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Hi, I'm Rakshit Nair

Computer Engineering Student at the University of Waterloo

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Rakshit Nair

<About Me/>

I'm a Computer Engineering student passionate about building innovative solutions that solve real-world problems.

One day, I hope to gather enough skills, work with a variety of talented and ambitious peers, and contribute to pioneering the society of tomorrow! 🚀

Education

Working towards B.ASc Computer Engineering

University of Waterloo

Recent Experience

Firmware Engineer

UW Orbital

<Technical Skills/>

C++
Python
Assembly
VHDL
STM32CubeIDE
Matlab
Pandas
Numpy
Git

<Featured Projects/>

Smart Home IoT System
DSA

Global Time Series Analyzer

A program that analyzes the World Bank Group Data Bank annual time series data from 512 countries around the world to identify trends.

C++

Data Structures and Algorithms

ADTs

Smart Home IoT System
AI

AI spam filter

An AI spam filter prototype that reads text messages to detect fraudulent texts and protect the elderly.

Python

Pandas

Numpy

Logistic Regression

Microsoft Azure

Microsoft Office

Smart Home IoT System
Windows API

RGB function Visaulizer

A Windows API program that takes mathematical function as an input and outputs a bitmap color graph

Windows API

C++

Smart Home IoT System
Hardware

RISC-V Interrupt-Controller

RISC V interrupt controller project created with Sparkfun RED-V Thing Plus board.

RISC-V

Assembly

Hardware interrupts

Smart Home IoT System
Computing

Sig Fig calculator

Computes division, returning the right number of significant digits without floating point error

C++

<Certifications/>

Academic Education

Bachelor of Applied Science in Computer Engineering
University of Waterloo
2023 - 2028 (Expected)

Maintaining a 3.7/4.0 GPA.

International Bacculeaurate (IB) Diploma
Halifax West High School - Halifax, Nova Scotia
2016 - 2020

Graduated with Principal's List (>90%) grade.

Work Experience

Front End Developer
RIA Advisory LLC.
Fall (September - December) 2024

Worked as a solo developer and created a POC website using the Hugo framework, HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, and Go.

AI Engineer
UWaterloo/Microsoft/Avanade Project Experience
Winter 2024 (January - April)

Worked in a group of 4 to create an AI and cloud hosted solution to combat financial fraud against the elderly. Created an AI spam filter to achieve this.

Certifications & Courses

AWS Certified Developer Associate
Amazon Web Services
2024

Learned how to design and deploy scalable, highly available and secure systems on AWS.

Microsoft Azure Fundamentals
Microsoft Azure
2023

Learned the basics of cloud technology in Microsoft Azure.

Microsoft Azure AI Fundamentals
Microsoft Azure
2023

Learned the basics of AI functionality in Microsoft Azure.

<Get In Touch/>

Contact Information

GitHub
github.com/Rak256

Current Status

Available for opportunities

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