Nishanth Basava

About

hey, i'm Nish. i study cs and math at vanderbilt on an accelerated master's path in four years. lately i've been really interested in agentic systems, ML (especially mech interp), and cognitive science. i like products that actually make someone's day a little easier. i think that's probably because i started out doing health research before getting into software. this site is mostly a collection of things i've built, things i'm thinking about, and ideas i'm excited to work on. thanks for stopping by :)

Experience

Python

TypeScript

PyTorch

React

Next.js

Tailwind CSS

Node.js

FastAPI

PostgreSQL

Docker

Git

GitHub

1. Machine Learning Research Intern at Neurdy Lab @ VALIANT Developing quality control pipelines for resting-state fMRI data in the BIDS format to improve preprocessing reliability and help researchers obtain high-quality datasets more efficiently. Here's my lab: https://www.cchanglab.net/ 2. Data Science Intern at Harvard Biostatistics Contributed to bayesNMF, a Bayesian matrix factorization package for discovering latent mutational signatures in large-scale cancer genomics datasets. Check out our publication here: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10618600.2026.2657487 some awards i've acquired: - 2025 U.S. Presidential Scholar - Chancellor's Scholar (merit full-tuition scholarship) - 1st at Hult Prize pitch competition at Vanderbilt ($3,000) for DiffEx - 1st on Xtremis AI track at 2026 Dry Dock Hackathon ($5,000) for Perigeon

Projects

Yo so what is up guys

Ideas

Yo so what is up guys