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yash [at] vesikar.com
vesikar.eth

I am a Masters of Computer Science student at UT Austin and a software engineer at Kona.
Previously at Microsoft Esports

I am a huge programming languages nerd & coffee enthusiast.

Projects
pymoo
Multi-objective Opimization in Python
State of the art single, multi and many-objective optimization algorithms and test problems. Moreover, features related to multi-criteria visualization and decision making. I am a contributor. The project is headed by Julian Blank.
documentation / github / bibtex
NECG
Collaborated with Childrens Hospital of Wisconsin to create a web application to aid in diagnosis and treatment of neonatal ecephalopathy.
demo / info / github
Research
Reference Point Based NSGA-III for Preferred Solutions
Yash Vesikar, Kalyanmoy Deb, Julian Blank
SSCI, 2018.
User specified reference points can be used to simplify the multi-criterion decision making process by incorporating user preference into the optimization process.
link / pdf / code / presentation/ bibtex
Professional Experience
Kona
Software Engineer
01/2020 - Present
Fullstack developer working on Kona.
Microsoft
Software Engineer
03/2020 - 01/2022
Frontend developer working on Smash.gg + Microsoft Esports.
Microsoft
Program Manager/Data Analyst Intern
05/2019 - 08/2019
Responsible for identifying trends in consumption for Azure Data open source database offerings.
Fulcrum-GT
Software Developer (Intern)
05/2017 - 08/2017
Developed a custom chat bot for attorneys and legal assistants.
Teaching
Algorithms and Data Structures
Undergraduate Lecture Assistant
Michigan State University
08/2018 – 05/2019
Introduction to Programming I
Undergraduate Lecture Assistant
Michigan State University
01/2019 - 05/2019
Education
Masters of Science in Computer Science
The University of Texas at Austin
01/2022 - Present
Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering
Michigan State University
08/2016 - 12/2019