Aditya Azad
PHD Student at Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
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Top SchoolAditya Azad is a PhD student in Robotics Engineering with eight years of software engineering experience spanning research labs and industry. He blends back-end development and research, contributing to open-source projects like MindsDB where he integrated third-party APIs (e.g., Yotpo) into Shopify connectors while emphasizing code quality and documentation. His background includes hands-on roles at NYU research labs and practical engineering stints at Cummins and CRRI, underscoring a mix of academic rigor and production-facing implementation. Based in Worcester, MA, he is completing advanced CS study at NYU and pursuing doctoral research at WPI, bringing a strong foundation in federated data systems and robotics. Notably, he pairs research sensibilities with pragmatic API integrations—improving maintainability and PEP8-compliant code in widely used AI query tooling.
8 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS, Computer Science, Master of Science - MS, Computer Science at New York UniversityDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Robotics Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Robotics Engineering at Worcester Polytechnic InstituteBachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science, Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science at Purdue University
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Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
mindsdb/mindshub
Oct 2023 - Nov 2023
The unified workspace where open-source models get things done for you.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:7 reviews, 14 PRs, 33 comments in 1 month
Contributions summary:Aditya implemented and integrated a new customer reviews table within the Shopify integration, incorporating the Yotpo API to retrieve customer reviews. They modified existing Shopify handler code to register the new table and connect to the Yotpo API. The user focused on code quality, ensuring PEP8 compliance and fixing documentation, which improved the integration's robustness and maintainability. These commits demonstrate the user's ability to extend existing integrations by incorporating third-party APIs and integrating with the application.
localaimachine-learning-databasesolacesinglestoreexplainable-ml
aditya-azad/destined
Aug 2020 - Aug 2022
A minimal tasks/calendar management system
Contributions:2 releases, 44 commits, 2 PRs in 2 years
management-systemcalendar
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