Rithvik Praveen Kumar
CS + Math at Purdue
Building intelligent software for an intelligent world.
Recruiter modeJust the essentials, no effectsExperience
Aug 2026 – Present · West Lafayette, Indiana, United States
Undergraduate Student Researcher (CS & AI)
Vertically Integrated Projects (VIP) at Purdue
- Selected for a faculty-advised, credit-bearing research team of 30+ students building the full autonomy stack, perception, localization, planning, controls, and simulation for Purdue's driverless racing platforms.
- Working within the software/AI track to apply machine learning and computer vision methods to on-vehicle autonomy problems, developing in Python and C++ on a ROS 2 codebase with LiDAR, camera, and GNSS/IMU sensor data.
Aug 2026 – Present · West Lafayette, Indiana, United States
Software Developer - Corporate Partners (DELMAR Software)
The Data Mine-Purdue University
- Developing FieldWatch 2.0 console with DELMAR Software, rebuilding the DriftWatch specialty crop registry admin experience into a full operations console used by producers, beekeepers, and pesticide applicators across multiple states.
- Rebuilding admin workflows, report generation, bulk export, and user administration, on a Python & PostgreSQL backend with a Vue front end
2026 – now · West Lafayette, IN
Undergraduate Researcher, TinyML
Snowball Lab, Purdue University
- Researching TinyML systems for edge inference under Prof. Qiuyue "Shirley" Xue.
- Optimizing and deploying small ML models onto low-power embedded hardware via Edge Impulse.
2025 – 2026 · West Lafayette, IN
Software Developer
Hack The Future @ Purdue
- Built a full-stack, AI-powered RAG learning platform for a non-profit serving 500+ underserved learners studying personal finance.
- Wired the RAG pipeline, LLM workflow, and vector retrieval that grounds chatbot answers in actual lesson content.
2025 · Northborough, MA
Investor Relations Chair
Code Ninjas
- Promoted role layered on top of Code Sensei duties.
- Analyzed company revenue, costs, and margins to surface historical trends and key financial insights.
2023 – 2025 · Northborough, MA
Code Sensei
Code Ninjas
- Taught programming through game development to 40 students aged 5–12, covering JavaScript, C#, MakeCode, and 3D modeling/printing.
- Built personalized skill-development paths with parents and ran demos for prospective families.
Work
- Mind-Controlled Robotic ArmA robotic arm driven by thought aloneBCI / Hardware
- BoilerFrameFinds every frame a person appears in a videoComputer vision
- Left/Right Thought Prediction (EEG)Classifies left, right and neutral thoughts from EEGBCI
- Predicting Citizen HappinessModeled how public spending tracks happinessML research
- QRIfyTurns any text into a downloadable QR codeWeb app
- Habitat for Humanity E-CommerceOne-click listings to Marketplace and eBayVolunteer
About
- Buildingrithvik.ai
- ResearchingTinyML on Edge Impulse
- LearningEnergy-harvesting sensors
- HomeBoston
- SchoolWest Lafayette
- NowWest Lafayette
Languages
- Python
- JavaScript
- TypeScript
- C++
- C#
- SQL
Frameworks
- React
- Next.js
- Node.js
- Express
- TensorFlow
- Keras
- scikit-learn
- Pandas
Infra and data
- AWS
- MongoDB
- Supabase
- Vercel
- Cloudflare
- Google Apps Script
AI and hardware
- RAG
- Ollama
- Edge Impulse
- TinyML
- Arduino
- 500+learners on the RAG platform
- 40students taught to code
- 6projects shipped
Play
- Deck: Play a 1927 record through knobs and a scope
- Artboard: Sketch and diagram, then export
- Type Racer: Type a real line from my projects
- Angle Approximator: Guess the angle in degrees
- Count the Dots: Dots flash for under a second
- Center the Div: Drag the box to the exact centre
- Darkroom: 29 image effects on my portrait, as a constellation
Questions
- 01
Software engineering or AI/ML internships.
- 02
Yes. I'm happy to relocate for the right role.
- 03
Yes. Most projects link to their repositories, the rest are on GitHub at github.com/rithvikpkx, and this site's code is public too.