Hey, I'm Tejas!👋🏽

I'm a 4th year B.S. student at studying Computer Science🧑🏽‍💻. I'm interested in AI Safety and work as a research assistant at the UCLA NLP Lab. I'm also an organizer for 🤖AI Safety @ UCLA✨ encouraging more students to discover AI research! 

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4th (Final) Year Student
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SDE Intern @ Amazon
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B.S. Computer Science @ UCLA
Projects

QuantPyML
WIP
GitHub

An open-source, ML-instilled Python library and website for modeling financial securities and derivatives (stocks, options, crypto). Offers SOTA mathematical models (Black-Scholes, Jump-diffusion, Vasicek, etc.), Transformer-based forecasting tools, portfolio optimization tools (Markowitz, Sharpe), and adjustable arbitrage models.

HuggingFace
PyPi
Shoes

HitchHiker GitHub

A React webapp built with the NEXT stack that uses ChatGPT to generate travel plans and itineraries based on user preferences, travel, accomodation, and pricing. Users can chat with the AI to get recommendations and suggestions for their next trip. Integrated with Google Maps, Weather, and Calendar APIs to provide real-time information. Integrated with the Yelp API to provide the latest reviews and recommendations for restaurants and attractions.

NEXT.js
ChatGPT

CarMeet GitHub

A social media platform for car enthusiasts to share their rides, connect with other car enthusiasts, and find local car meets. Users can create profiles, upload photos, and comment on other users' posts. Supports real-time messaging. AI-enabled with a robust Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) binary classifier to enforce image upload rules. Built with the MERN stack.

React
MongoDB
TensorFlow
Experience
  • Amazon
    Software Development Engineer Intern
    • • Python, Kotlin, Java
    • • AWS Lambda, S3, Redshift
    • • Edge Firewall Computing, Serverless, Microservices
  • UCLA NLP Lab
    Research Assistant
    • • Python, PyTorch, Bash, CUDA
    • • HuggingFace, BERT, RoBERTa, DeBERTa LLMs
    • • Finetuning, Houlsby Adapters, Attention Mapping
  • AI Safety at UCLA
    Board + Research Lead
    • • Python, PyTorch, Tensorflow, HuggingFace
    • • Transformer LLMs, CNNs, Mistral, GPT, Claude
    • • Causal Tracing, Sparse Auto-encoders (SAEs), CNNs
  • The Coding School
    Teaching Assistant
    • • Python, PyTorch, Sci-Kit Learn
    • • R Studio, Sci-py, HuggingFace
    • • ML, KNN, Polynomial Regression, Random Forest
  • Bruin Spacecraft Group
    Chief Engineer
    • • C/C++, Python, Pandas, Numpy
    • • Rasberry Pi RP2040, ESP32, CORTEX-M4
    • • Systems design, Trajectory Forecasting, Radio RX/TX
  • Innexgo
    Software Engineer Intern
    • • Rust, Java, React, PostgreSQL
    • • AWS EC2, Websocket, RFID
    • • Cloud Backend Engineering, Microservice Architecture
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