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Rishit Das

Hey, I'm Rishit. I build voice-driven tools and like to learn about new things. I'm focused on new coding tools, multimodality in LLMs, and cool new papers (about anything!).

Recent UC Davis Cognitive Science grad, based in Melbourne, Australia.

Rhythmoji

Projects

One of my first projects was Rhythmoji (mine’s on the right!), where GPT-3.5 converts your Spotify data into a JSON prompt for DALL·E image generation. Since then, I’ve worked on:

Garde
Wavelength
Psych Poster

Education

University of California, Davis

B.S. Computational Cognitive Science | GPA: 3.7

09/22–09/25

Stanford Online High School

09/18–06/22

Experience

GARDE \ Co-founder, CPO \ 03/24–Present

- Engineered a fencing AI coach using TensorFlow.js BlazePose and custom React components, delivering a real-time feedback mechanism that enhanced user training sessions for over 120 athletes.

Integrated Attention VR Lab \ Research Assistant \ 09/23–Present

- Created a data pipeline for a NIMH-grant study on visual attention in VR. Collaborating with University of Adelaide to build a new experiment with React and WebGazer.js.

Wavelength \ Tech Lead \ 03/24–07/24

- Launched a demo of a Spotify dating app using Flask, D3.js, and AWS. Overcame the 25-user Spotify API limit, enabling an event with 70+ participants.

Honors & Awards

- 1st Place, UC Davis Sports Analytics Club Competition '24

- $5,000 Mentor's Choice Award, UC Davis PLASMA Accelerator

- $800 Vapi.ai Award for Social Impact, CalHacks 2024

- 2022 Amy Lee Memorial Essay Prize for outstanding writing

- Finalist, EBSA Spring '23 Case Competition w/ River City Bank

Projects

Echocare \ Oct 2024

- Designed a platform to aid homelessness in SF with a voice-activated service locator. Built with Next.js, Vapi.ai, and Google Maps API.

Rhythmoji \ Sep 2023–Present

- Converts Spotify listening data to a Lego character using Spotipy, OpenAI, and Node.js. Led frontend development and AWS server setup.

ML on Schizophrenia Neural Correlates \ 2021–2022

- Analyzed neuroimaging data from 59 patients at McLean Hospital. Presented at Harvard Undergraduate Research Opportunities (HUROS).

Subliminal Stimuli and Emotion \ 2020

- Explored the relationship between subliminal stimuli and emotion using eye-tracking and NLTK. Presented at The Science of Consciousness (TSC 2020).

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