworks are some ways that I have found myself to become more active in spaces such as data science and predictive modeling. Building projects to me is not just about the reward or monetary value that it could achieve, but also the long-term impact it could provide me in becoming a more versatile developer and problem solver. Moreover, analyzing relevant capital market trends has become an avid interest of mine. I enjoy seeking new methodologies to develop and implement algorithmic scripts to measure volatility, price evaluations for securities, identifying spreads and sourcing liquidity in macro indexes. Quantitative research and algorithmic trading are areas of which I am currently interested in pursuing in the next 5 years.

In my free time I enjoy playing guitar, going to concerts, rockclimbing, hiking, exploring new forms of art and drinking coffee!

skills

Python
C++
Java
Git
Flask

projects

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June 2020
Monte Carlo Simulation

A project gauging the prediction of a future stock price being reached. Using a combination of the Monte Carlo and the geometric Brownian motion (GBM) models, a user is able to see a potential future trajectory of the stock. The Brownian model assumes that a "constant drift is accompanied by random shocks" (Investopedia). The combination of the model allows for the prediction to be calculated

MatplotlibFlask
Capital One Software Engineering Summit 2021 Winning Submission (36/500+)
Flight Searcher

A Flask/Python3 web app that enables you to find the cheapest, efficient flight routes and quotes available; Deployed using Heroku, utilizes the SkyScanner REST API

FlaskPython3REST APIs
SXSW 2018
Pollen Tracker

Pollen Tracker is a Fitbit App that gives users Real Time Information about Allergens in the air.

How it works: Accesses the User's latitude and longitude coordinates from the fitbit. Makes a call to the geonames web API in order to retrieve the ZIP code the user is in Uses the nasacort web API to get the current allergens in the air, along with the pollen forecast for the next 3 days. Presents this information to the user

Geonames APIJavascriptCSS
UTD Blockchain & Crypto 2019
Risk SCM

App which is hosted on the blockchain and allows for a secure way of processing and fulfilling supply-chain operations specifically in the pharmaceutical industry

BlockchainMatamaskReact.js

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