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General Information
| Full Name | Vishesh Prasad |
| Languages | English, Kannada |
Education
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2025 - Present MS/PhD - Computer Engineering
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign -
2021 - 2025 BS - Computer Engineering
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign - Minors in Mathematics, Statistics, Econometrics
- Highest Honors
Experience
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2025 - Present Research Assistant
University of Illinois Department of Computer Science - Researching adversarial reinforcement learning
- Advised by Dr. Arindam Banerjee
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2023 - Present Research Assistant
University of Illinois Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering -
2025 - Present Graduate Teaching Assistant
University of Illinois Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering - (Head TA) CS 446/ECE 449 – Machine Learning (Jan. 2025 - Present)
- CS/ECE 374 – Algorithms & Models of Computation (Aug. 2025 - Dec. 2025)
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2024 - 2025 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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2022 - 2025 Undergraduate Teaching Assistant
University of Illinois Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering - ECE 364 – Programming Methods for Machine Learning (Jan. 2025 - May 2025)
- CS/ECE 374 – Algorithms & Models of Computation (Jan. 2024 - Dec. 2024)
- Engineering Economics – Course Development as Head TA (Apr. 2024 - July 2024)
- ECE 110 – Introduction to Electronics (Aug. 2022 - Aug. 2023)
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2024 Research Assistant
CS at Cornell University - Software Engineering and Analysis Lab (SEAL)
- Advised by Dr. Saikat Dutta
- Machine Learning operations (MLOps) research study
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2024 Software Engineering Intern
GEICO -
2023 Embedded Software Developer Intern
Lumentum
Honors and Awards
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2024 - 2025 - Edward C. Jordan Award (ECE @ UIUC)
- Indira Gunda Saladi Research Scholarship (ECE @ UIUC)
- Illinois Scholars Undergraduate Research Scholarship (UIUC)
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2023 - 2025 - Dean’s List
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2021 - 2025 - Edmund J. James Scholar
Other Interests
- Hobbies: Chess, Hiking, Tenor Saxophone, Reading, Woodworking, LEGO, Football, Cricket