ML & Software EngineerAkshat Vasisht

About

Engineering Intelligence

CS and Data Science student at UW-Madison building ML systems, full-stack applications, and edge AI solutions. Madison, WI & Nashville, TN.

Akshat Vasisht

ML & Software Engineer

Senior at UW-Madison studying Computer Science and Data Science. I build ML systems and full-stack applications — from on-device inference pipelines to microservice architectures. Currently interning at Qualcomm and researching atmospheric ML at SSEC.

Machine LearningFull-Stack SystemsEdge AI
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BS of Computer Science & Data Science @ UW-Madison

Machine Learning Intern (Capstone) @ Qualcomm

Machine Learning Assistant @ Space Science Engineering Center

Skills

What I Ship With

Languages, frameworks, and tools I use to build ML systems and software.

Certifications

OCI AI FoundationsOCI Generative AI ProfessionalOCI Data Science Professional

Background

Engineering in Production

My professional journey and academic foundation.

Experience

  • Machine Learning Intern (Capstone)

    Qualcomm · Madison, WI

    Jan 2026Present

    ONNX Runtime · Kotlin · NPU · Android

    • Building multimodal inference pipelines on NPUs with hardware-aware quantization for real-time on-device recommendations.
    • Developed native Android integration bridging NPU inference with streaming APIs, maintaining 60 FPS during model processing.
  • ML Research Assistant

    UW-Madison SSEC · Madison, WI

    Sep 2025Present

    PyTorch · RAFT · Slurm · Docker

    • Engineered an optical flow pipeline using RAFT to process satellite imagery for 3D atmospheric wind vector generation.
    • Streamlined HPC workflows with Slurm job scheduling and MLOps practices for reproducible experiments.
  • Software Engineering / ML Intern

    Techbaton · Remote

    May 2025Aug 2025

    Django · PostgreSQL · Llama 3 · Jira

    • Delivered an LMS MVP in an Agile team, designing scalable PostgreSQL schemas and architecting backend microservices.
    • Integrated Llama 3 via Groq API with prompt engineering to automate quiz generation and grading.
  • Software Engineering Intern

    Boys & Girls Clubs of Middle Tennessee · Nashville, TN

    May 2024Jul 2024

    Swift · iOS · Apple Curriculum

    • Delivered a Swift curriculum in partnership with Apple, leading hands-on workshops for 150+ students.
    • Mentored students through the full SDLC, increasing interest in computing careers by 20%.
  • Research Intern

    Vanderbilt University Medical Center · Nashville, TN

    May 2022Jul 2022

    R · Statistical Modeling · Data Visualization

    • Developed an R package for drug toxicity analysis using TLS regression to assess drug synergy.
    • Performed statistical analysis and visualization to identify promising drug combinations.

Education

  • BS in Computer Science and Data Science

    University of Wisconsin-Madison · Madison, WI

    Aug 2023May 2026

    • Coursework: AI, ML Theory, Data Science Algorithms, Statistical Modeling, Probability Theory, Big Data Systems, Database Systems, Advanced DSA, Software Engineering, Systems Programming (OS, Hardware, Networks)
    • Wisconsin AI Safety Initiative — Technical Scholar, Tech Exploration Lab

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Contact

Feel free to reach out about potential collaborations or opportunities. I typically respond within 1-2 business days. Current recruiting New Grad for post Summer 2026. Checkout my GitHub & LinkedIn as well.

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