Rishit Das

Hey, I'm Rishit. Recently graduated from UC Davis, where I majored in cognitive science and computation. Currently focused on:

Expanding my research and understanding of human cognitive systems.
Learning to build better systems with AI.
Cool new papers (about anything!)

I'm based in Melbourne, Australia. Grew up in India, Hong Kong, and Abu Dhabi

Blog

Notes On Accessibility, How AI Might Ruin Everything, and Why I'm Starting A Blog

December 24, 2024

This won't be a regular blog. I promise you that. I'm not consistent enough to do that, in the way you think of a blog...

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:** an video AI tool for fencing, with TensorFlow.js pose estimation and optical flow to assist with performance tracking.

**Wavelength:** a dating app with compatability metrics based on users' Spotify listening habits.

Psych Poster — **Research:** virtual reality study that tracked eye-tracking (x, y, z) in a virtual IKEA for study on perception and memory with audiovisual stimuli.

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

nrtureAI \ Product Engineering Intern

10/25 - Present

- Building frontend and agent experiences at nrtureAI by tRetail Labs, a reputation intelligence platform serving hospitality businesses in Victoria.

GARDE \ Co-founder, Product Lead

03/24 - 11/25

- 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 Award for Social Impact, CalHacks 2024 from Vapi.ai

- 2023 Amy Lee Memorial Essay Prize from UC Davis' Comparative Literature department

- 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).