Profile


About Me

I am a second year Computer Science Engineering major at the University of Michigan. I am interested in a computer science internship with special interest in music programming, network security, android programming, web development or chess engine programming.

Interests

  • Music (Piano, Beatboxing, Guitar, Bass and Electronic Music Production)
  • Competitive Chess
  • Hacking
  • Go and various other strategy-based board games

Education


University of Michigan

expected April 2016
Ann Arbor, MI

I am currently a second year Computer Science Engineering major

  • B.S.E. Computer Science and Engineering
  • CSE GPA: 3.7/4.0
  • Dean's List & University Honors
  • Relevant Completed Coursework:
    • EECS 280: Introduction to Data Structures and Algorithms(A)
    • EECS 203: Discrete Mathematics (B+)
    • Math 417: Matrix Algebra (B+)
    • ENGR 100:Introductory Digital Signal Processing (A)
    • ENGR 101:Introduction to Programming (A)
  • Relevant Current Coursework:
    • EECS 281: Algorithms and Data Structures
    • EECS 376: Foundations of Computer Science

Hume-Fogg Academic High School

2008 - 2012
Nashville, TN

  • Cumulative GPA: 3.86 (Unweighted 4.0 Scale)
  • Member of National Honor Society, May 2012
  • Member of Mu Alpha Theta, May 2010
  • National Merit Commended Student

Skills


Languages:

C++ & STL
Python
Java
Matlab
Unix Shell Script
HTML/CSS

Databases:

SQL: SQLite3

Security

Metasploit
NMAP

Platforms:

Mac OS X
BackTrack Linux
Windows

Linguistics:

French
Kannada (spoken)

Employment


Android Programming
Research Intern
Dr.Yuan Xue's lab at Vanderbilt University

May 2013 - August 2013
  • Used Java's Remote Method Invocation to offload the computationally intensive portions of android applications to a server.
  • Hardcoded offloading method into sample app and then wrote code parser that takes in an android application and edits the code to offload portions to server.

Physics Research Intern
Dr.Charles Brau's lab at Vanderbilt University

Jan 2011 - Jan 2012
  • Characterized electron beam transmission through graphene
  • Publication: Vikas Kumar, Dhiraj Prasai, Jonathan Jarvis, and Charles Brau. (2012) Minimizing Carbon Buildup on Graphene Facilitates Electron Transmission, Young Scientist Journal. Vol 2: 23-25.
  • Poster Presentation: Vikas Kumar, Jonathan Jarvis, Charles Brau. Characterization of a thermionic electron beam for suitable graphene experiments, School for Science and Math at Vanderbilt Poster Symposium. Summer 2011.

Contact


My Portals

Email Me

Shoot me an email: skvikas at umich dot edu

Projects


My Github

Leap-Step

  • A Leap Motion controlled dubstep synthesizer and visualizer. Different gestures produce different sounds and visuals. Position impacts ’wobble’ rate and pitch. ChallengePost Link

The Chordinator

  • Given an input melody, the program generates a matching chord progression and produces a MIDI file containing both the user-input melody and the accompanying chords.

CollabHub

  • A social media website designed to help people find collaborators with matching skill sets.

AnimeWall

  • Given a list of TV Shows and Movies, finds a series of HD wallpapers to use as desktop backgrounds.

Leap Motion Synthesizer

  • Programmed Leap's Motion Recognition device to create a 3d 'air' synthesizer. Moving hand from left to right changes pitch, moving up and down changes volume, and moving front to back changes distortion (or other user-selected audio effects)