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Avyaya Kumar

avyayakumar@g.ucla.edulinkedin ↗github ↗updated 2026-09-26

  • University of California, Los Angeles

    Los Angeles, CA

    B.S. in Computer Science and Engineering

    Expected June 2030

    • Prior coursework at Ohlone College (4.00 GPA): Calculus, Differential Equations, and Linear Algebra
  • James Logan High School

    Union City, CA

    High School Diploma

    Aug. 2022 – May 2026

    • ACT: 35/36 | GPA (grades 10–12): 3.95/4.00 unweighted; 4.75/5.00 weighted
    • Speech & Debate (3 years), Original Oratory Captain: 3rd in California; 2-time Glenbrooks semifinalist; National Individual Events Tournament of Champions (NIETOC) semifinalist; 2-time NSDA Nationals octafinalist
  • Technology Intern

    California

    Grafiniti

    Oct. 2025 – May 2026

    • Collaborated with engineers to build an interactive market-intelligence platform using React/Vite and TradingView charts to identify large asset-price movements and connect them with relevant news events
    • Built and deployed a scheduled Node.js/Express/PostgreSQL market/news pipeline with Claude-generated, source-linked summaries, used by asset managers to analyze historical price movements around news events
  • Ideation DetectionPython, PyTorch, FastAPI, PostgreSQL

    github demo writeup

    • Co-founded and led development of an NLP platform used by James Logan High School teachers since Sept. 2025; fine-tuned RoBERTa on 232,074 samples (80/10/10 split), achieving 99.45% held-out test F1
    • Built a FastAPI/PostgreSQL backend with email/phone redaction and reviewer feedback, plus Celery/Redis processing and Integrated Gradients; deployed with Docker/Railway; flagged nearly 100 submissions for educator review and averaged 3.7/5 across a multi-question usefulness survey of 5 teachers
  • Ballotbox (Real Advocacy)Next.js, Leaflet

    live github writeup

    • Built and deployed a nonpartisan voter-information site using the Google Civic Information API, Google geocoding, and Leaflet/OpenStreetMap to surface assigned polling places, early-voting sites, and ballot drop boxes
    • Adopted by the Union City Youth Council for voting initiatives; registered 40+ new voters and increased reported JLHS voter turnout by 20%; planned adoption by a League of Women Voters chapter
  • Exercise Form CheckerPython, YOLOv8, OpenCV, Streamlit

    github writeup

    • Fine-tuned YOLOv8 on Penn Action (163,841 frames, 2,326 videos); built an OpenCV/Streamlit app with joint-angle, alignment, range-of-motion, and annotated-video feedback for 15 movement types
  • Founder and Lead Tutor

    California

    Avyaya’s Tutoring

    Mar. 2025 – Present

    • Founded and scaled a free coding and mathematics tutoring organization serving 100+ students; recruited and managed 15+ tutors and developed curricula in Python, Java, C++, web development, and mathematics
  • Hackathon Organizer

    Union City, CA

    JLHS Hackathons

    Aug. 2024 – May 2026

    • Organized 4 hackathons drawing 350+ total attendees; led a 6-person team across challenge design, marketing, and day-of logistics
Languages
Hindi, English, Punjabi; Python, C++, Java, TypeScript/JavaScript, SQL
Frameworks / ML
PyTorch, Hugging Face, OpenCV, React, Next.js, Node.js/Express, FastAPI
Data / Infrastructure
PostgreSQL, Redis, Firebase, Supabase, Docker, Git/GitHub, Vercel, Railway