Experience
Professional journey and technical expertise
Professional Experience
AI Researcher
UCLA StarAI Lab
Los Angeles, CA
- • Building production web platform for AI researchers to explore 20 years of Knowledge Compilation research (public demo: kcm.kahdian.com)
- • Partnering with PhD researchers to design features based on real user feedback
- • Engineered algorithms eliminating 90% of manual data entry and 99% of human-generated errors
- • Streamlined testing and release processes, saving 50+ hours of manual work
TypeScriptSvelteKitAWSGitHub ActionsLaTeX
Software Engineering Intern
UCLA Garrick Institute for Risk Sciences
Los Angeles, CA
- • Saved 100+ hours of recurring data entry tasks by scripting conversion of 4 proprietary data types
- • Validated and processed 5,000+ risk event datasets for Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant (provides 23% of California's clean energy)
- • Collaborated with a cross-functional team of 5 engineers on a 100,000+ line production codebase
C++PythonDjangoSeleniumReactGitLabDocker
Education
University of California, Los Angeles
Computer Engineering B.S., Applied Mathematics B.S.
Los Angeles, CA
Timeline: Flexible (B.S. completion target June 2027; potential M.S. path through 2028)
GPA: 3.96
Honor Societies & Leadership
- • National Merit Scholar (L3Harris corporate scholarship)
- • Dean's Honors List all quarters
Relevant Coursework
Software ConstructionAlgorithms & ComplexityLinear Programming (Graduate-Level)Convex Optimization (Graduate-Level)Complex Analysis (Honors)Probability Theory IProbability Theory II (In Progress)Artificial Intelligence (In Progress)Computing Theory (In Progress)Neural Networks & Deep Learning II (In Progress)Numerical MethodsComputer Organization
Technical Skills
Programming Languages
C/C++PythonJavaScript/TypeScriptJavaSQLBashMATLAB
AI/ML & LLM
OpenAI APIGemini APITensorFlowscikit-learnNumPyPandasAgentic AI
Web Technologies
ReactAngularSvelteNode.jsExpressDjangoSpring Boot
Data & Analytics
MatplotlibPostgreSQLMongoDBExcelData Pipelines
Tools & Platforms
GitGitHub ActionsDockerAWS (EC2, RDS)Distributed SystemsLinuxVSCodeJupyterSelenium
Key Achievements
3.96
Current GPA
100+
Hours Saved Through Automation
2nd
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