# Ananya Kulshrestha > Engineer @ Rox | MIT Alumni Location: Fremont, California, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/ananyakulshrestha I am a junior at MIT and I am strongly interested in Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence. Feel free to reach out anytime! ## Work Experience ### Software Engineer @ Rox Jan 2025 – Present | San Francisco Bay Area ### Researcher - Collaborative Learning and Autonomy Research Lab @ MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) Jan 2024 – Jan 2025 | Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States • Developing and implementing learning algorithms for teaching robots complex features such as fragility and flexibility using multimodal feedback, including demonstrations, comparisons, and natural language inputs. ### Laboratory Assistant @ MIT EECS Jan 2024 – Jan 2025 Lab Assistant for 6.006 / 6.1210 (Introduction to Algorithms) ### Cloud Software Intern - Robotics Platform @ NVIDIA Jan 2024 – Jan 2024 | Santa Clara, California, United States • Streamlined GPU workflow scheduling by integrating AWS's mountpoint-s3, optimizing time and space efficiency for Robotics and ML workflows. • Achieved superior performance benchmarks by enabling on-demand data access, facilitating faster debugging and result procurement, with read speeds comparable to traditional download methods. ### Researcher - Quest Robotics Embodied Intelligence @ MIT Quest for Intelligence Jan 2024 – Jan 2024 | Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States • Helped the development of advanced object variability features within the EI Quest Robotics codebase, enhancing the robotic simulation environment to mimic real-world scenarios, contributing to the advancement of robotics/AI research. ### Researcher at Speech Communication Group @ MIT Research Laboratory of Electronics Jan 2023 – Jan 2023 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) • Worked on a project focused on expanding speech recognition to other accents, dialects, speech disabilities, etc using prediction algorithms developed from machine learning techniques (i.e. Gaussian Models) • Learned about acoustic cues/IPA and labeled various audio files with the correct acoustic cues using scripts and linguistics knowledge ### FTTP Particpant @ Jane Street Jan 2023 – Jan 2023 ### Director of Problem Writing Operations @ INTEGIRLS Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 Led the Problem Writing team to write competitive math problems for middle and high school students for the bi-annual INTEGIRLS competitions. ### President @ INTEGIRLS Jan 2020 – Jan 2022 inteGIRLS is a global nonprofit which encourages female-identifying individuals to participate in competitive problem-solving. As President of the Bay Area chapter, I am responsible for organizing the contest, coordinating with other chapters, acquiring sponsorships, and overall drawing female0identifying students to join our welcoming community. ### Problem Writer @ INTEGIRLS Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 Wrote problems for the chapter-wide competitions hosted by INTEGIRLS. ### Teaching Assistant @ AlphaStar Academy Jan 2021 – Jan 2021 Guided students in the AMC 10/12 Advanced classes, going over solutions and helping out with activities. ## Education ### Bachelor of Science - BS in Computer Science and AI Massachusetts Institute of Technology ### High School Diploma Irvington High School ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/ananya-kul --- Source: https://flows.cv/ananyakulshrestha JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/ananyakulshrestha/resume.json Last updated: 2026-04-10