Life Archive
Aditya Madhan
About
Hello! I am a Junior at the University of Texas at Austin, studying Computer Science with Turing Scholars Honors. I am currently interested in Operating Systems and Reinforcement Learning.
I build things that span systems programming, graphics, simulations, and machine learning. On the systems side, my interests center on how hardware and software interact at low levels: kernels, schedulers, memory management, and the mechanisms that make concurrent execution correct. On the ML side, I'm drawn to reinforcement learning: learning useful behavior through interaction rather than labeled data.
Outside of CS, I dabble in piano and play single-player video games such as Hollow Knight and Deltarune.
Skills: C/C++, Java, JavaScript (ES6), TypeScript, Python, Golang, Rust, Verilog, Spring Boot, Node.js, Express.js, Vue.js, React, OpenGL, CUDA, Docker, Git, JAX, Jest, JUnit, SQL, HTML5, CSS3
Projects
3D Graphics Engine
Implemented a software 3D renderer in plain JavaScript. Supports 3D transformations and projection.
Autograd Engine
Toy autograd engine with builtin ReLu and Sigmoid activations.
Barnes-Hut Simulation
Built a Ndimensional BarnesHut simulator.
Boids Simulation
Built a flocking simulation based on the Cornell boids model. Implemented separation, alignment, and cohesion rules.
Chess Move Validator
Interactive validation engine confirming chess move legality using standard rules and piece motion modeling with UI integration.
Crawler Chatbot
Engineered a retrieval augmented generation (RAG) pipeline for crawling webpages and embedding domainspecific data into a vector database (Qdrant).
CUDA Graphics
Simple OpenGL rendering pipeline with vertex shader offloaded to a custom CUDA kernel.
Dots Simulator
Toy survival game inspired by online .io games.
Evolution Simulator
Simulated genetic algorithm mechanics: mutation, selection, and fitness evolution across generations in a dynamic environment.
Four Ace Poker
Developed an online multiplayer poker game with serverside hand evaluation and client interactions using REST APIs and update loops.
Neural Network Library
Built a fromscratch NN implementation with forward and backward propagation. Includes activation functions and weight initialization.
Neuroapoptosis Simulator
Modeled impacts of neuron death on neural network performance. Used data visualization and experiment notebooks to document robustness tradeoffs.
Online Scientific Calculator
Feature complete scientific calculator with function history and theme switching.
Planetary Motion Simulator
A 2D nbody simulation with velocity and gravitational physics. Demonstrates breakouts for uniform circular motion and binary star orbits.
RISC-V Preemptive Multithreaded Kernel
Implemented multicore preemptive threading with timer interrupts enabling O(1) forced context switching. Additionally, built synchronization primitives (semaphores, reusable bar...
Stickman
2D platformer built with Gamemaker Studio with 15 challenge levels and obstaclebased progression.
Experience
Internships, research, and professional roles.
May 2026
Software Developer Intern at Ericsson
Designed an algorithm to construct a high-level view of a program execution flow from hardware traces.
Jun 2025
Software Developer Intern at ForeFlight
I designed and deployed a production Spring Boot API for ingesting Garmin G1000 avionics used by pilots. I architected an AWS S3-backed storage pipeline for persistent ingestion...
Oct 2024
Undergraduate Research Assistant in Learning Agents Research Group (LARG)
I'm currently working on a project for benchmarking ad-hoc teamwork algorithms.
Sep 2024
Contributor in Longhorn Developers
I worked on developing features and fixing bugs in UT Registration Plus, a chrome extension that makes class registration at UT easier.
Jun 2024
Software Developer Intern at AnyDB
I wrote tests for a database using Jest. I also made an automatic testing framework using Jest that executed tests written in YAML.
Feb 2024
IGNITE Software Intern at Dell Technologies, Inc.
I worked with a team of interns to create a fully-functioning pill dispensing robot.
Awards
Academic recognition and certifications.
May 2024
Rank 10 of 700 — Westwood High School
Graduated ranked 10 out of 700 in the Westwood High School class of 2024.
May 2024
Excellence in Computer Science Award
Awarded the Excellence in Computer Science Award at Westwood High School graduation (2024).
May 2024
Excellence in Math Award
Awarded the Excellence in Math Award at Westwood High School graduation (2024).
Jul 2023
AP Scholar with Distinction
AP Scholar with Distinction — achieved scores of 5 on 7 Advanced Placement exams.
Jun 2023
Java Certification — IT Specialist
Passed the Java IT Specialist certification exam (2023).
May 2023
A-Honor Roll (2018–2023)
Maintained A-Honor Roll status at Westwood High School from 2018 through 2023.