
About
Hi, my name is Tanush Goel, and I am a passionate student at the University of California, Irvine, pursuing a degree in Computer Science with a focus on Artificial intelligence, Machine learning, and Algorithms. Also, I love solving complex problems and building impactful solutions that help the world. Some project examples have working on projects to maintain privacy, and consulting work with nonprofits. Furthermore, I have hands-on experience as a full-stack software engineer and AI tasks such as Computer Vision and NLP. In the past, I contributed to groundbreaking projects in object detection and image segmentation using cutting-edge technologies like Grounding DINO and Roboflow.
Beyond academics and work, I enjoy exploring my interests in sports, music, and the outdoors. Letβs connect to collaborate on innovative projects and ideas! π
Some things I've devoted my time to in college are 180 Degrees Consulting and UCI Rowing Team.
180 Degrees Consulting is the world's largest consultancy for non-profits and social enterprises. I joined 180DC for the opportunity to gain insights in business fields and meet new people! I really enjoy learning new things and helping people out so the organization seemed like the right fit for me. I've been able to grow my skills a lot as a part of the organization through researching recommendations for clients, to leading client projects and finally to conducting outreach for projects.
Also, I love the outdoors and sports, so being part of the rowing team here at UCI was really impactful for me. It does require me to stick to a schedule as the practices can be really early in the morning. However, I stay for the team aspect of the sport and getting to go out on the water with the sunrise.

Work Experience
Undergraduate Researcher
- Created an annotated dataset of 2,200 images using Grounding Dino and Roboflow
- Trained custom YoloV8 model for privacy scenarios with generated adversarial network utilizing distributed computing
- Utilized Roboflow pipeline to streamline ML development process, enabling 2x faster model iteration and deployment
- Performed the concealment of sensitive information within photos using Natural Language Processing
Full-Stack Software Engineer Intern
- Crafted user-friendly and aesthetically pleasing UI/UX designs with Figma and React for multiple types of users
- Ensured database system performance to provide accurate financial data for 5k+ different data points with Python
- Integrated financial data with analytics tools to develop quantitative models with 20% annual return
- Analyzed quarterly earnings reports of S&P 500 companies using HuggingFace
Learning Assistant
- Enhanced understanding of 200+ students by advising them on different computing topics in Python
- Utilized learning tools like Zoom, Github, Google suite to conduct office hours to help students clarify their questions
- Clarified issues on projects for nearly 50 undergraduate students leading to improved understanding and test scores
Projects
Leksa
2024
Food recommendation platform with personalized content delivery and restaurant discovery system
Deployed recommendation system on DigitalOcean with CI/CD pipeline
Implemented word2vec model increasing user engagement by 75%
Optimized training pipeline with Github and Docker, improving speed by 40%
β’ Integrated ElasticSearch to app search bar utilizing vector and index search parameters leading to better user experience

University Info BERT ChatBot
2024
AI-powered chatbot for university policy inquiries using BERT model
Serviced 100+ students with automated policy responses
Integrated Azure backend with Gradio frontend
Implemented cloud deployment using Docker containers

IEEE GRSS Dataset Settlement Detections
2024
ML model for detecting electrified settlements in Africa
Achieved 80% accuracy in settlement detection
Implemented WandB and Pytorch Lightning for training
Combined Random Forest with FCNR Resnet for enhanced predictions

Steam Game Compiler
2022
HackUCI 2022 Hacker's Choice Award winner - Steam game statistics platform
Won Hacker's Choice award among 30+ teams
Integrated Steam API for game statistics
Built responsive UI for game data visualization
