Document Type
Scouting Report
Name
Pranav Rajaram
Major
Data Science
School
UC San Diego
Class Year
2027
GPA
4.0 / 4.0
Pranav Rajaram
Scout's Assessment

"Creative data scientist with strong fundamentals in machine learning, software engineering, and AI development. Shows high upside in predictive modeling and full-stack development environments, with a knack for data visualization and clear communication."

Interest Galaxy
Technical Sports Personal
LLMs / Agents
Deep Learning
NLP
Computer Vision
Sports Analytics
Data Visualization
Probabilistic Modeling
Fantasy Football
NFL
NBA
Sports Writing
Baseball
Music
Reading
Projects
5 entries

Game Film

Preview of SMT Data Challenge
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PROJ-001

SMT Data Challenge

Developed a machine learning pipeline on MiLB tracking data to model baserunning with logistic regression and optimize cutoff play decisions with a Random Forest classifier, visualized through an interactive dashboard.

Tech Stack
Pythonscikit-learnR ShinyMachine Learning
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Preview of NFL Wordle
Featured
PROJ-002

NFL Wordle

Built an interactive NFL guessing game inspired by Wordle, challenging players to identify NFL players based on attributes like team, position, and stats. Features dynamic feedback and player database integration.

Tech Stack
TypeScriptNext.jsSQLFastAPI
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Preview of NFL Big Data Bowl
PROJ-003

NFL Big Data Bowl

Utilized XGBoost to model NFL tracking data, assigning tackle probabilities to plays to develop a new 'Tackle Rate over Expectation' metric. Commended by NFL analytics departments for quality of visualizations.

Tech Stack
RXGBoostData Visualization
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Preview of Fire-Ready Forests
PROJ-004

Fire-Ready Forests

Used Aerial and Terrestrial Laser Scanning data to build 3-D Canopy Height Models, generate engineered treelists, and train ML models to predict tree species and forest attributes for wildfire simulation.

Tech Stack
PythonLiDAR3D ModelingMachine Learning
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Preview of Power Outage Analysis
PROJ-005

Power Outage Analysis

Built a Random Forest Regression model with scikit-learn to analyze a dataset of power outages, used techniques like one hot encoding, hyperparameter tuning, and cross-validation to optimize model predictions.

Tech Stack
PythonRandom ForestHypothesis TestingCross-Validation
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