- Published on April 5, 2022
- In AI Features
A single hackathon teaches you more than any book or course ever could: MachineHack Grandmaster Tapas Das
I rely heavily on FeatureTools for feature engineering and Optuna for hyperparameters search.
- By Sri Krishna
MachineHack Grandmaster Tapas Das is a data engineer with over 9+ years of experience in building scalable, optimised, customer-centric IT solutions. The Kaggle Notebooks expert has participated in 32 MachineHack hackathons and is among the top 10 champions worldwide.
“I can only work efficiently if there are minimal or no distractions. So, for me, getting into the zone is pretty much sitting in a corner with my laptop, headphones on, blasting rock metal at full volume. I need music to organise my thoughts and come up with better solutions,” said Tapas Das, Delivery Manager, The Math Company.
Analytics India Magazine got in touch with this alpha geek to gain insights into his data science journey and his hackathon exploits.
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Sri Krishna
Sri Krishna is a technology enthusiast with a professional background in journalism. He believes in writing on subjects that evoke a thought process towards a better world.
When not writing, he indulges his passion for automobiles and poetry.
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