Hey! I'm Varun 👋

I'm a sophomore at Stanford studying electrical engineering and math. I work on problems at the intersection of hardware and software ⚡

This winter, I'm working on a variety of projects from home, from automating circuit design with machine learning to democratizing mobile health. I'll also be taking courses on circuits, signals & systems, probability, economics, and industrial sketching. 📚

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A BIT MORE ABOUT ME 👨‍💻

I've spent my entire life in the Bay Area. I grew up in Cupertino and I'm a proud Eagle Scout. I enjoy reading, working out, photography, and picking up new skills (currently on a bit of a cooking whim). I like collecting lapel pins, flannels, and sneakers 👟

On the whole, I'm interested in embedded systems, product design, philosophy, and technology applications in high-impact verticals (construction, finance, space, climate change, healthcare, and security, to name a few) 🚀

This website is a home for my digital garden — take a look at my resume, view my photos/writing, and if you see anything interesting, feel free to reach out!

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BUILDING (AND BREAKING) STUFF 🛠

I'm keeping myself busy while sheltering-in-place this pandemic by working on several projects.

• Conducting research in the Stanford Graphics Lab on machine learning based approaches for hardware optimization.
• Helping lead CS 342 / MED 253: Building for Digital Health in Winter 2020-2021.
• Developing CardinalKit, an open source platform for creating, managing, and scaling digital health apps, through the Stanford Byers Center for Biodesign.
• Sourcing early-stage startups as a university venture partner at Contrary Capital.
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I've built a couple of things in the past as well, mostly in high school.

• Consulted on fullstack projects in the Stanford Radiology department.
• Built 3D neural nets to find tumerous regions within brain fMRIs at Berkeley AI Research.
• Designed an end-to-end deep learning system for postoperative wound assessment at the Palo Alto VA Hospital.
• Programmed a couple of apps which have reached the pockets of tens of thousands of cool people around the world.

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CAFFIENE-FUELED SLEEPLESS NIGHTS ☕️

I like school — a lot! That's likely a product of my joy for learning things. Unfortunately, this doesn't leave much time for sleep. Here are some I've enjoyed.

• Learned about data structures and algorithm design (try and guess my favorite algorithm: G___________) in CS 161: Design and Analysis of Algorithms.
• Made FPGAs *beep* and *boop* and designed a music synthesizer with Verilog in EE 108: Digital System Design.
• Built a fully functioning bare-metal magic mirror with a Raspberry Pi and ESP32 in CS 107E: Computer Systems from the Ground Up.
• Rediscovered my passion for math by understanding problems at an abstract level in MATH 115 & 113, real analysis and linear algebra.
• Accidentally found myself in the advanced physics track for freshman. Fortunately, I came out with a deeper understanding of relativity and Maxwell's equations.
• Compared Mill and Rousseau's hypothethical opinions on the COVID-19 pandemic in POLISCI 131L: Modern Political Thought.
• Computationally analyzed gene sequences in HUMBIO 51: Big Data for Biologists and met some amazing innovators in MS&E 472: The Spirit of Entrepreneurship.

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A COUPLE OF FAVORITES 🤙

Just to add some extra personal flair to this page 😎

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Copyright Varun Shenoy
Updated Dec. 2020