
Hrishikesh Kalyanaraman
I'm Building
Accelerating conceptual design workflows by 2x using AI
Bio
Hrishikesh is a technical builder from Champaign, USA, who was awarded a Maker Money grant from the Technology and Entrepreneurship Centre at UIUC to accelerate conceptual design workflows by 2x using AI. Previously, he contributed to significant projects at the University of Illinois, including continuous integration testing for the Einstein Toolkit, a widely used open-source platform in scientific computing. His work blends software engineering and physics with a practical focus on boosting developer productivity.",.
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