About

Hi!

I’m a third‑year undergraduate double majoring in Information Systems and Artificial Intelligence at Carnegie Mellon University. Most of my work sits at the intersection of software engineering, applied machine learning, and music.

What I enjoy most is understanding how things behave under the hood. That could mean debugging a backend service, designing a simulation model, or figuring out why a system behaves differently at scale than it does in a test environment. See my projects here!

I’m especially interested in:

• backend and cloud systems
• distributed architectures
• data‑driven applications
• simulation and security research

In general, I enjoy projects where software interacts with real constraints such as performance limits or complex real‑world systems.

In my spare time, I play the violin, write, and spend a lot of time with music. My favourite musicals are Notre-Dame de Paris and Les Miserables, and my favourite author is Hugo, obviously. I also enjoy finding less well-known songs that do not have many covers and creating my own arrangements for them. Over the past five years, I have made more than 30 covers; one of my favourites is Ces diamants-la from Notre-Dame de Paris. I have also taken sound and audio engineering courses at CMU, where I learnt techniques for producing professional recordings.

Beyond musical theatre and audio production, I have a deep love for classical violin. One of the first things I want to do after graduating from college is resume weekly violin lessons. In the past, I learnt violin under Maestro Julian Quirit and completed an Associate Diploma in Violin Performance, associated with the University of Melbourne and AMEB. I also played with the Melbourne Youth Symphony Orchestra for two years, where I made wonderful memories with wonderful people. At CMU, I played in the All University Orchestra. My favourite violin piece is Franck’s Violin Sonata, and for a long time I dreamed of being able to play both the violin and piano parts myself. It turns out that my violin skills might be close enough, but my piano skills are… not quite there. So perhaps the dream has become learning the violin part well and finding someone who can play the accompaniment! I also love Wieniawski’s Violin Concertos Nos. 1 and 2, as well as Grieg’s Violin Sonata No. 3.

Software Engineering Experience

I previously worked as a Software Development Intern at Erin Technologies, where I focused on backend infrastructure and production systems.

My work there involved modernising parts of the company’s backend architecture. This included building and maintaining AWS‑based services, refactoring legacy logic into modular processors, and supporting analytics pipelines used for reporting and operational insights.

What I enjoyed most about that experience was working with real production systems. Writing code that people depend on daily changes how you think about engineering. Stability, maintainability, and clear architecture become just as important as shipping features.

Technical Background

My coursework combines systems engineering with quantitative modelling.

On the systems side, I’ve studied topics such as deep learning, computer systems, algorithms, and robotics planning. On the quantitative side, I’ve taken courses in probability, statistical inference, regression, computer vision, and machine learning. I’m also a Teaching Assistant at CMU for probability and statistical inference and I really enjoyed working with students and helping them to learn!

Attaching my favourite interpretation of the Grieg Violin Sonata No.3 by Julia Fischer.