Aref Malek.
Aspiring Experimentalist
Current CS Senior at Purdue that likes building side projects. Taking it one day at a time and trying to grow.
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About Me
I’m currently a CS Senior @ Purdue, graduating May 2024! In my final semester of CS, I’m hoping to learn a bunch more about fundamental CS topics, specifically Compilers and Databases. In the past, I really enjoyed coursework with ML, Algorithms, as well as OS - hoping to continue getting out of my comfort zone learning.
Professionally I’ve been all over the place, I’ve recently just completed an internship at Tesla where I worked as a full-stack dev on the Energy Product Software Team. Previously I’ve interned at NASA working on Computer Vision for drones, AWS for application platforms for Machine Learning, and I’ve been a TA for my University’s Computer Architecture course.
Focus is a funny thing, I’ve realized less is more and learning happens best by doing, I’m hoping to build my foundations of CS until I graduate and use that knowledge to tackle fun problems from there on!
Here's some tech I've picked up along the way:- Python
- C/C++/x86 Assembly
- Java
- Typescript/Javascript
- React/Next.JS/Jest
- Node
- Express/Fastify
- Tensorflow, PyTorch
- Docker/NGINX
Experience
Currently I’m an intern on Tesla’s energy division. I worked on separate aspects of Energy’s Commercial UI’s, including:
- Developed internal tools for the supercharger network, think Google Maps for the health and expansion of superchargers.
- Built a analytics collections service for all of Tesla’s frontend energy products. Learned lots about working inbetween teams and launching platform-agnostic services.
- Moved fast and broke (possibly too many) things :^)
Worked on real-time segmentation algorithms for drones with hyperspectral imaging for wildfire detection.
- Built a real-time wildfire detection algorithm with OpenCV/Tensorflow, and demonstrated in simulation
- Designed and trained classification/segmentation deep neural networks for multispectral remote sensing imagery
- Completed full, self-directed research pipeline including literature review, experimentation, and presentation
Interned on AWS Panorama on the application platform team. Helped to reduce deployment times for ML applications.
- Introduced a sideloading feature that reduces wait times by 70%. Aimed to improve developer experience with an simpler, more efficient interface for Panorama
- Built a device-side server that manages internal device state while receiving customer data Sideloading is now live and accessible on AWS Docs.
Worked in weekly recitations for Purdue’s Computer Architecture course.
Instructed, assisted, and assessed 20 students weekly on knowledge as well as organize lab procedures with undergraduate and graduate TAs.
Education
2020 - 2024
Bachelor of Computer Science
Purdue University, West Lafayette
GPA:
3.9 / 4.0
Specialized in Machine Intelligence, Systems Programming. Minored in Math.
Extracurricular Activities
Projects
Python
React
Typescript
OpenCV
Airdraw
A vision based drawing application. Debuted at number 4 on Hacker News, and got lots of great feedback about what people like.
Python
Pandas
Seaborne
Numpy
Electoral Analysis
Analsis that shows how weighted votes of the electoral college leads to discrimination towards race, age, and gender.
Javascript
HTML
CSS
Sorting Visualizer
Personal sorting visualizer for algorithms such as bubble-sort, heap-sort, and merge-sort.
Achievements
Semester Honors and Dean's list
Rewarded for high academic performance consistently each semester.
Scholarships
Obtained external scholarships summing into the 5 figures. Various sources include Pell Grant, Clara and Thermo Fisher funds, and VIP Program at Purdue
Get in Touch
I am a benefactor of cold messaging, so please message about anything. I check platforms often, try multiple if I’m unresponsive.