Anish Gupta

Computer Science Student @ UC Santa Cruz · Santa Cruz, CA

I build applied AI and hardware-adjacent systems — from quantum optimization on IBM hardware to accessibility tools running entirely in-browser.

Projects

  • Lead Developer
    Helix Self-correcting heart disease classifier — an autonomous ML agent that runs the entire training loop with no human in it, gated through Pomerium with a spend ceiling and action allowlist.
  • Lead Developer
    SubStrata Recursive self-improvement pipeline for NASA-oriented land cover classification — 42% to 91% accuracy.
  • Lead Developer
    Cascade N-2 power grid cascading failure analysis as a QUBO, run on real IBM quantum hardware.
  • Lead Developer
    PathFinder In-browser WebGPU navigation aid for blind and low-vision users with real-time obstacle warnings.
  • Lead Developer
    BatemanAI Financial AI assistant with generative UI dashboards and a Twilio phone system for proactive risk calls.
  • Lead Developer
    Global Education Inequality Monitoring System sEQI-scored global education heatmap for policymakers — pitched to UNESCO, presented at IEEE WEEF & GEDC.
  • Lead Developer
    Discordance MCP knowledge graph tool for olfactory receptor cancer evidence — detects contradictions instead of guessing, 100% on a 27-point evaluation rubric.
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Awards

  • 1st Overall / Best Use of Fireworks AI
    Daytona HackSprint
  • 1st (Financial Track) / 2nd overall
    Flutter's GenUI Hackathon
  • Best Use of Pomerium / Best Use of Zero.xyz
    Loop Engineering Hackathon
  • 2nd
    Berkeley Gateway Accelerator & xpyQ Quantum AI Hackathon
  • 2nd
    Owkin's Rewiring Biology MCP Hackathon
  • Top 7
    Dell x NVIDIA Local Computing Hackathon
  • Top 10
    AI Engineer World Fair Hackathon
  • Top 10
    RunPod x Bright Data Hackathon

Skills

Python JavaScript TypeScript React Node.js Tailwind Git VS Code

Certifications

  • PCAP
    Python Certified Associate Programmer (PCAP)
  • PCEP
    Python Certified Entry Level Programmer (PCEP)