Computer Engineering — Columbia Greater Good Challenge finalist
Designed and built an interactive control-room dashboard that simulates power failures, system alerts, and plant-level recovery workflows. This dashboard is now part of the ELSA simulation environment for training mission-critical operators.
Launched in 2020 as a pandemic response initiative. Grew it from ad-hoc food distributions into an organized community aid platform. Ongoing role in fundraising, digital outreach, and campaign coordination.
Built a working sign‑in prototype modeled after real airline portals. Wrote the backend in Python/Flask with SQLite for user sessions. Got hands‑on with how aviation IT systems manage data and authentication.
Evaluated financial trends, project performance, and customer behavior using SQL, Python (pandas, NumPy, seaborn), and Excel. Analyzed cash‑flow cycles, supplier terms, and visitor spending to identify savings and improve efficiency. Built monthly performance decks in PowerPoint.
Helped run events and programs for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Handled logistics, checked people in, and made sure everyone felt included.
ENGL 110 · HBKU · First-year writing
Three core pieces that move from personal story to image analysis to a full research argument.
A narrative about two brothers, late-night games, and how screens, stories, and small challenges shaped the way I read, play, and compete.
A close reading of a portrait set against Samarkand domes and a crescent sky, unpacking color, framing, and symbolism to show how identity is staged.
A research project that follows traditional instruments, songs, and rituals to ask how music carries memory, belief, and community across generations.
More coming soon.
One of the reasons I hate book lists is that if someone asks me the stupid question "what's the best book you've ever read?", my answer would depend on the time of the day, bicycling conditions, freshness of the last meal, ambient temperature, & current price of OTM options.
— Nassim Taleb
Nabokov's most intricate and complex novel. You can see touches of his biography as he gave way up to himself, and this is what makes it so entertaining. Every time you read it, you pick up on more allusions, more puns, more inconsistencies in Van's retelling.
His first novel. Love the way his Russian prose is similar to his English, with all the humor transliterated to his later works. The way that humans idealize their memories is neatly described.
A great essay about fractals, the concepts behind them, and their applications.
Work of the best person who qualifies to write a book about LLM's.
Not a big fan of the divine and the gods. I think stoics mostly associated gods with nature as a whole or a divine Deity, but that is just me and my skeptical empiricist mind. A great read.
I love everything related to vampires. The Great successor of Carmilla.
Two stories well connected to each other. Gives Studio Ghibli vibes as the reader is ambivalent towards antagonists.
A splendidly described societal structure of modern churches and alike.
Passions: RPGs (The Witcher, Cyberpunk), Sandbox Games (Terraria, Minecraft), Gothic Fiction, and Working on Small Tech Ideas Whenever Possible.