Maria Rufova

Maria Rufova

Maria Rufova

SWE Intern @ Microsoft | EECS @ UC Berkeley

Hi! I'm a rising senior at UC Berkeley majoring in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. I'm most interested in human-computer interaction, natural language processing, and computer architecture. I'm always excited to learn more and help educate others.

Experience

Gopnik Cognitive Development and Learning LabUndergraduate Research Assistant

2023 — Now

2023 — Now

Berkeley, California, United States

Currently studying how children learn causal relationships and how their tactics can be used to train AI. Project is overseen by graduate student Eliza Kosoy.

http://www.gopniklab.berkeley.edu/

UC Berkeley Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences (EECS)Computational Game Theory Research - Gamescrafters

2024 — Now

2024 — Now

Berkeley, California, United States

https://gamescrafters.berkeley.edu/

https://nyc.cs.berkeley.edu/uni/

MicrosoftSoftware Engineer Intern

2025 — 2025

2025 — 2025

United States

M365 Core - Microsoft Search, Assistant and Intelligence (MSAI)

Copilot Developer Agility and Infrastructure team (DAI)

MicrosoftSoftware Engineering Intern

2024 — 2024

2024 — 2024

Redmond, Washington, United States

M365 Core - Microsoft Search, Assistant and Intelligence (MSAI)

Personal Knowledge Graph

Jane StreetIN FOCUS Program

2024 — 2024

2024 — 2024

New York, New York, United States

Software Engineering Track

Education

University of California, Berkeley

Bachelor of Science - BS

Ohlone College

Computer Science

American High School

High School Diploma