Akarsh Kumar
PhD Candidate
Irving, Texas, United States
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Top SchoolAkarsh Kumar is a PhD candidate and software engineer with a decade of experience building ML and software systems, currently seeking full-time SWE or ML roles. He combines strong academic rigor from UT Austin with hands-on research that produced novel models like MLP-Shaker and a genetic algorithm for adaptive mutation rates, plus a CV motion-capture method used in fMRI neuroscience studies. His work spans production backend engineering (Django/Python) and cutting-edge research published and presented at venues including CVPR workshops. Known for bridging theory and application, he has driven projects from algorithm design to deployable systems and authored first-author papers. Based in Irving, Texas, he is motivated by understanding intelligence and develops broadly applicable architectures rather than niche solutions.
10 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Engineering and Physics, Major GPA: 3.97, Overall GPA: 3.95, Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Engineering and Physics, Major GPA: 3.97, Overall GPA: 3.95 at Cockrell School of Engineering, The University of Texas at AustinHigh School Diploma, Physics, Computer Science, and Math, GPA: 4.23, High School Diploma, Physics, Computer Science, and Math, GPA: 4.23 at Arkansas School for Mathematics, Sciences, and the Arts
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Github Skills (61)
proximal-policy-optimization10
python10
machine-learning10
numpy10
deep-learning10
gpu10
wandb10
neural-network10
actor-critic10
reinforcement-learning9
grasp9
c519
sac9
single-file9
gomoku9
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
akarshkumar0101/dotfiles
Jun 2020 - Aug 2024
Contributions:106 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 3 months
akarshkumar0101/Strategic-Anomalies
Nov 2016 - Jan 2019
Contributions:77 commits, 63 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 2 months
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