High School Computer Science

Vedant Kumar

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Interests

Language implementation, operating systems, and artificial intelligence.

Education

B.S in Electrical and Computer Engineering

University of California, Berkeley

Expected graduation date: May 2015

Valedictorian, duPont Manual High School

Projects (https://github.com/vedantk)

53otron: LLVM-based JIT compiler for a small, Scheme-like vector language (C

auto-diagonalize: Optimization pass for LLVM that generates closed-forms for loops (C

opencv-shenanigans: Simple realtime video analysis and filtering with OpenCV (C

intelligent-agents: Generic framework for implementing adversarial search agents (C

CalculusBlasters: Calculus word problem generator and solver (Python).

cc: Generic container library with support for hashmaps, tries, and other structures (C).

evt-server: Multi-threaded server framework using libevent and pthreads for C.

min-dist: Script that finds minimum collective distance using the Google Maps API (Python).

synthesis: Music generation program using a custom sparse Markov chain library (Python).

Solved a large constraint satisfaction problem for my high school (Python, class scheduling).

Wrote an image segmentation program used to diagnose cerebrovascular malformations in

C++. This software and the associated research was published, and received several awards.

Experience (http://net.vedantk.com/about/)

Intern at Hewlett-Packard, static analysis and verification of large programs (2012 - present).

Engineer at Flotype, working on distributed systems (Spring 2012).

Researcher at the Bio-Imaging Lab at the University of Louisville (2008 2010).

Linux administration: 5 years of using Arch Linux.

Webmaster for UC Berkeley's Gender and Women's Studies Department (Fall 2011).

Researcher and programmer at UC Berkeley's School of Optometry (Fall 2011).

Proficient in Python (7 years) and C/C++ (5 years), Scheme (4 years), and Java (2 years).

Honors

Google CS Connect ISEF Scholarship: top-10 Finalist (2010).

Runner-up at the Stanford-vs-Cal Big Hack, and at the 2nd Berkeley Hackjam (2012).

Intel Award for Excellence in Computer Science (2008, 2009).

CERN Openlab Scholarship: selected researcher for tour of the facility in Geneva (2010).

International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF): 2nd Place, Computer Science (2009, 2010).

IEEE Publication: 3D joint Markov-Gibbs model for segmenting blood vessels from MRA .

ACM Honorable Mention for student research in computer science (2009).

American Statistical Association: award for innovative use of statistics (2010).

Siemens Competition in Math, Science, and Technology: semi-finalist (2010).

All-county band, Jefferson county, 1st trumpet part; KMEA distinguished solo award ('08-'11).

MIT Lincoln Laboratory CERES Connection Award: naming of a minor planet (2009).

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