Proposal for Participation in the Open-Source Social Media Data Donation Tool #4
Description
roposal for Participation in the Open-Source Social Media Data Donation Tool
Name: Simran Shaikh
Email: shaikhsimran20.2003@gmail.com
LinkedIn: Simran Shaikh
GitHub: Simran Shaikh
Why I’m Interested in This Project
As a Computer Science and Engineering undergraduate deeply passionate about ethical AI, social impact tools, and open-source development, I find this project highly aligned with both my technical and personal goals. The challenge of building a privacy-focused data donation tool that empowers users and researchers to understand content engagement is incredibly timely and important in the age of AI-generated media.
I have previously worked on AI-powered tools and scraping systems, and I’m eager to bring that experience to a transparent and community-driven initiative like SimPPL's.
Relevant Skills and Experience
Technical Skills
Languages: Python, Java, C/C++, SQL
Databases: MySQL, MongoDB
LLM/AI Tools: RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation), Groq APIs, Prompt Engineering
Developer Tools: VS Code, Google Colab, Git/GitHub, Streamlit
Key Projects
AI Powered Grammar and Spell Checker (Hackathon Winner)
Built with Streamlit and Groq’s Mixtral-8x7B to provide real-time, multilingual grammar correction with prompt engineering.
SEO InsightHub (Global Agent Hackathon) Hackathon Winner
An AI-driven SEO platform using LLaMA + Agno framework, Firecrawl, and Exa APIs, with encrypted key handling and GDPR compliance.
Smart Resume Assistant
Created an AI-based ATS tool using LLaMA for resume parsing, job score prediction, and instant feedback.
Cold Email Generator
A tool that scrapes job listings, extracts key data, and generates personalized cold emails using AI.
Web Scraping Intern – Keshav Encon
Developed data extraction pipelines using Scrapy, BeautifulSoup, and XPath, ensuring ethical scraping and robots.txt compliance.
What I Can Contribute
Browser Extension Dev: With solid frontend and Python automation skills, I can help design the extension to capture user interactions responsibly and anonymously.
Open Source Collaboration: Top 5% contributor in GirlScript Summer of Code Extended, I understand how to write modular, documented, and pull-request-ready code.
Goals and Expectations
Goal Description
Build Help implement the browser extension and ensure cross-browser compatibility.
Learn Deepen my understanding of WebExtension APIs and privacy-first data engineering.
Collaborate Work closely with mentors and developers to enhance and document the project.
Open Source Contribute clean, understandable, and well-commented code for future maintainers.
Why Me?
With strong academic performance, hands-on project work in AI tools, ethical scraping, and LLM frameworks, along with a history of open-source contributions, I’m confident in my ability to contribute meaningfully. My passion for building solutions that are both user-empowering and privacy-aware makes me a great fit for this project.
Availability
I am fully available throughout the 6-week project timeline and open to continued contributions beyond the initial scope.
Thank you for this opportunity!
Looking forward to working with SimPPL and the open-source community.
Simran Shaikh
shaikhsimran20.2003@gmail.com
Looking forward to hearing from @DharaAMungra