Rithwik Shivnani
Undergraduate Researcher
San Francisco Bay Area United States
Summary
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Top SchoolRithwik Shivnani is an Applied Math and Data Science undergrad at UC Berkeley with eight years of experience combining research, product engineering, and public-facing writing. He currently builds CNN-based models for visual stimulus reconstruction at UCSF while founding admittedlyai to streamline college applications via full-stack development and LLM integrations. His work spans neuroscience, anthropology, and political analysis—translating complex social and biological systems into tractable models and educational resources. A proven organizer and writer, he has grown student organizations, launched a Model UN conference, and edits for Berkeley Political Review, signaling strong communication and leadership alongside technical depth. Notably, he pairs hands-on ML and prompt-engineering skills with interdisciplinary field research, bridging quantitative methods and real-world societal questions.
8 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts Applied Mathematics, Bachelor of Arts Applied Mathematics at University of California, BerkeleySummer School Mythology, Summer School Mythology at Brown UniversitySummer Program Pathways in Economics, Summer Program Pathways in Economics at University of Chicago
English, Hindi, Spanish
Github Skills (26)
python10
astronomy10
core-library10
astrophysics10
astropy10
telescope10
science10
imaging9
matching8
planets8
scanner8
machine-learning6
convolutional-neural-networks6
lzw5
lzma2
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
rithwiksud/Reine-Chess-Scoresheet-Scanner
Jan 2019 - Dec 2019
Reine - Handwritten Forms Processing (Chess Scoresheet Scanner)
Contributions:1 release, 40 commits, 6 PRs in 10 months
scannerpythonscoresheethandwritten
rithwiksud/astropy
Dec 2024 - Feb 2026
Astronomy and astrophysics core library - compression update fork
Contributions:2 PRs, 14 pushes, 4 branches in 1 year 2 months
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