> whoaminow: @ Amazon · Summer 2026

Advait Tahilyani

Software engineer & researcher at UIUC. Parallel computing, compilers, and systems.

// about

CS student at UIUC with a minor in Electrical Engineering. I build things across the stack — from parallel computing frameworks and compiler optimizations to mobile apps and ML pipelines. Currently researching at the Parallel Programming Lab and Adapt Lab.

// experience

Amazon

Incoming Software Development InternMay 2026 – August 2026
  • Incoming SDE intern for Summer 2026

Parallel Programming Lab

Research InternApril 2025 – Present
  • Architected real-time aggregated visualizations across distributed computing nodes within Charm++
  • Extended Charm++-based NumPy abstraction with unary, binary, and ternary operators, improving developer productivity by 40%
  • Contributed to Reconverse, a comprehensive rewrite of Charm++'s core infrastructure
  • Collaborated with PhD students and faculty on parallel programming research
Charm++C++Distributed ComputingNumPyMPICUDA

Glance

Software Development InternJune 2024 – August 2024
  • Built web solutions using Java Spring Boot, React.js, Redis, and PostgreSQL, serving 4.5M+ monthly active users
  • Deployed features and performance improvements to Roposo Clout e-commerce platform
  • Designed search autocomplete with Redis caching, reducing response time by 60%
  • Configured Confluent Kafka for real-time data streaming across distributed systems
JavaSpring BootReactRedisPostgreSQLKafkaDockerAWS

Ernst & Young LLP

Tech Consulting InternJune 2022
  • Led implementation of Microsoft Dynamics 365 for a Fortune 500 client, improving case resolution by 45%
  • Designed ML model using NLP to auto-assign support cases with 89% accuracy
  • Developed automated workflows reducing manual case assignment by 70%
MS Dynamics 365Machine LearningNLPPythonAzure ML

Microsoft Technology Center

Virtual Student DeveloperJune 2021
  • Developed TensorFlow model to classify lettuce plants with 95% precision for disease detection
  • Designed coordinate transformation system for agricultural field grid mapping
  • Created scalable solution to reduce crop loss by 30% through early disease intervention
TensorFlowComputer VisionPythonOpenCVAzure

// research

Adapt Lab

Research AssistantMay 2025 – December 2025
  • Designed a rule-based DNN operator fusion layer for Google's XLA compiler
  • Used mapping-type taxonomy to reduce compilation latency and improve kernel performance
XLADNNCompiler OptimizationKernel Performance

Shajahan Lab

Research AssistantJanuary 2025 – May 2025
  • Trained YOLOv8 segmentation model to detect corn ears in agricultural footage
  • Implemented object tracking system for automated yield estimation
YOLOv8Computer VisionObject TrackingAgricultural AI

// projects

Nand2Tetris

May 2024 – Present

Constructed a CPU and compiler from scratch. Designed a Snake game using a custom-created programming language, running on a simulated hardware stack.

Computer ArchitectureCompiler DesignAssemblyGame Development

Aether

February 2025

Privacy-first desktop email client. Gmail over OAuth, with AI summaries and context-aware replies generated by a local LLM (Ollama + llama3.2) running alongside the app — no email content leaves your machine.

ElectronReactTypeScriptSQLiteOllamaFlask

Chess Mimic Bot

April 2026

Neural net that learns your personal chess style. Pulls your Chess.com games, estimates your Lichess-equivalent ELO, pre-trains a 10-block residual policy network on same-rating games, then fine-tunes on your own moves. The /chess page on this site is a shared live game you can play against me right now.

PyTorchResNetpython-chessChess.com APILichess

Toy Shell

Spring 2025

Browser-safe port of my CS 341 shell. Includes history, path navigation, redirection, and a virtual filesystem where visitors can create, inspect, and delete files.

CSystems ProgrammingReactSandboxed Filesystem

NoteTaker

macOS SwiftUI client paired with a local Flask server. Whisper transcribes uploaded audio and Phi-3 (via Ollama) turns the transcript into a structured Word doc — fully offline.

Jan 2024 – May 2025

Roomie Match

HackIllinois web app for college freshmen to find compatible roommates with filters, chat, and recommendations.

February 2024

Illinois Semiconductor Alliance

Software Team Lead. Built wafer-defect classification pipeline using transfer learning with 95% accuracy. Developed 3D Unity game for semiconductor education. Designed RF transceiver using BJTs.

Aug 2024 – Present

CS 124 Course Tutor

Held office hours for 200+ students on Kotlin and Android development. Supported intro CS coursework at UIUC.

Jan 2024 – Dec 2025

// education

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

B.S. Computer Science, Minor in Electrical Engineering

GPA: 3.98Expected May 2027James Scholar HonorsDean's List

// skills

languages
C++CJavaJavaScriptPythonKotlinSwiftTypeScript
frameworks
ReactReact NativeNode.jsExpressNext.jsTensorFlowUnity
tools
PostgreSQLRedisMongoDBGitDockerKafkaElasticSearch
focus areas
Machine LearningComputer VisionDistributed SystemsCompiler DesignMobile Development