Projects

Programming Language Design

OCaml‑Lite — Custom programming language implementation

• Designed and implemented a lightweight programming language in OCaml
• Created parser, lexer, and interpreter components
• Implemented core language features and syntax

Robotics

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

• Built physical robot using Arduino and servo motors
• Implemented solving algorithm in C++
• Designed routered components using Solidworks/Fusion CAM

AI/ML Projects

Sliding Tile Puzzle Solver

• Implemented A* search algorithm to solve 8-puzzle and 15-puzzle
• Used Python with NumPy for optimization
• Achieved optimal solution paths for various puzzle configurations
• Can reliably solve boards up to 5x5 and smaller

3D Tic‑Tac‑Toe

• Play: games.ashvinganesan.me/3dttt
• Code: github.com/ashvinganesan/3DTicTacToe/tree/gh-pages
• 4×4×4 3D Tic‑Tac‑Toe with a Java AI (minimax + alpha‑beta) compiled to WebAssembly with TeaVM, rendered in Three.js.
• The AI runs in a Web Worker, so the page stays responsive. Click to place, hover to preview, and see win lines highlighted.
• Static, client‑side only; hosted on GitHub Pages.
• Three.js interaction: OrbitControls for camera and Raycaster for precise picking.
• Deployed via GitHub Pages to games.ashvinganesan.me/3dttt

Titanic Survival Evaluator

• Built machine learning model to predict passenger survival
• Used scikit-learn for data preprocessing and model training
• Achieved 85% accuracy on test dataset

MNIST Digit Identification

• Trained neural network to recognize handwritten digits
• Used TensorFlow for model implementation
• Achieved 98% accuracy on MNIST test set

Recursive Descent Parser

• Built parser for arithmetic expressions
• Implemented grammar rules and syntax tree construction
• Handles operator precedence and associativity

Other Projects

Advent of Code

• Solved programming challenges in Python and C++
• Focused on algorithm optimization and data structures
• Completed multiple years of challenges

Project Euler

• Mathematical programming problems
• Implemented efficient algorithms for number theory problems
• Used various programming languages for optimization

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