Hi, I’m Hrishikesh

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My work experience

SwAPP Lab2025 – Present

Research Intern

Working with researchers from TU Darmstadt University towards predicting the runtime analysis of parallel code run on Supercomputers using LLMs. Experimented with Prompt Engineering and Activation Steering for fine-tuning the reasoning model.

  • LLMs
  • Prompt Engineering
  • Activation Steering
  • Parallel Computing
  • Supercomputers
IRLab2026 – Present

Research Intern

Researching performance optimization for stylus-drawable canvases in AR/VR. Used Unity and Ray Cast with C# for developing better-performing ray tracing applications.

  • Unity
  • C#
  • AR/VR
  • Ray Tracing
Iowa State University CS2024 – 2025

Undergraduate Teaching Assistant

Led recitations and office hours for COM S 227 (OOP), helping over 100 students per semester grasp Java, recursion, and design patterns.

  • Java
  • OOP
  • Recursion
  • Teaching
Iowa State University2024 – 2025

Supplemental Instruction Leader

Conducted peer-led study sessions for Calculus and Discrete Math. Developed custom worksheets and visual aids to improve student retention.

  • Calculus
  • Discrete Math
  • Instruction
Iowa State University CS2024 – 2025

CS Help Room Tutor

Provided one-on-one tutoring across CS courses. Assisted students with debugging, algorithm design, and core programming concepts.

  • Data Structures
  • Algorithms
  • Problem Solving

Excerpts of My Projects

HoyaHacks @ Georgetown '26

LLMployable

Full-stack AI career platform that automates hyper-tailored resume creation by semantically matching GitHub & LinkedIn data with job descriptions and generating ATS-friendly PDFs via LaTeX. Features voice-enabled mock interviews powered by ElevenLabs AI, a MongoDB Atlas backend, and end-to-end Docker containerization.

  • React 19.2
  • Flask
  • Gemini
  • ElevenLabs AI
  • MongoDB Atlas
  • LaTeX
  • Docker

Vision Transformer from Scratch

ViT built from scratch in PyTorch on CIFAR-10 with custom patch embedding, transformer encoder blocks, and color-coded prediction grids — inspired by 'An Image is Worth 16×16 Words'.

  • Python
  • PyTorch
  • TorchVision
  • CIFAR-10

TED Talk Recommender

Content-based recommender using TF-IDF + cosine similarity with an interactive Streamlit app, Dockerized deployment, and EDA-driven WordCloud visualizations.

  • Python
  • NLP
  • TF-IDF
  • Streamlit
  • Docker

Infrastructure Cost Optimizer

Azure cost-optimization engine using PowerShell runbooks for VM right-sizing, storage tiering, and IaC deployments with Bicep/Terraform and Azure Copilot.

  • Azure
  • PowerShell
  • Bicep
  • Terraform

FoundFirst App

Spring Boot + MySQL platform with OTP-based auth, real-time chat & notifications via WebSockets, and a modular Command-pattern core. Led 4-member Agile team as Scrum Master — 15+ features across 3 sprints with full CI/CD.

  • Spring Boot
  • MySQL
  • WebSockets
  • CI/CD
  • Agile

Open Source Contributions

apache/stormcrawler

Contributor

Fixed SLF4J NOP logger warnings in tests by adding slf4j-simple dependency.

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AOSSIE-Org/Devr.AI

Contributor

Introduced RabbitMQ as a first-class service in Docker Compose for local development.

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josdem/vetlog-spring-boot

Contributor

Implemented Spanish label fixes across multiple pages.

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I work with

Languages

Java
Python
Kotlin
C++
C
JavaScript
TypeScript
HTML/CSS
Swift
Bash
PowerShell logoPowerShell
Terraform
Java
Python
Kotlin
C++
C
JavaScript
TypeScript
HTML/CSS
Swift
Bash
PowerShell logoPowerShell
Terraform

Frameworks

React.js
Node.js
Express.js
SpringBoot
FastAPI logoFastAPI
Bootstrap
Django
PyTorch
NumPy
Flask
MongoDB
PostgreSQL
JUnit logoJUnit
Chart.js logoChart.js
Streamlit logoStreamlit
React.js
Node.js
Express.js
SpringBoot
FastAPI logoFastAPI
Bootstrap
Django
PyTorch
NumPy
Flask
MongoDB
PostgreSQL
JUnit logoJUnit
Chart.js logoChart.js
Streamlit logoStreamlit

Tools

Git
Docker
Kubernetes
Gradle
Jupyter
Linux/Unix
AWS
Azure
GitHub Actions logoGitHub Actions
GitLab
Postman logoPostman
RabbitMQ logoRabbitMQ
Git
Docker
Kubernetes
Gradle
Jupyter
Linux/Unix
AWS
Azure
GitHub Actions logoGitHub Actions
GitLab
Postman logoPostman
RabbitMQ logoRabbitMQ

Have any ideas you wanna collab with? Let’s Talk!

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