Kanishk Singh

Hi there! I'm Kanishk.. a tea-fueled undergrad looking for more opportunities in software development and learn as much as I can. I love to engage myself in Competititive Programming, Computer Vision and Natural Language Generation. Currently in pre-final year and pursuing multiple hobbies including music and gaming.

About Me

My name is Kanishk Singh and I am a fourth-year undergraduate at the Department of Computer Science and Engineering enrolled in its Dual Degree Program(B.tech + M.tech) at the Indian Institute of Technology(IIT) Kharagpur. My current research interests include aspects of High-Performance Computing, Computer Vision, and Natural Language Processing. I've worked on a lot of projects during my undergrad journey in the areas of Deep Learning , Software Development, High performance Computing, Systems and Network Programming. Currently as a part of my B.tech Project, I am learning the task of Natural Language generation using transformers to generate counterspeech. I also love doing competitive programming and engage myself in solving challenging algorithmic problems.

A snapshot of my work and achievements.

  • Secured All India Rank(AIR)-278 in IIT-JEE ADVANCED 2017
  • Secured All India Rank(AIR)-605 in IIT-JEE MAINS 2017
  • JBNSTS Scholarship Awardee of year 2017
  • Two Times Consecutive Awardee of KVPY Fellowship
  • Designed a booking system to automate the venue booking, student registration for various events in IIT KGP as a part of my term project in DBMS Course.
  • Designed a message-oriented, relaible , exactly once delivery communication layer over an unreliable link(UDP).
  • Five-Star on Codechef(2030)
  • Expert on Codeforces(1736)
  • Implemented a CUDA version of Pedestrian Detection module which detects pedestrians with different poses and features.
  • Student Par Excellence Award By Department Of Computer Science
  • Incoming Intern @Adobe Research