Kush Sharma

Kush Sharma

Turing Scholar at UT Austin

About Me

Hi, I’m Kush. I study computer science and math at UT Austin through the Turing Scholars honors program . I’m interested in theoretical CS (specifically cryptography) and the intersection between math, software, and finance. Outside of school, I enjoy biking, reading, traveling, and playing cricket. Feel free to reach me at kush.sharma@utexas.edu.

Education

B.S. in Computer Science, Turing Scholars Honors

May 2027 · The University of Texas at Austin

B.S. in Mathematics

May 2027 · The University of Texas at Austin

Experiences

Software Engineering Intern

May 2025 - August 2025 · ProfitAngles

  • Contributed to a financial advising web app focused on delivering personalized, user-centric investing insights
  • Engineered an LLM to process natural language queries on financial data, enabling intuitive user interaction
  • Optimized complex database queries for financial metrics, reducing query execution time by over 25%
  • Designed a streamlined dashboard interface using ReactJS, improving information accessibility by over 40%

Machine Learning Research Intern

May 2023 - August 2023 · The University of Texas at Dallas

  • Researched under Dr. Yunhui Guo on the design and analysis of active learning algorithms for open-set annotation
  • Pioneered a novel active learning algorithm combining uncertainty and diversity-based methods
  • Reduced training time by 21% compared to state of the art, achieving a robust accuracy of 98.1%
  • Implemented LeNet and ResNet architectures; created Matplotlib script to compare precision and recall

Student Technician

August 2024 - Present · The University of Texas at Austin

  • Resolved networking-related IT tickets, ensuring 95% device connectivity across multiple campus locations
  • Managed routers, switches, static IP address allocation, port activations, and VLAN segmentation

Projects

UIL CS Contest Guide – cs240

  1. -> Created a full-stack NuxtJS web application used by over 500 active users preparing for the UIL CS Contest
  2. -> Utilized Tailwind CSS to design a streamlined UI with custom components for footers, navbars, and sidebars
  3. -> Engineered a REST API backend using TypeScript and stored user login data using MongoDB

Compiler + LLVM IR Frontend

  1. -> Implemented a full compiler for a custom language supporting conditionals, iteration, and first-class functions
  2. -> Built an LLVM IR frontend for an extended spec, adding custom data types, arrays, and user-defined structs

Pipelined Processor

  1. -> Designed a 5 stage pipelined processor for a custom ISA with mov, load/store, and branch instructions
  2. -> Implemented pipelining optimizations such as flushing, stalling, and branch prediction to deal with hazards

Multiprocess Heap

  1. -> Designed and implemented a shared heap, enabling concurrent malloc, realloc, and free across multiple processes

ARM Emulator

  1. -> Built a functioning emulator for a subset of ARM including load/store, cbnz, and orr instructions

Skills

  • Programming Languages -> Java, C, C++, Python, Swift, JavaScript, TypeScript, HTML/CSS
  • Libraries & Frameworks -> ReactJS, NodeJS, NuxtJS, Tailwind, PyTorch, NumPy, Pandas, Matplotlib, STL
  • Developer Tools -> AWS (Amplify), MongoDB, Xcode, Markdown, Git, GitHub

Awards

  • CS Awards -> USA Computing Olympiad Gold Division Qualifer (Top 10%), Texas UIL CS State Qualifier (Top 1%)
  • Other Awards -> AIME Qualifier, AMC 12A Distinction (Top 5%), National Merit Scholarship Finalist (Top 1%)