Aakash Parikh
Software Engineer at Meta
Software Engineer at Facebook | UC Berkeley MS/BA EECS
I'm a full stack engineer with backend, data and machine learning skills working on reducing harm for emerging Integrity problems at Meta (Facebook).

Previously, I completed my MS and BA in Computer Science from UC Berkeley where I was involved in research at the PolyPedal Lab and the FHL Vive Center for Enhanced Reality.

Send me a message if you'd like to connect!
Meta
https://www.linkedin.com/company/meta
Helping reduce harms on Facebook for emerging Integrity problems in key areas (civic, priority countries, health, global events and crises)

2021 - present: Central Integrity- Ecosystems 
2020: Civic Integrity
San Francisco Bay Area
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Software Engineer
University of California, Berkeley
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I studied intelligent scene generation and augmentation for AR/VR at the FHL Vive Center For Enhanced Reality while supervised by Dr. Allen Yang
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Graduate Student Researcher @ FHL Vive Center For Enhanced Reality
University of California, Berkeley
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I developed bio-inspired robotic and computer simulation models for legged burrowing at the PolyPEDAL Lab and was advised by Professor Robert Full
San Francisco Bay Area
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Graduate Student Researcher @ PolyPedal Lab
Facebook
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Civic Integrity Data Infra
Greater New York City Area
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Software Engineer Intern
Facebook
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Ads Interfaces Infra & Speed
Menlo Park, California
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Software Engineering Intern
PayPal
https://www.linkedin.com/company/paypal
Financial Instruments
San Francisco Bay Area
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Software Engineer Intern
First Robotics Team 2854
Led a team in the First Robotics Competition (FRC) to build and ship a robot in 6 weeks.
• Highlights: Judge’s Award 2013, Best Engineering Project 2015
• Developed and mentored 4 First Technical Challenge (FTC) teams, growing club from 40 to 100+ students
San Francisco Bay Area
President and Team Captain
Master of Science - MS
• Coursework: Deep Reinforcement Learning, Virtual Reality and Immersive Computing, Deep Neural Networks; Fundamentals of Business, Personal Finance(Haas MBA); Product Management (School of Information)
• Thesis: Robotic and Computer Simulated Burrowing inspired by Mole Crabs
• Advised by Prof. Robert Full
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
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University of California, Berkeley
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Bachelor's degree
• Selected Coursework: Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, Robotics I & II, Algorithms, Graphics, Operating Systems, Security, Signals and Systems, Probability and Random Processes
• Minor in Electrical Engineering
• Upsilon Pi Epsilon- Computer Science Honor Society
Computer Science
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University of California, Berkeley
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Evergreen Valley High School
Boy Scout Troop 296
Eagle Scout
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San Jose, CA
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BCG | IIM Bangalore | IIT Roorkee
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Derivatives Trader and Investment Manager
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