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CS_MATH @ DUKE // VISA_SWE // INTEROS_DATA_SCIENCE // QUANT_COMPETITOR

Building intelligent systems at the intersection of artificial intelligence and meaningful software

          Embedding(vocab_size, embedding_dim, input_length=max_length),
          GlobalAveragePooling1D(),
          Dropout(0.2),
          Dense(hidden_units, activation='relu'),
          Dense(1, activation='sigmoid')

> 01 // PROJECTS

MarketMentor

[HACKTECH_2025]

Personal investment advisor integrating with brokerage accounts and news sites for real-time portfolio analysis and AI-driven trading recommendations.

Hacktech FinalistPersonaized predictonsPolygon / AlphaVantage API Integration

PythonGPT-4DBSCANMongoDBReact

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Amazon E-Commerce Simulation

[DUKE_CS316_DATABASES]

Full-stack e-commerce platform with secure authentication and optimized database queries

800ms → 150ms98% accessibilityFull auth system

PythonFlaskPostgreSQLBootstrapJavaScript

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Humanizing the MTA

[CUBIST_HACKATHON]

Real-time safety metrics dashboard with predictive ML analytics

Real-time dataCrime predictionInteractive maps

FlaskFoliumPandasAutoregression

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Trivia Game

[NYU_CSCI480_WEBDEV]

Cloud-hosted JavaScript trivia app with MVC architecture and CI/CD pipeline

RESTful APIAuto-deployText search

Node.jsExpressHandlebarsREST APIsGitHub Actions

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Reddit Sentiment Analyzer

[ML_PROJECT]

Real-time sentiment analysis using PyTorch LSTM with live data streaming

22% accuracy boost10ms live updatingReal-time

PyTorchFlaskReddit APIHeroku

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Gemma Summarizer

[GO_WEBAPP]

Text summarization app with Go/Gin backend integrated with Google's Gemma LLM

Multi-stage buildCI/CDPersistent history

GoGinVue.jsDockerRailwayGemma API

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Staying Healthy

[AWS_GAME]

Full-stack JavaScript runner game with AWS backend for health education

ServerlessNoSQLREST API

JavaScriptAWS LambdaDynamoDBAPI Gateway

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Cache Simulator

[DUKE_CS250_COMPARCH]

Single-level cache simulator implementing LRU replacement and write-back policies

16MB simulationLRU cacheWrite-back

CUNIXBitwise OpsMemory Management

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Autocomplete CS201

[DUKE_CS201_DATA_STRUCTURES]

Created a word-autocomplete system in Java using binary search and hash maps

Binary searchHash mapsAutocomplete system

JavaData Structures and AlgorithmsObject Oriented ProgrammingJUnit

Huffman CS201

[DUKE_CS201_DATA_STRUCTURES]

Implemented efficient compression algorithm reducing file sizes by up to 60% without data loss

60% compressionBinary treePriority queueMemory optimization

JavaData Structures and AlgorithmsObject Oriented ProgrammingJUnit

Life Expectancy Analysis

[DUKE_STA199_DATA_SCIENCE]

Statistical analysis of socioeconomic factors impacting life expectancy across countries

15 years dataMulti-countryFeature selection

RTidyverseggplot2Linear Regression

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Single-Cell RNA Sequencing

[DUKE_BIOBYTE]

Analyzed a Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells (PBMC) dataset with Seurat to reveal unique gene expression profiles

PBMC datasetPCA reductionGraph-based clusteringDifferential expression

RSeurat10X Genomics

Bootleg Quizlet CLI

[PYTHON_PROJECT]

Coded multiple-choice and written answer prompt functions; used by 15+ users without Quizlet Plus for finals

$8/month savings15+ usersMultiple question types

Python

> 02 // WORK_EXPERIENCE

Visa Inc.

Software Engineer Intern

May 2025 - Aug 2025

PythonLangChainMCPAgile

Automated root-cause analysis for production incidents across 3000+ tickets, cutting MTTR by 85%
Architected LangChain multi-agent pipeline with semantic search and MCP-based agent coordination

Duke University

Undergraduate Research Assistant

Oct 2024

PythontwscrapePandasSnowflake

Built automated Twitter scraping framework collecting 1000+ election policy tweets
Implemented rate-limiting, proxy rotation, and Snowflake data pipelines

Duke Quantitative Finance

Trading Competitor

Sept 2023 - Present

PythonFinanceAlgorithms

Point72 Investment Analysis Academy - options, valuation, market making
Developed Python trading algorithms, managed $1M simulated portfolio in Duke FINTECH

Interos.ai

Data Science R&D Intern

Jun 2024 - Jul 2024

PythonMongoDBOCRLLM

Developed OCR data extraction pipelines, reduced preprocessing time by 32%
Trained lightweight LLM for region-specific supply chain risk summaries

AYR.ai

Software Engineer Intern

Sep 2022 - Aug 2023

PythonReact.jsSeleniumOCR

Improved handwriting classification by 28% with Transformer-based OCR
Reduced data retrieval time by 64% with automated Selenium scraper

NJ Institute of Technology

Algorithmic Research Intern

Jul 2021 - Sep 2021

C++Algorithms

Designed parallel-capable C++ algorithm for graph processing
Optimized complexity through innovative data structures