Nikil Shyamsunder

Experience

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  Berryville Institute of Machine Learning

  Mar 2021 - Oct 2023

  Berryville Institute of Machine Learning Scholar & Intern

  Working under world-renowned security expert Dr. Gary McGraw in Machine Learning Security (MLSec). Leading effort to curate an online annotated bibliography with >150 entries of cutting-edge MLSec research.

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  George Mason University

  Jun 2022 - Aug 2022

  Aspiring Scientists Summer Internship Program

  Working with Dr. Ziheng Sun in Geoinformation Science Department to make Snow-Water-Equivalence (SWE) predictions publicly available using ML models. Developed/tested univariate Neural Networks using SNOTEL data and 50 multivariate Neural Networks using a 24-field dataset to forecast future SWE given a location achieving MSE of 6.989. Integrated models into SnowSource mobile app (iOS & Android) to provide SWE data to public. Abstract to be published in GMU Journal of Student-Scientists’ Research and to be presented at American Geophysical Union in December 2022. Show less

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  Stony Brook University

  Jun 2022 - Jul 2022

  Simons Research Fellow

  Selected as one of 50 Research Scholars from a pool of thousands of applicants from across the country. Working with Dr. William Holt at Stony Brook to develop a novel system for detecting offsets in GPS time-series. Developed a novel sliding window algorithm to generate a dataset of GPS time series labeled with offsets. Tested a number of different classifiers to develop a model with F1 score of .98 on both classes. Presented poster at Simons Summer Research Symposium in June 2022. Classifying man-made vs. seismic-related offsets and writing paper for conferences/competitions. Show less

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  CUSail

  Oct 2023 - now

  Software Engineer - Navigation Subteam
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  Beacon Platform

  Jun 2024 - Aug 2024

  Technical Product Software Intern
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  Cornell Ann S. Bowers College of Computing and Information Science

  Aug 2024 - now

  Programming Language Theory and Compiler Design ResearcherAdvised by Professor Adrian Sampson at Cornell’s CAPRA Research Group.Conduct research focused on the design and implementation of compilers and verification systems for Hardware Description Languages, with a primary emphasis on using Rust. Teaching Assistant for CS 2800: Mathematics for Computer Science.

  • Research Intern

    Sept 2024 - now

  • Teaching Assistant

    Aug 2024 - now