{"id":589,"date":"2024-04-13T19:08:57","date_gmt":"2024-04-13T19:08:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gnikesh.com\/?page_id=589"},"modified":"2025-10-29T21:37:48","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T21:37:48","slug":"589-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/gnikesh.com\/","title":{"rendered":"About me"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/gnikesh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_20180304_163341_856.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-839\" style=\"width:230px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gnikesh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_20180304_163341_856.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/gnikesh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_20180304_163341_856-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gnikesh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_20180304_163341_856-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, 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c-2.552,0-4.622,2.069-4.622,4.622S9.448,16.622,12,16.622s4.622-2.069,4.622-4.622S14.552,7.378,12,7.378z M12,15 c-1.657,0-3-1.343-3-3s1.343-3,3-3s3,1.343,3,3S13.657,15,12,15z M16.804,6.116c-0.596,0-1.08,0.484-1.08,1.08 s0.484,1.08,1.08,1.08c0.596,0,1.08-0.484,1.08-1.08S17.401,6.116,16.804,6.116z\"><\/path><\/svg><span class=\"wp-block-social-link-label screen-reader-text\">Instagram<\/span><\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0\"><br>I am a Ph.D. candidate in Computer Science at Kansas State University with a deep passion for research, programming, algorithms, and solving complex problems. I work primarily on Stance Detection, which involves developing advanced NLP models, especially transformer-based and Large Language Models (LLMs), analyzing and classifying opinions on contentious topics. My research focuses on accurately identifying and interpreting stances on complex social and political issues, with applications in areas like social media analysis and public opinion tracking. Additionally, I have also worked on the application of AI\/ML in various cross-domains, such as bioinformatics and transportation safety.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-large-font-size\"><strong>Education<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list has-small-font-size\">\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Ph.D. Computer Science<\/strong>, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS <em>(Expected: August 2025)<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-right:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0\"><strong>Bachelor&#8217;s Degree<\/strong>, Tribhuvan University, Nepal                       <em>(2012 &#8211; 2016)<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\"><strong>Work Experience<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cp-timeline-content-timeline-block Cool-Content-Timeline\"><div class=\"cool-timeline-block-38bf85e8-c86b-4418-8a18-36ab93ad8a9d\"><style>.cool-timeline-block-38bf85e8-c86b-4418-8a18-36ab93ad8a9d .cool-vertical-timeline-body{--ctlb-icon-color: #888888;--ctlb-head-font-size: 21px;--ctlb-head-font-weight: 500;--ctlb-line-color: #888888;--ctlb-icon-bg: #888888;--ctlb-story-border-color: #888888;--ctlb-icon-box-size: 24px;--ctlb-middle-line-size: 4px;}<\/style><div class=\"cool-vertical-timeline-body ctlb-wrapper one-sided right\"><div class=\"cool-timeline-block-list\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-cp-timeline-content-timeline-block-child swiper-slide\"><div class=\"timeline-content icon-false \"><div class=\"timeline-block-timeline ctl-row  position-right\"><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-time\"><div class=\"story-time\"><p>Jan. 2023 &#8211; Present<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"timeline-block-icon\"><svg stroke=\"currentColor\" fill=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"0\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" height=\"1em\" width=\"1em\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M256 8C119 8 8 119 8 256s111 248 248 248 248-111 248-248S393 8 256 8z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/div><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-detail\"><div class=\"story-details\"><div class=\"story-content\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading ctlb-block-title\" style=\"padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px\">Graduate Research Assistant<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"ctlb-block-desc has-small-font-size\" style=\"padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px\"><strong>Machine Learning &amp; Data Science Lab,<br><\/strong><em>Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS<br><\/em><br>\u2023 Supervisor: Doina Caragea, Ph.D., Professor at Department of Computer Science, Kansas State University<br><br>\u2023 Crawled social media (Twitter, and Reddit) and analyzed huge amount of text to create NLP dataset for Stance Detection and establish baseline results using Supervised, Semi-supervised, and Zero-shot models<br><br>\u2023 Work on application of Machine\/Deep Learning and Large Language Models (LLMs) on various domains including DNA Sequence Prediction, Social media Cyberbullying Perpetration Prediction, and Vehicle Crash Severity Prediction<br><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cp-timeline-content-timeline-block-child swiper-slide\"><div class=\"timeline-content icon-false \"><div class=\"timeline-block-timeline ctl-row  position-left\"><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-time\"><div class=\"story-time\"><p>Aug. 2019 &#8211; Dec. 2023<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"timeline-block-icon\"><svg stroke=\"currentColor\" fill=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"0\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" height=\"1em\" width=\"1em\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M256 8C119 8 8 119 8 256s111 248 248 248 248-111 248-248S393 8 256 8z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/div><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-detail\"><div class=\"story-details\"><div class=\"story-content\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading ctlb-block-title\" style=\"padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px\">Graduate Teaching Assistant<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"ctlb-block-desc has-small-font-size\" style=\"padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px\"><strong>Department of Computer Science,<br><\/strong><em>Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS<br><\/em><br>\u2023 Created Quizzes, graded labs\/assignments, and academically supported students on the concepts of AI and Machine\/Deep Learning for Introduction to Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning &amp; Pattern Recognition, and Deep Learning courses<br><br>\u2023 Graded homework and guided students through the concepts in Computer and Information Security, Database Systems, and Programming Languages courses<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cp-timeline-content-timeline-block-child swiper-slide\"><div class=\"timeline-content icon-false \"><div class=\"timeline-block-timeline ctl-row  position-right\"><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-time\"><div class=\"story-time\"><p>May 2021 &#8211; August 2021<br>May 2022 &#8211; August 2022<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"timeline-block-icon\"><svg stroke=\"currentColor\" fill=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"0\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" height=\"1em\" width=\"1em\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M256 8C119 8 8 119 8 256s111 248 248 248 248-111 248-248S393 8 256 8z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/div><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-detail\"><div class=\"story-details\"><div class=\"story-content\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading ctlb-block-title\" style=\"padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px\">University Research Internship<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"ctlb-block-desc\" style=\"padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px\"><strong>LiuLab, Department of Plant Pathology,<br><\/strong><em>Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS<br><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2023 Applied Recurrent Neural Networks (RNNs), specifically Bidirectional Long Short-Term Memory (Bi-LSTM) models, to classify DNA sequences as core- or mini-chromosomes in Magnaporthe oryzae strains<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2023 Developed and optimized a deep learning pipeline for genomic sequence classification, achieving high accuracy in predicting mini-chromosome presence<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2023 Collaborated with an interdisciplinary team of computer scientists and plant pathologists to publish findings in a peer-reviewed journal (Publication: https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1093\/nargab\/lqae108)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cp-timeline-content-timeline-block-child swiper-slide\"><div class=\"timeline-content icon-false \"><div class=\"timeline-block-timeline ctl-row  position-right\"><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-time\"><div class=\"story-time\"><p>Aug. 2017 &#8211; Jul. 2019<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"timeline-block-icon\"><svg stroke=\"currentColor\" fill=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"0\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" height=\"1em\" width=\"1em\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M256 8C119 8 8 119 8 256s111 248 248 248 248-111 248-248S393 8 256 8z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/div><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-detail\"><div class=\"story-details\"><div class=\"story-content\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading ctlb-block-title\" style=\"padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px\">Security Analytics Engineer<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"ctlb-block-desc has-small-font-size\" style=\"padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px\"><strong>Logpoint<br><\/strong><em>Kathmandu, Nepal<br><\/em><br>\u2023 Researched, analyzed, and interpreted logs particularly from security and networking devices (such as proxies, firewalls, anti-virus products) for security monitoring, and as a data source for UEBA (User and Entity Behavior Analytics)<br><br>\u2023 Created, maintained, and optimized plugins, and scripts to correctly parse thousands of logs using Python\u2019s Regex library<br><br>\u2023 Created analytics (Dashboards, Alerts, Reports), and correlation and detection rules, for incident management and monitoring threats and other activities via SIEM (Security Information &amp; Event Management) solutions<br><br>\u2023 Developed Threat Intelligence, and Enrichment Plugins to fetch data from various feeds to correlate with parsed logs<br><br>\u2023 Took complete ownership of the development lifecycle for the product developement<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cp-timeline-content-timeline-block-child swiper-slide\"><div class=\"timeline-content icon-false \"><div class=\"timeline-block-timeline ctl-row  position-left\"><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-time\"><div class=\"story-time\"><p><br>Dec. 2016 &#8211; Feb. 2017<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"timeline-block-icon\"><svg stroke=\"currentColor\" fill=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"0\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" height=\"1em\" width=\"1em\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M256 8C119 8 8 119 8 256s111 248 248 248 248-111 248-248S393 8 256 8z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/div><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-detail\"><div class=\"story-details\"><div class=\"story-content\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading ctlb-block-title\" style=\"padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px\">Software Development Internship<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"ctlb-block-desc has-small-font-size\" style=\"padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px\"><strong>LeapFrog Technologies<\/strong><br><em>Kathmandu, Nepal<br><\/em><br>\u2023 Understand aspects of software development lifecycle with agile methodology by developing my own project (Video to Gif Converter), and website templates using HTML5, CSS, and JavaScript; maintain documentation as well when needed<br><br>\u2023 Communicate new ideas, issues, status, and outcomes in a collaborative environment of team and mentors<br><br>\u2023 Learn and apply version control tool (Git, Bitbucket), project management tool (JIRA), project level technologies and code review process<br><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\">Publication \/ Presentation<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cp-timeline-content-timeline-block Cool-Content-Timeline\"><div class=\"cool-timeline-block-603a40f3-0fa3-4dae-bb73-7d29634ab44a\"><style>.cool-timeline-block-603a40f3-0fa3-4dae-bb73-7d29634ab44a .cool-vertical-timeline-body{--ctlb-icon-color: #888888;--ctlb-line-color: #888888;--ctlb-icon-bg: #888888;--ctlb-story-border-color: #888888;--ctlb-icon-box-size: 25px;--ctlb-middle-line-size: 5px;}<\/style><div class=\"cool-vertical-timeline-body ctlb-wrapper one-sided right\"><div class=\"cool-timeline-block-list\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-cp-timeline-content-timeline-block-child swiper-slide\"><div class=\"timeline-content icon-false \"><div class=\"timeline-block-timeline ctl-row  position-left\"><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-time\"><div class=\"story-time\"><p>Aug. 2024<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"timeline-block-icon\"><svg stroke=\"currentColor\" fill=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"0\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" height=\"1em\" width=\"1em\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M256 8C119 8 8 119 8 256s111 248 248 248 248-111 248-248S393 8 256 8z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/div><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-detail\"><div class=\"story-details\"><div class=\"story-content\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading ctlb-block-title\" style=\"padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px\"><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"ctlb-block-desc has-small-font-size\" style=\"padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px\"><strong>Gyawali, Nikesh,<\/strong> Iustin Sirbu, Tiberiu Sosea, Sarthak Khanal, Doina Caragea, Traian Rebedea, and Cornelia Caragea. &#8220;GunStance: Stance Detection for Gun Control and Gun Regulation.&#8221; In Proceedings of the 62nd Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics (Volume 1: Long Papers), pp. 12027-12044. 2024.<br><a href=\"https:\/\/aclanthology.org\/2024.acl-long.650\/\">https:\/\/aclanthology.org\/2024.acl-long.650\/<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cp-timeline-content-timeline-block-child swiper-slide\"><div class=\"timeline-content icon-false \"><div class=\"timeline-block-timeline ctl-row  position-left\"><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-time\"><div class=\"story-time\"><p>Jan. 2024<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"timeline-block-icon\"><svg stroke=\"currentColor\" fill=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"0\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" height=\"1em\" width=\"1em\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M256 8C119 8 8 119 8 256s111 248 248 248 248-111 248-248S393 8 256 8z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/div><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-detail\"><div class=\"story-details\"><div class=\"story-content\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading ctlb-block-title\" style=\"padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px\"><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"ctlb-block-desc has-small-font-size\" style=\"padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px\"><strong>Gyawali, Nikesh<\/strong>, Sarthak Khanal, Doina Caragea, H M Abdul Aziz, and Eric J. Fitzsimmons. \u201cPredicting Commercial Motor Vehicle Crash Severity in Kansas at District Level using Explainable Machine Learning.\u201d 103<sup>rd<\/sup> Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting. 2024.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cp-timeline-content-timeline-block-child swiper-slide\"><div class=\"timeline-content icon-false \"><div class=\"timeline-block-timeline ctl-row  position-right\"><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-time\"><div class=\"story-time\"><p>Sep. 2023<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"timeline-block-icon\"><svg stroke=\"currentColor\" fill=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"0\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" height=\"1em\" width=\"1em\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M256 8C119 8 8 119 8 256s111 248 248 248 248-111 248-248S393 8 256 8z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/div><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-detail\"><div class=\"story-details\"><div class=\"story-content\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading ctlb-block-title\" style=\"padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px\"><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"ctlb-block-desc has-small-font-size\" style=\"padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px\"><strong>Gyawali, Nikesh<\/strong>, Yangfan Hao, Guifang Lin, Jun Huang, Ravi Bika, Lidia Calderon Daza, Huakun Zheng, et al. 2024. \u201cUsing Recurrent Neural Networks to Detect Supernumerary Chromosomes in Fungal Strains Causing Blast Diseases.\u201d NAR Genomics and Bioinformatics 6 (3): lqae108. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1093\/nargab\/lqae108.\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1093\/nargab\/lqae108.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cp-timeline-content-timeline-block-child swiper-slide\"><div class=\"timeline-content icon-false \"><div class=\"timeline-block-timeline ctl-row  position-right\"><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-time\"><div class=\"story-time\"><p>Sep. 2020<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"timeline-block-icon\"><svg stroke=\"currentColor\" fill=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"0\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" height=\"1em\" width=\"1em\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M256 8C119 8 8 119 8 256s111 248 248 248 248-111 248-248S393 8 256 8z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/div><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-detail\"><div class=\"story-details\"><div class=\"story-content\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading ctlb-block-title\" style=\"padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px\"><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"ctlb-block-desc has-small-font-size\" style=\"padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px\">Tasali, Qais, <strong>Nikesh Gyawali<\/strong>, and Eugene Y. Vasserman. \u201cTime series anomaly detection in medical break-the-glass.\u201d Proceedings of the 7th Symposium on Hot Topics in the Science of Security. 2020. <a href=\"https:\/\/dl.acm.org\/doi\/abs\/10.1145\/3384217.3386397\">https:\/\/dl.acm.org\/doi\/abs\/10.1145\/3384217.3386397<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\"><strong>Technical Skills<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Programming Languages:<\/strong> Python, Bash, JavaScript, SQL<br><strong>Machine learning\/Data Frameworks:<\/strong> PyTorch, TensorFlow, Transformers, Scikit-learn, Apache Spark, Hugging Face<br><strong>Specializations:<\/strong> Machine\/Deep Learning, Natural Language Processing (NLP), Large Language Models (LLMs)<br><strong>Data Visualization:<\/strong> Matplotlib, Seaborn, Plotly, PowerBI<br><strong>Tools &amp; Technologies:<\/strong> CUDA, Regex, Django, HTML5, CSS, Bootstrap, High-Performance Computing (HPC)<br><strong>Others:<\/strong> AWS\/Cloud Platform, ETL Pipeline, Prompt Engineering, RAG, RLHF, LangChain, Ollama<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\">Selected <strong>Projects<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1. <strong>Commercial Motor Vehicle crash severity prediction<\/strong> <em>(Aug. 2022 &#8211; Dec. 2023)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Project in collaboration with Civil Engineering Department at Kansas State University and Kansas State Department of Transportation to develop ML models to predict crash severity in Commercial Motor Vehicles (CMVs)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Utilized various Machine Learning models (e.g., Random Forest, Gradient Boost, XGBoost, CatBoost) including Transformer based models (TabNet) on tabular dataset for severity classification<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Created parser to parse crash pdf forms using Deep Learning OCR models and created analytics (dashboards and reports) to visualize the data<br><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-dots\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">2. <strong>FunBERT: A pre-trained BERT model for DNA language in Fungal Genome<\/strong> (<em>Aug. 2023 &#8211; Dec. 2024<\/em>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Project to pre-train a Transformer model from scratch on Fungal Genomic sequence for various downstream tasks such as Sequence classification, Missense variant effect prediction, and Important sequence motifs identification<br><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator aligncenter has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-dots\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">3. <strong>Public Perception of Vaccines: Before and After the COVID-19 Outbreak<\/strong> (<em>Dec. 2022 &#8211; May 2023)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Project to understand how people talk about Vaccines in social media<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Crawled 10 years (2013-2022) of tweets data related to vaccines and used Lexicon based analysis to study the polarity and perception shift of people over the years<br><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-dots\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\">\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/gnikesh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/nikesh_gyawali_resume-1.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download=\"\">\n    Download Resume\n  <\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nikesh Gyawali Manhattan, KS, U.S.A | (785)-477-7430 | gnikesh@ksu.edu | www.gnikesh.com | I am a Ph.D. candidate in Computer Science at Kansas State University with a deep passion for research, programming, algorithms, and solving complex problems. 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