Rachit Jaiswal

Notebook

A running record of where I’ve worked, what I’ve researched, and what I’ve written down along the way. Newest first.

In progress

Ongoing

CMR

LiDAR lane detection

I’m working on LiDAR lane detection using graph theory.

Ongoing

Hive

Personal project

I’m developing Hive, a personal agent platform for coordinating AI agents and tools across local and cloud environments.

In development

2026

Fall 2026–

Carnegie Mellon University

School of Computer Science, Bachelor of Science

Entered through the Human-Computer Interaction program after attending the University of Washington. Expected graduation June 2028.

Jun–Aug 2026

Qualcomm

Software Engineering Intern, San Diego

Built and deployed a production application for 200+ users to bring automotive product, configuration, and project information into one place.

  • Developed agentic search across projects so users could find comparable products, compare technical specifications, and retrieve relevant information across customer engagements.
  • Consolidated information from multiple sources to support product evaluation and technical requirements alignment.
Jan 2026–

CAIDA

Student Researcher, CAIDA REU, UC San Diego / San Diego Supercomputer Center

Studying the growth and evolution of the Internet through network data analysis and high-performance computing.

  • Work under the guidance of Kimberly C. Claffy and Ricky Mok.
  • Supported CAIDA’s 10-week ESCALATE Training Program through instruction and experiments in Internet measurement and cybersecurity.
Jan–Jun 2026

University of Washington Math AI Lab

Student Researcher

Worked on mathematical theorem retrieval across natural language, LaTeX, and Lean.

  • Developed a fine-tuned embedder with guidance from Vasily Ilin and Henry Kvinge.
  • Presented the work at the ICML 2026 AI for Math Workshop; accepted at the NeurIPS 2026 Math AI Workshop.

2025

Sep 2025–Jun 2026

Advanced Robotics at the University of Washington

Vision Specialist

Optimized a YOLO-based detection and classification pipeline on NVIDIA Jetson, reducing end-to-end latency from roughly 30 ms to 6–7 ms.

  • Used TensorRT, CUDA, quantization, and GPU-accelerated preprocessing and postprocessing.
  • Improved model execution and CPU–GPU memory transfers. ARUW placed third at the 2026 ARC Robotics Competition.
2025–2026

University of Washington

Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering

Computer Engineering; previous attendance.

2024

May 2024–Jul 2025

Poway Unified School District, KasmV2

Systems Engineer Intern

Initiated and engineered a multi-server AWS platform delivering browser-based desktops and applications across five high schools.

  • Built Docker and Nginx infrastructure with load balancing, AWS Auto Scaling, and Ansible/Terraform provisioning.
  • Automated deployment and centralized access to containerized computing environments.
Jul 12, 2024

Terraform vs Ansible

How infrastructure provisioning and configuration management fit together in KasmV2.

Technical note, 2024

Notes were originally written for a 2024 classroom or project environment. Commands and interfaces may differ in current versions. All writing, including the archive

2023

Aug–Nov 2023

TrinamiX

Intern, Laser-Induced Speckle Identification, Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Germany

Trained machine learning models to identify materials from laser speckle patterns using fractal dimension calculations.

  • Built a custom dataset pipeline using polarized lenses and high-resolution imaging to capture speckle samples.
Jun–Oct 2023

LLM Matching Research Project

Student Researcher, mentored by Naman Gupta

Explored LLM-based conversation simulation and matching under the mentorship of Stanford PhD student Naman Gupta.

  • Optimized Gale–Shapley-related LLM calls using lazy pool optimization and clustering, with a reported 70% reduction in compute time.
Jun–Oct 2023

Cambridge Centre for International Research

Hindi–English Code-Switched Translation

Worked on Hindi–English code-switched translation using machine learning and NLP.

2022

Jun–Aug 2022

ColorTokens

Security Engineering Intern, San Francisco

Built automation for Linux security services and used Python to automate log ingestion and anomaly detection.

  • Supported vulnerability detection and remediation, reducing the need for manual review in server-network workflows.

2019

Jun 2019–Mar 2025

CyberPatriot

Team Captain

Captained a two-time national finalist and national champion team in Linux, Windows, and network security.

  • Worked on vulnerability remediation, patching, service hardening, and live defensive exercises.
Jun 2019–Mar 2025

FIRST Tech Challenge, Team 15171 Scorpio

Captain and Programming Lead

Led programming and team strategy, developing vision-based autonomous behavior and navigation for competition robots.

  • Worked with OpenCV, neural networks, odometry, PID control, and finite state machines.
  • Dean’s List Semifinalist in 2022 and 2023.

Earlier

Undated

Tech Space

Founder and President

Introduced peers to emerging technologies through workshops, demonstrations, and collaborations with engineers.

Undated

Aerospace & Rocketry Club

President

Led projects involving drones, model rockets, and STEM outreach.