# Vihari T. > Freshman at UCSC | Majoring in CE Location: United States, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/vihari I´m deeply interested in integrating ML into existing technologies, especially enhancing how they solve real-world problems. I´m ambitious, always learning, and looking forward to connecting with people who are also working at the cutting edge of technology. ## Work Experience ### Co-Author of Research Paper on Genomic Data Compression (In Progress) @ Independent Research | In Progress Jan 2025 – Present - Leading an independent research survey on genomic sequencing data compression, synthesizing classical entropy-based methods and modern neural network–based approaches to evaluate scalability and information preservation. - Authoring a comprehensive survey comparing traditional and neural network–based compression techniques for genomic sequencing quality scores. - Conducting research under the guidance of Professor Tsachy Weissman (Stanford University) and Professor Jouni Sirén (UC Santa Cruz). - Analyzing trade-offs between compression ratio, reconstruction error, downstream variant-calling accuracy, and storage efficiency across methods. ### Founder & Technical/Lead @ KnowYourSolar Jan 2025 – Present https://viharitejomurtula.github.io/KnowYourSolarPublicWebsite/ -Building an independent solar insight platform which estimates rooftop solar production and cost savings using NREL data and geospatial modeling -Designed the platform to operate independently of installers, improving homeowners trust by separating solar insights from sales incentives -Built a location based solar estimation pipeline using publicly available data along with inputted pictures of the home ### Lead Software Engineer @ BananaBots Jan 2025 – Present | Santa Cruz, California, United States Worked as a software engineer contributing to the development of intelligent systems, with a focus on building reliable, assistive software for the elderly. ### Software Engineer | Co-Founder @ SlugSync— Campus Event Discovery Platform Jan 2025 – Present SlugSync — Software Engineer | Co-Founder -Designed and deployed a production-grade client–server system to centralize UCSC event discovery, replacing fragmented Instagram-based discovery which is presently used. -Built a FastAPI backend with role-based access control, enforcing ownership-level permissions so organizers can create, update, and delete only their own events. -Implemented Google OAuth + JWT authentication, restricting access to verified UCSC accounts and enforcing authorization at the API layer. -Implemented a relational SQL schema preserving user–event ownership, favorites, and timestamps to support filtering, search, and feed generation. -Deployed the backend and database on Render, managing environment variables, migrations, and uptime for live mobile access. ### Research Assistant for MASC (CSRanking Arena Project) @ Baskin Engineering at UCSC Jan 2025 – Present -Working under Professor Renau at UCSC on CSRankings Arena, a system for research paper evaluation -Utilized arXiv ingestion, OpenAI Gpt-5 API endpoints, LLM based filtering and topic classification, and YAML data ops to implement automated literature review for the topics Computer Architecture and Machine Learning ### Machine Learning Research Project @ Self-Directed | Explainable AI & Medical Imaging Jan 2025 – Jan 2026 -Built a multi-modal MRI tumor classifier spanning brain and breast imaging, achieving ~94% test accuracy across 6 diagnostic classes using a custom convolutional architecture. -Designed a custom TrigConv2D layer using fixed sinusoidal kernels to better learn features prior to learned convolutions. -Implemented dual explainability pipelines (Grad-CAM + Integrated Gradients) to demonstrate that different attribution methods reveal different stages of model reasoning: modality differentiation v.s lesion-level differentiation. -Analyzed low-confidence predictions and attribution diffusion to validate uncertainty awareness and attempt to avoid false-positive hallucinations. ### Intern @ Sohum Dental of Pleasanton Jan 2024 – Jan 2025 | Pleasanton, California, United States Managed front office tasks, conceptualized a dental blog, and revamped website design for enhanced search engine optimization. ### Robotics Engineer @ BlueStamp Engineering Jan 2024 – Jan 2024 | San Jose, California, United States Built a gesture-controlled robotic car using Arduino UNO. Enabled wireless control of the car via bluetooth. Integrated the hardware and software involved in this. GitHub Page: https://viharitejomurtula.github.io/Vihari-Bluestamp-Portfolio/ ## Education ### Bachelor of Science -BS in Computer Engineering University of California, Santa Cruz ### Dougherty Valley High School ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/vihari-t-9090982b1 --- Source: https://flows.cv/vihari JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/vihari/resume.json Last updated: 2026-04-11