Varun Agrawal

varundagrawal@gmail.com | +1(425) 900-1049 | US Citizen | LinkedIn: /in/vagrawal99

EDUCATION
University of Washington, Seattle, WA Expected March 2024
B.S. in Computer Science, with Interdisciplinary Honors GPA: 3.95
Computer Science courses being taken this academic year:
- CSE 142 – Computer Programming I, CSE 143 – Computer Programming II
- CSE 311 – Foundations of Computing I
- CSE 390H – Special Topics in Computer Science and Engineering (Honors Course)

Mallya Aditi International School, Bangalore, India July 2020

- Cambridge AS/A Level Diploma GPA: 3.95
- ACT Score – 36/36 SAT Score – 1540/1600

EXPERIENCE
Microsoft Mentorship Program Oct – Dec 2020
Microsoft Corporation – Seattle, WA, USA
- Mentored under Kameron Lutes and Chanchal Kariwala through a series of group and 1-on-1 sessions based on
core problem solving and developing soft-skills.

Research Intern July – Aug 2019

Indian Institute of Sciences (IISc) – Bangalore, India
- Mentored under Dr. Partha Talukdar. Worked on incorporating neural networks into media service provider
search engines to optimize their media recommendation algorithm.

PROJECTS
Medicine Dispensing Robot – Inventure Hack Jan 2020
- Built a locomotive Robot using Raspberry Pi 3B, DC and Servo Motors, Infrared Sensors, and Arduino & LCD
Displays, and a Pill Management Android app using MIT App Inventor. Robot locates neurologically disabled
patients in their homes (capable of obstacle detection), and provides them their prescribed medicine using the app.

Simulations of Silkworms using Cellular Automata – Research Project July 2018 – Oct 2019
- Optimizing the spatial distribution of silkworm cocoons by the simulation of Silkworm movement using
principles of cellular automata. Findings were presented at the National Conference of Emerging Trends &
Innovations in Technology.

Tree Genus Identification – Research Paper May 2018 - Feb 2019

- Developed a high accuracy model using convolutional neural networks (CNN) for the automated identification of
tree types on high resolution images of remote forests.

SKILLS
Java, Python, HTML, SQL, Jupyter Notebook.

AWARDS
All India Topper (Rank 1) – Computer Applications (ICSE Board Exam 2018)
Indian National Merit List Topper – 9th Highest Score in the country (264,267 test takers) (ICSE Board Exam 2018)

LEADERSHIP
Founder & President, Mallya Aditi Mathematics & Data Science Club July 2018 – July 2020
- Hands-on Data Science research projects for High School students. Organizing weekly seminars on specific areas
of Mathematics & Science presented by faculty of Azim Premji University, Bangalore.

Tutor and Tournament Organizer, Chess 2016 – present

- Official title: Arena International Master (Arena FIDE rating - 2033). Played in several International
Grandmaster Chess Tournaments. Placed 5th in Under-18 Nationals. Three-time Karnataka State champion.
- Tutoring middle school students since 2016. Lead Organizer – 1st Karnataka State Rapid Chess Championship.