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General Information
| Full Name | Vishesh Prasad |
| Languages | English, Kannada |
Education
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2021 - 2025 BS - Computer Engineering
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign - Minors in Mathematics, Statistics, Econometrics
Experience
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2023 - Present Undergraduate Research Assistant
University of Illinois Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering - Mathematical Language Processing Group (MLP)
- Advised by Dr. Nickvash Kani
- Designed a novel graph algorithm and used LLMs with other machine learning techniques to construct derivation graphs
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2024 - Present Undergraduate Research Assistant
IBM-Illinois Discovery Accelerator Institute (IIDAI) - Advised by Dr. Sasa Misailovic and Dr. Vikram S. Adve
- Run-time and accuracy optimization of emerging machine learning applications with a novel ML compiler
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2024 - Present Undergraduate Teaching Assistant
University of Illinois Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering - CS/ECE 374 – Algorithms & Models of Computation
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2024 Undergraduate Research Assistant
CS at Cornell University - Software Engineering and Analysis Lab (SEAL)
- Advised by Dr. Saikat Dutta
- Paper submitted to ISSTA 2025 - Machine Learning operations (MLOps) research study
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2024 Head Teaching Assistant
University of Illinois Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering - Lead the development of a new Engineering Economics Course with Dr. Can Bayram
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2024 Software Engineering Intern
GEICO -
2023 Embedded Software Developer Intern
Lumentum -
2022 - 2023 Undergraduate Course Assistant
University of Illinois Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering - ECE 110 – Introduction to Electronics
Honors and Awards
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2024 - 2025 - Indira Gunda Saladi Research Scholarship
- Illinois Scholars Undergraduate Research Scholarship
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2023 - 2025 - Dean’s List
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2021 - 2025 - Edmund J. James Scholar
Other Interests
- Hobbies: Chess, Reading, Woodworking, LEGO, Football, Cricket, Tenor Saxophone, Violin, Vehicles