For Arnav Saxena, the decision to pursue computer science as a career began when he decided to organize his music collection.
“One day, I decided to clean it up by writing a small script to sort, tag and organize everything,” he said. “Seeing it transform into something organized and searchable was magic.”
Saxena, who plans to start in the accelerated master’s program next semester, is in the middle of an internship at the Northwestern Mutual Data Science Institute, a collaboration that brings researchers and students at UWM and at Marquette together with NMDSI with the aim of establishing Wisconsin as a recognized national hub for data science and technology.
He recently was featured on the NMDSI webpage in a Q&A that details what a day in the life of a data engineering intern is like there. He shares insights he has gained which has helped him see how the degree can be applied to many problems.
This is his second internship with NMDSI, where he is working part-time this school year.
When he is not working or in class, Saxena is developing an app to help UWM students working find resources to support mental well-being and social networking.