Ashvin Ganesan

Computer Science & Mathematics Student at Reed College

About Me

I’m a passionate computer science and mathematics student with extensive experience in AI/ML, software engineering, and robotics. Currently working as a Software Engineering - AI & Graph at BlueArc, I’ve contributed to fraud detection algorithms and LLM-powered systems.

Education

Reed College

Computer Science & Mathematics | 2022 - 2026

CS Courses: CS Fundamentals II, Algorithms & Data Structures, Computer Systems, Programming Language Design & Implementation, and Computability & Complexity

Math Courses: Intro to Analysis, Discrete Math, Linear Algebra, Vector Calculus, Abstract Algebra, and Number Theory

Woodside Priory High School

CS/Math Focus | 2018 - 2022

Courses: AI, ML, Algorithms & Data Structures, AP CS, Intro to Computer Science, AP Statistics, AP Calculus BC, AP Physics C, & four years of Robotics

Awards: CS Department award 2020 & CS Department award 2022

Experience

Software Engineering - AI & Graph at BlueArc

September 2024 - Present

Written core fraud detection algorithms
Built/improved system for automated fraud detection
Trained new hires

Software Engineering Intern at BlueArc

May 2024 - September 2024

Developed core frameworks for BlueArc’s LLM-powered automatic risk-management and compliance system
Key contributions in API integration, prompt engineering, and embedding systems

Computer Science & Math Trainer at DataAnnotation

May 2024 - Present

Specializes in prompt engineering and evaluating LLM responses
Guides LLMs to solve complex Math & CS problems

Computer Science Trainer at Scale AI (Outliers)

February 2024 - Present

Reviews and assesses AI-generated code for accuracy and quality

CPU Machine Learning Co-Op/Intern at AMD

May 2023 - Aug 2023

Led project focused on partial quantization of convolutional neural networks (CNNs)
Developed and applied genetic algorithm to quantize 90% of CNN nodes
Achieved dramatic model size reduction with only 0.2% accuracy loss (vs 10% with full quantization)
Reduced memory usage and sped up inference times for resource-constrained devices

Captain of the Barn2Robotics FRC Team 751

2021-2022

Led team organization, scheduling, and budget management
Taught CAD and design process
Spearheaded recruitment efforts and managed component leads

Skills

Advanced

Java, Python, ONNX Runtime, Solidworks CAD, Git, Prompt Engineering

Proficient

C++, C, OCaml, SQL, TensorFlow, Fusion 360 CAM, Spreadsheets, Arduino, LaTeX, Mechanical Design

Basic

Swift, MIPS Assembly, Raspberry Pi, Electronics

Projects

Programming Language Design

OCaml lite programming language - Custom programming language implementation

Robotics

Rubik’s Cube Solver - Designed and built a robot to solve the Rubik’s cube

AI/ML Projects

Sliding Tile puzzle solver
3D Tic-Tac-Toe Player
Titanic Survival Evaluator
Linear regression housing price prediction
MNIST digit identification

Algorithm Projects

Merge Sort, Heap Sort
Regular Expressions Evaluation
Recursive Descent Parser
Binary Search Trees

Other Projects

Advent of Code solutions
Project Euler problems

Contact

Email: ashvin.ganesan@gmail.com
Phone: 650-460-4725
Location: Portola Valley, CA 94028
GitHub: github.com/ashvinganesan
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/ashvin-ganesan

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