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Building Intelligent &
Secure Systems

I'm Abhijeet S Pachpute, MS in Computer Science @ University of Utah (May 2026). I build production software, ship applied AI, and care obsessively about security and reliability.

Open for roles across US MS CS • May 2026 Open to SWE / AI / Security roles
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/ Education

What I'm studying and what I've shipped so far.

University of Utah

Master of Science in Computer Science

Aug 2024 – May 2026 • Salt Lake City, UT

GPA: 3.7/4.0

Relevant coursework

Graduate Algorithms (CS 6150)Operating Systems (CS 6460)Computer Architecture (CS 6810)Security & Privacy (CS 6495)Machine Learning Security (CS 6958)Deep Learning (CS 6353)Neuro-Symbolic Modeling (CS 6964, Special Topic)Manage Data with ML (CS 6964, Special Topic)

University of Pune

Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Engineering

Jul 2019 – May 2023 • Pune, India

GPA: 8.7/10

Activities

  • Co-founder & Vice President of Meraki
  • Member, Research & Innovation Cell and ACE
  • Japanese language program (hobby)

Publications & Outreach

  • Published 3 Indian patents and 2 IEEE papers
  • Conducted cybersecurity awareness program at Pune Cyber Police Cell

/ Experience

Work across security, AI engineering, and backend systems.

Jun 2025 – Present

Salt Lake City, UT

Information Technology Intern

University of Utah • VP for Research

Securing research infrastructure for a $650M+ annual research enterprise.

  • Deployed Tanium, BeyondTrust Privilege Management, and Forcepoint endpoint security, reducing risk by 60% and supporting federal research compliance.
  • Remediated critical CSRF exposure across 25+ Windows servers through cross-department coordination.
  • Co-authored SOPs for international loaner laptops and onboarded 70+ encrypted devices end-to-end.

May 2025 – Aug 2025

Remote, USA

AI Software Engineer (Summer'25 Intern)

AVI Human Services

Built applied GenAI tools used by state administrators.

  • Shipped a real-time AI SWOT analytics dashboard (React, Node.js, Gemini Flash 2.0, Docker, AWS) processing 50,000+ student records across 10 agencies, cutting analysis time 75%.
  • Designed a RAG prompt optimization framework for curriculum generation, improving relevance by 40%.
  • Built REST APIs with Redis caching and PostgreSQL tuning to keep sub-200ms responses under concurrent workloads.

Jul 2023 – Feb 2024

Pune, India

Software Developer Intern

eWarranty Solutions

  • Built a QR code warranty verification system (Java, Spring Boot, REST), supporting 45,000+ products and reducing manual errors by 30%.
  • Implemented real-time analytics with async data retrieval (CompletableFuture) and MySQL-backed dashboards.
  • Improved performance via query + architecture tuning and HikariCP pooling, reducing response time 40%.

May 2022 – Jul 2023

Pune, India

Research Assistant

Research & Innovation Cell • RMD Sinhgad (University of Pune)

  • Supported research methodology design through literature reviews and synthesis.
  • Trained students on statistical analysis, improving research accuracy by ~60% and contributing to publications and patents.
  • Helped with survey design, data collection, and analysis for peer-reviewed work.

Jan 2022 – Jul 2022

Pune, India

Cyber Security Analyst (Intern)

ShellStrong Technologies

  • Resolved 7 high-priority digital forensic cases with mitigations like MFA, encryption, and firewall rule hardening.
  • Ran vulnerability assessments using Nmap, Wireshark, and Metasploit, reducing issues by 30% and improving compliance.
  • Implemented ISO 27001-aligned InfoSec protocols to reduce risk and improve operational discipline.

/ Featured Projects

Code that solves real problems.

View all on GitHub
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Dinodash

Fast-paced, action-packed dinosaur survival game where players dodge obstacles, collect power-ups, and unlock achievements. Built with C++ and Raylib featuring immersive gameplay and pixel-art visuals.

C++RaylibGame Development

Custom Unix Shell

A minimal Unix-like shell implementation supporting command execution, piping, I/O redirections (>, <, >>), background execution (&), logical operators (&&, ||), and command history (!n). Built in C for CS5460/6460 Operating Systems.

COperating SystemsShell

TASA

Trusted Assistant with Secure Access. Real-time face recognition with CNN + HOG, anti-spoofing, and Raspberry Pi deployment. ~90% authentication accuracy.

PythonOpenCVTensorFlow

Image-Dev (GenAI)

Text-to-image system combining TF-IDF + diffusion. Generates high-res 1024×1024 images with strong contextual relevance (~93%).

DiffusionAWSPyTorch

Safety H‑Shield (IoT)

Women safety wearable with GPS tracking, emergency alerting, and biometric authentication. Edge-based threat detection with ~3s response window.

C++GSM/BLEAWS IoT

Enterprise Warranty System

Scalable backend for product verification and analytics. Optimized async data retrieval and database performance for faster decision workflows.

Spring BootMySQLREST

AI Prompt + RAG Toolkit

Prompt optimization and retrieval setup used for curriculum generation and analytics workflows (embeddings, retrieval, evaluation loops).

RAGEmbeddingsEvaluation

/ Intellectual Property & Research

PATENT FILED

TASA: Virtual Assistant With Face Authentication

Ref: 202221066577

PATENT FILED

Safety H‑Shield: Wearable Security Device

Ref: 202221048969

IEEE PUBLICATION

TASA: Virtual AI Assistant with Multilevel Authentication

ICCUBEA 2023

View on IEEE Xplore
IEEE PUBLICATION

Image-Dev: Advanced Text to Image AI Model

PuneCon 2022

View on IEEE Xplore

Honors & Awards

Proof that I can finish what I start.

Best Innovator & Best Cybersecurity Expert
Department of Computer Engineering, RMDSSOE
Smart India Hackathon 2022 Finalist
SIH1019
First Runner Up
Innovation Thinking & Ideation Competition
Cybersecurity Awareness Program
Pune Cyber Police Cell

/ Technical Arsenal

Programming

  • Java
  • Python
  • C++
  • JavaScript / TypeScript
  • HTML / CSS / SCSS

AI / ML

  • PyTorch / TensorFlow
  • OpenCV / CNNs
  • Gemini APIs / RAG
  • Scikit-Learn
  • Vector embeddings

Backend / Cloud

  • AWS (EC2/S3/Lambda)
  • Docker / CI/CD
  • Spring Boot
  • Node.js / Express
  • MySQL / PostgreSQL / MongoDB

Security

  • Digital forensics
  • Wireshark / Nmap
  • ISO 27001
  • Vulnerability assessment
  • Privilege management

Let's build something that works at scale.

If it touches production, reliability, or security… I'm interested.

Location

United States

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