Building software students can actually use — contract review, scheduling, recruiting follow-ups, and accessible classroom tools.
🎓 B.S. Computer Science (CS + Math) · B.S. Electrical Engineering · Minor in Business Administration
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign · James Scholar · Class of 2029 · GPA 3.92
+1 201 378 8532 · aarav.mittal.ma@gmail.com · GitHub · LinkedIn
CoParse — Contract Review for Students
Kotlin · Android · OCR · NLP · On-Device AI · Document Intelligence
Android app that helps students understand and review complex legal contracts. I led a 6-engineer team from user research through the analysis pipeline.
- Interviewed 30+ students to identify contract pain points and turn that feedback into engineering priorities
- Built a Kotlin analysis pipeline using OCR and NLP to identify clauses, flag risks, and recommend next steps
GitHub: a2105z/CoParse
Chronos — AI Planner
React · FastAPI · REST APIs · LLMs · Scheduling · JWT Authentication
AI planner that turns natural-language goals into conflict-free schedules. Built with 3 students.
- Scheduling engine enforcing 6 constraints across availability, deadlines, protected time, and task conflicts
- React / FastAPI app with 28 REST APIs, 88 tests, user authentication, and scheduling diagnostics
GitHub: a2105z/Chronos
SwiftUI · LLMs · On-Device AI · Speech Recognition · Automation
Turns a 20-second conversation recap into a contact, context, and a follow-up.
- Confirmation flow that captures recruiting details accurately and cuts down incorrect information
- On-device speech, reminders, and AI-generated follow-up drafts for managing relationships
Sep 2026 – Present · Urbana, IL
Live captioning and lecture tools for ScribeAR, supporting 100+ hours of accessible real-time lecture transcription.
- Improving speech recognition for technical CS and engineering terms, increasing transcription accuracy by 18%
- Building low-latency audio processing so captions stay clearer and faster during live lectures
- Developing an NLP-powered lecture visualizer that turns live audio into real-time systems diagrams and animations
Siebel School of Computing and Data Science — CS Undergraduate Course Assistant, Tutor, & Peer Mentor
Jan 2026 – May 2026 · Urbana-Champaign, IL
- Tutored 200+ students in data structures and architecture: lists, trees, queues, ADTs, assembly, pipelining, datapaths
- Guided C/C++ debugging and systems concepts: memory, pointers, recursion, control flow, caching, and architecture
- Built an interactive data structure visualizer for execution flow and real-code applications
- Mentored fellow first-gen CS students through office hours, reviews, tutoring, and course planning
Jun 2025 – Aug 2025 · London, UK
- Built Python tooling for Time-Weighted Expectancy and portfolio risk metrics
- Automated data pipelines across thousands of trade-log records with NumPy and pandas, cutting manual prep time by 50%
- Evaluated ML models on financial datasets and translated results into research insights
- Rotated across data, research, and product, working directly with the founder on technical decisions
Sep 2022 – May 2025 · Chicago, IL
AI-native multilingual education platform using NLP, speech-to-text, machine translation, and text-to-speech.
- Designed a multimodal localization pipeline for transcription, contextual translation, cultural adaptation, and synthesis
- Led 0 → 1 product development from user research and technical design through prototyping, testing, and product strategy
- Named Top 10 in EY’s Inclusive AI Challenge and Top 60 of 1,814 global NFTE innovations addressing the UN’s SDGs
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign · James Scholar · Expected May 2029 · GPA 3.92
Bachelor of Science, Computer Science (CS + Math)
Bachelor of Science, Electrical Engineering
Minor in Business Administration
Coursework: Data Structures & Algorithms · Systems Programming · Computer Architecture · Applied AI/ML · Linear Algebra
Career programs: Capital One First-Gen Focus · Goldman Sachs Possibilities Summit & Virtual Insights · McKinsey Forward
Languages: C/C++ · Python · Java · TypeScript/JavaScript · SQL · Go · Rust · Shell/Bash
Libraries & frameworks: PyTorch · scikit-learn · NumPy · pandas · React · Node.js · FastAPI · gRPC · Protobuf · PostgreSQL · MCP
Tools: Git/GitHub · Linux · Docker · AWS · GitHub Copilot · Cursor · Claude Code · Gemini CLI · Jupyter · Postman
Building for students · Human-centered AI products · Education access · Technology storytelling · Coffee sampling