Computer Science and Engineering student at UC Merced
Software Engineer with a focus on Machine Learning and Computer Vision

Currently: Research Intern @ IoT4Ag

Welcome! I'm Pranav, a third-year CSE student at the University of California, Merced. My expertise lies in AI and Computer Vision, with a focus on CV for autonomous driving and AgTech. I enjoy learning new aspects of my major, and I frequently explore fields that have CS applications, namely Cognitive Science.

recent projects

FlowFundAI May 2026

SaaS finance web app for young adults and college students. Our application bridges the gap between raw financial data and actionable guidance through natural language interaction with Pluto AI.

Next.js React TypeScript Vite Flask Google Gemini API Claude API JWT SQLite
HG-RAG April 2026

Independent research paper on a RAG framework that performs graph-traversal over hierarchical knowledge graphs to deliver structured context to LLMs. Tested with Ollama Mistral 7B.

Python RAG NetworkX
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skills

languages
Python C/C++ JavaScript HTML/CSS SQL
frameworks
React Node.js Material-UI FastAPI REST API
ml
PyTorch TensorFlow Scikit-learn Hugging Face RAG Pandas NumPy Matplotlib YOLO
full-stack
React HTML/CSS Next.js REST FastAPI SQL Web Stockets SQLAlchemy

experience

B.S. Computer Science & Engineering Fall 2023 — present
University of California, Merced

Learning Computer Science and Engineering at UCM. Despite its solitude, the smaller campus allows me to foster relationships with peers and professors that I don’t believe I could make at many other universities.

  • Dean’s Honor List every semester from 2023-2025
  • Chancellor’s Honor List for 2024 and 2025
  • Vice President and SIG AI Lead for the Association for Computing Machinery
Undergraduate Research Assistant 2025 — Present
EvoLab · UC Merced

Undergraduate Research Assistant at EvoLab, a cognitive science lab at UC Merced run by Dr. Colin Holbrook, focused on Human-Robot Interaction research.

  • Implementing LLMs into robots to allow for open-ended natural language commands for control
  • Handling of software for Engineered Art's Ameca Robot
  • Experience with running participants and handling neuroimaging technology for experiments
Undergraduate Research Assistant May 2026 — June 2026
CyberSTAR · UC Merced

Created instructional materials for autonomous vehicle simulation as part of an NSF-funded cybersecurity research project

  • Developed a CARLA simulator training module covering environment setup, map loading, and programmatic vehicle spawning via Python scripting
  • Built and documented traffic scenario generation workflows using CARLA's client-server architecture, enabling repeatable simulation environments for vehicular network research