Priyanka Verma
PhD Candidate
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolPriyanka Verma is a PhD candidate in Spatial Data Science at McGill with nine years of experience applying geospatial analytics and machine learning to urban and environmental problems. She has built production-grade GIS workflows and automation—ranging from ArcGIS Portal deployments and web-scraping pipelines to a Prior Correction module for TerrSet that improved classification accuracy. Prior roles at Foot Locker and RKF honed her ability to translate spatial models into business-facing insights for retail site selection, market planning, and targeted marketing. She combines deep research on urban systems with practical engineering skills, including evaluation of deep learning architectures for coastal habitat vulnerability and aquaculture mapping. Based in Montreal, she has a track record of competitive selection (including a Mapbox internship offer from a pool of 1,900 applicants) and bridges academic rigor with real-world impact.
9 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS, Master of Science - MS at Clark UniversityHigh School, High School at Manhattan/Hunter Science High SchoolBachelor of Arts - BA, Bachelor of Arts - BA at Hunter CollegeDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD at McGill University
Hindi
Github Skills (2)
matrix7
python6
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
verma-priyanka/pontiPy_MapBiomas
Oct 2020 - Dec 2020
Contributions:37 commits, 35 pushes, 3 branches in 1 month
preyankah/Web-Scraper-Scripts
Jul 2016 - Sep 2019
Contributions:4 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 2 months
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