Diya Dinesh
Freshman at CMU SCS
Diya Dinesh
Resume
Research / Work Experience
2021 Jun - Present
Research Intern
National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering
2020 May - 2020 Oct
Intern SupportRedhat, Fedora on Raspberry Pi Project
Helped automate tasks and developed a website for a Redhat Intern Team to manage their workload and resources.
2019
Content Reviewer
SAT Reviewer
Worked for an online SAT Prep Startup by reviewing English and Math SAT questions. I provided feedback on accuracy and complexity of the questions and provided reference examples.
Volunteering Experience
2018 - Present
Founder & CEO: Volunteering
Connecting Communities to Technology
I run CC2T as a founder/CEO, a global non-profit organization that delivers over 20 classes and events to students in over 10 countries. I manage the strategy, planning, and delivery of our initiatives.
2020 - Present
Multiple Website DevelopmentVarious Non Profits
Volunteered and helped non-profit organizations across the African continent by creating their websites, through which they can establish their online presence and reach donors.
I have helped four organizations so far and continue to reach out to work with more.
2020 Sep - Present
Mentor: Volunteering
GENerationZ
Taught biology concepts to middle school students. I guided and mentored them to write a research paper on specific Biology concepts.
2019-Present
Content Reviewer: VolunteeringLibrary
Reviewed and rated books to provide recommendations based on plot and writing style for various books at the Gum Spring Library.
2019
Logo Designer: Volunteering
Global Co Lab Network
Supported the design of logos for various global “do tank” initiatives for teens. These programs target UN sustainability development to address global hunger, climate change, environmental concerns, and food production/consumption.
Clubs / Activities
2016 - Present
Team Captain & Lead Programmer
First Tech Challenge Robotics Team
Lead the 16462 Bot Brains FTC Team in the various aspects of building, engineering, programming, and outreach in preparation for the FTC competition.
2019 - Present
Team CaptainFuture Problem Solving
I am the Team Captain of a school FPS Team. I am in charge of the challenges section and support team members in other competition sections such as solutions and action plan. I oversee the team practices as well.
2020 Aug - Present
Team LeadAmerican Computer Science League
As the team lead of the CC2T Computer team, I gather practice material, lead team sessions, and manage logistics of our team's participation in ACSL.
2020 Sep - Present
Co LeadCyberPatriots
As part of a school CyberPatriots team, I compete mainly through the Linux images and help lead practices.
Skills and Abilities
- Artificial Intelligence
- Computer Vision and OpenCV
- TinyML
- Augmented and Virtual Reality
- iOS App Development
- Website Development: HTML, CSS, JS, Bootstrap, and WordPress
- Linux
- Arduino, CAD, OnBot Java
- Coding Languages: Java, Python, C++
Pertinent Coursework
Computer Science
Machine Learning Post AP, Artificial Intelligence Post AP, Computer Vision Post AP, and AP Computer Science A with Data Structures
Mathematics
Multivariable Calculus Post AP, Matrix Algebra Post AP, AP Calculus BC, AP Statistics , Research Statistics Honors, Algebra 2 Honors, Geometry Honors, and Algebra 1 Honors
Science and Engineering
Neurobiology Post AP, AP Physics, AP Biology, Geosystems Honors, Biology Honors, Chemistry Honors, Design and Tech Honors, and Automation and Robotics 2 Honors
Education and Certification
2018 - Current
Senior
Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology
2021
Harvard University
Completed Professional Certificate in Tiny Machine Learning (TinyML)
2021
University of California, Irvine
Completed Directed Studies in Undergraduate Education (UNI STU 196)
2020
Udacity
Completed Artificial Intelligence Programming with Python Nanodegree
2019
Oracle Java SE 11
Became an Oracle Certified Java SE 11 Professional Programmer 1
2018
John Hopkins Center for Talented Youth
Completed Advanced Placement Computer Science A course
Awards & Recognitions
President’s Volunteer Service Award
2018 – Present
President’s Volunteer Service Award – Gold
Bot Brains
Team Captain / Lead Programmer
2019 – Present
2020-21
Dean’s List Finalist
Design Award –First Prize
Connect Award -Third Prize
2019 – 2020
First Prize – Control Award by ARM Inc. for best autonomous programming
FPS TJHSST
Team Captain
2019 – Present
2021
International Finalist
2020
State Finalist
ACSL Team
Team Captain
2020 – Present
2020-21
First Prize – State of Virginia – Senior 5 Contest
National Center for Women & Information Technology (NCWIT) – Aspirations in Computing
Feb 2021
Virginia & District of Columbia Affiliate Winner
College of William and Mary
November 2020
Courageous Leadership Certificate
TOHacks x EchoAR: The Great AR/VR Challenge
October 2020
Third Place Winner – My Eye Assistant Project
Projects
Research Projects
Road Safety: A Novel Multimodel Approach to Real-Time Road Accident Prediction and Driving Behavior Analysis using a Fully Connected Feed-Forward Deep Neural Network and a CoreML Object Detection Model.
COVID-19 Severity Scoring System: A Machine Learning system that analyzes lung and chest CT scans and provides a severity score for the infection that aligns with radiologist methods.
Application Projects
Virtual MMSE: An automation of the MMSE for Alzheimer’s Disease using an iOS app that includes a variety of
interactive features such as AR to improve user experience.
Social Distancing Alert: A program to detect social distancing between people in larger and more open spaces
through livestream video analysis in Python using OpenCV.
My Eye Assistant: An interactive app and website to ensure that screen users take periodical breaks and complete eye
exercises as demonstrated by Augmented Reality.
Website Development
Uzabaho Multilingual Website Development
Uzabaho Grace Mission (UGM) is a NGO that connects volunteers in Rwanda working in the fields of agriculture, nutrition, advocacy, social mobilization, and entrepreneurship. This NGO was established to help the genocide survivors of Rwanda.
Volunteered and created their multilingual (English, French, and Arabic) website . Added functionalities such as homestay reservation ability, interfaces with social media, search engine optimization, and more.
Better Improve Girls Generation (B.I.G2) is a Non Profit Organization in Kigali, Rwanda that focuses on empowering, training, and promoting the wellbeing of women in the rural areas of Rwanda.
Volunteered to design and build their website https://www.b-i-g2.org.rw . Helped the BIG2 team in content finalization, webpage design, Search Engine optimization, and more.
Youth Effort for Sustainable Rural Development (YESRUD)is a Youth led Non Profit Organization that leads various initiatives in agriculture, environment, education, health, and institutional support for the rural communities around the Kumi region.
Volunteered and created their website https://www.yesrud.org . Helped add functionalities such as counters, social media integration, search engine optimization, and more.
Ubuntu Learning Village is a Non Profit Organization that promotes cooperative economics for overall community development in Gutu, Zimbabwe through promoting cultural, educational, and ecological practices.
Volunteered and helped them in making updates to their website https://www.ubuntuearth.org including adding new widgets, implementing SSL, and other improvements .
Trust Hope Uganda is a non-profit charity organization that focuses on teaching the unprivileged children and the youths in the community of Bugembe Town Council in Eastern Uganda
Volunteered and created their website https://trusthopeuganda.wordpress.com/ and helped them in their efforts to reach the donors for their humanitarian efforts.
UNIDOS is a social innovation center that builds capacity and engages marginalized, at-risk youth, and transforms them into changemakers by giving job-creating skills rather than job seeking.
Volunteered and involved in maintaining their website https://www.projectunidos.org and helping them in their efforts.
Publications
Publications
A Novel Multi Model Machine Learning Approach to Real Time Road Accident Prediction and Driving Behavior Analysis
International Conference Presentations ( Virtual )
2021 IEEE 17th International Conference on Intelligent Computer Communication and Processing (ICCP 2021), organized at Cluj-Napoca, Romania by Technical University of Cluj-Napoca and Academy of Technical Sciences of Romania.
2021 IEEE 3rd International Conference on Cybernetics and Intelligent Systems (ICORIS) organized at Makassar – South Sulawesi, Indonesia by Dipa Makassar University.
2021 IEEE 18th International Conference on Smart Communities: Improving Quality of Life Using ICT, IoT and AI (HONET) organized at Karachi, Pakistan by NED University of Engineering & Technology, Karachi, Pakistan & University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA.
2021 5th International Conference on SmartRail, Traffic and Transportation Engineering (ICSTTE) organized at Frankfurt, Germany.
Art Portfolio
Self-Portrait + Thoughts
Medium: Pencil. watercolor, ink, soft pastel, and colored pencil
This piece, titled “Self Portrait + Thoughts”, displays the interaction between emotions and algorithms that occur as a part of my thought process. I am an algorithmic person, shown through the gears and lines coming out of the head and running across each other above. But, viewing the singular aspect of algorithms would prevent from viewing the whole picture. As shown by the hint of a smile and the splashes of color interacting with the lines, innovation requires emotion. When innovating, my thoughts move fast, jumping from one idea to another. Through this piece, I wanted to take some time to recognize the strong connection between emotion and logic and the complexity of these ideas that occur behind the delighted look on my face that accompanies my process of innovating.
Realities
Medium: Watercolor, ink, soft pastel, and colored pencil
This piece, titled “Realities”, explores the contrast between illusion and reality. When the illusion of perfection, as shown by the colorful glasses, is removed, all that remains is a mark of what used to be: colorless and lifeless buildings. I want to show that it is important that one remains true to themselves, that covering up with layers of perceived “perfection” only distracts us from seeing a reality worth viewing. I included reflections of color skidding among the bottoms of the buildings and the glass panes of the cars to show our distorted ideas of perfection with an ever-present chaotic entropy.
Corner Office
Medium: Colored pencil, charcoal, and acrylic paint
Of the Fortune 500, the top corporations, only 41 are run by women. Women still face gender-based inequalities at work including unequal pay and limited growth opportunities. This piece represents that inequality through the corner office, a representation of higher positions in a company. The corner office is still not given to women and is symbolized by the red high heel breaking into the office. As the only sign of color, the high heel represents the limitation of women in higher leading positions. The splitting ground behind the heels show the impact of the hard work women go through to receive the position. The strong and solid shadow of the window frames are broken showing that the women are breaking through the misconception that they’d like to continue living within the shadow of their superiors. The view outside the corner office is colorless because the reward of a corner office is overpowered by the impact of the woman’s entrance into a higher position.
Instincts
Medium: Colored pencil and cotton
As humans, we often describe ourselves as the top of the food chain, using our cognitive abilities to look down on other species of animals. However, this piece shows that underneath, we are all the same. When stripped down to means of survival, there is almost no difference because humans are after all, animals as well. This is shown by the fierce look shared by the woman and the tiger. The perceived difference between humans and animals is shown through the rip in the paper between the woman and the tiger. However, the true shared instinct is shown through the green paper underneath the rip. The green eyes shared by the women and tiger and the green tints in the woman and tiger’s hair show their underlying shared traits. This is also shown through the way the woman and tiger blend together underneath the point where the rip stops.
Music is an Universal Language
Medium: Newspaper, ink, watercolor, acrylic, and clay
Through this piece, I wanted to display the cultures and ideas within the U.S. Music is considered an universal language and this piece uses music as a representation of a shared experience. The U.S. is known as a melting pot of cultures, however there are still differences between cultures that can lead to conflict or growth. The tangled black and white lines running in front of the woman represent the conflicts that arise as a result of cultural beliefs or ideas clashing. However, the colors represent the splashes of emotion and beauty that arises as cultures peacefully coexist and learn from one another. This integration of cultures is further emphasized by the contrast between the woman’s headphones bearing the American flag and the Chinese newspaper behind her. The woman looks onto the clashing lines in apathy. But music, the universal language, provides a gateway to the coexistence of various cultures as represented by the color splashes on her head behind the headphones.
Research
Medium: Acrylic Paint and ink
This piece represents the field typically viewed as completely scientific: medicine. The clothes of the doctor and nurse show that they are not the cold, solid, purely-scientific people they are perceived as. The clothing colors show hints of warmth and emotions involved in their work symbolizing their witness to birth, death, and everything in between. The cool colors (logic) of the room and contrasted by the splashes of warm colors (emotions) beyond the window. The goggles they wear are HoloLens, a mixed-reality goggles that overlay augmented-reality objects onto real life environments. I’ve conducted research with the National Institutes of Health (NIH) using these HoloLens to display 3D models of scientific data such as patient organs and interactions between molecules. Scientists, clinicians, and patients greatly benefit from these innovations. The floating holograms of a patient’s head and the detailed work of the spine show the ability for scientists to use these for study before operating on the patient lying below. The same colors and emotions are reflected in the surfaces of these holograms.
Survival
Medium: Acrylic paint, masks, tree branches, and plastic
With the rise of the pandemic, the meaning of masks have begun to change. What was previously seen as a protective measure only for those with severe illnesses has now become a symbol of protection for all. In fact, as the pandemic progresses further, these masks have become stifling from some. In a similar way to our need for protection from the virus, this piece represents the environment’s need for protection from us. The masks covered with grass represent an attempt to protect against the damage the environment faces from the pollution and harm some human activities create. The impact of this pollution is further shown by the decreasing 3D representation of the trees. From a blossoming tree with flowers and branches protruding from the canvas on the right to the impression of a tree flat with paint on the left, the environment continues to wither under the stifling protection of the masks.
Changing Beauty
Medium: Acrylic paint and magazine
In this replica of Claude Monet’s painting, I wanted to show the changing perceptions of beauty. In the original Woman in the Garden, a young woman in a Victorian dress stands towards the left of the painting and looks ahead into the garden. However, in my version, the young lady is replaced by a modern woman in a pantsuit and high heels walking through the garden with a purse in hand. The lady represents the change in perception over time. When the painting was originally created, these pieces of artwork and the style (Victorian dresses) were described as beautiful. However, as time progressed this perception has changed as represented by the modern standard of beauty. The modern woman’s beauty is more materialistic with her style of dressing and the purse she carries, which pulls attention away from the garden. This is represented by the “blurry” nature of the brush strokes in the background which differs from the small and thin brush strokes in the original painting.
