Varun Aravapalli's Portfolio

Hi! I'm Varun Aravapalli

I’m an undergraduate student at NYU majoring in Computer Science and Math, passionate about Algorithms, Data Driven Analysis, Blockchain and everything to do with Financial Technology.

My Background / About Me

At NYU, I currently work as the Senior Advisor at NYU's Blockchain and Fintech Club. Additionally, I also work a TA for Design and Analysis of Algorithms. This summer, I will be working at Balyasny Asset Management in the DIG division. I love playing basketball, poker, E-sports, going to concerts, and watching all kinds of TV shows. I also love coffee. You can reach out to me on Linkedin or at va2056@nyu.edu.

Work Experience

Balyasny Asset Management

Data Associate (Summer '24)

Data Insight Group (DIG)

Barclays

SWE Intern (Summer '23)

Equities BAPM Team

Numina

Data Science Intern (Spring '23)

Data Insights Team

Highlyte AI

Data Science Intern (Summer '22)

ML and Computer Vision Team

Research Experience

Blockchain Research

In-Depth Analysis of Consensus Mechanisms with Professor Ayesha Kiani

Computational Geometry

Analyzing the Optimal Slope Selection Problem with Professor Boris Aronov

NYU FAMS Research Lab

Buiilt Pressure Valves for Soft Robotic Applications under Professor Rui Li

Data Science Projects

Peak AI Datathon

Presented Insights to PeakAI (Sponsor) at NYU Datathon

World Happiness Index

Analysis on Kaggle Dataset "World Happiness Index Report"

SWE Projects

Prison Database Web App

Built a Full-Stack Web App to manage a database of prisoners, with ChatGPT API Integration for Natural Language Queries

BNFT Collection

Built an NFT Collection for NYU Blockchain members based on NYU's bobcat mascot

Poker dApp

Currently Leading a team of 8 students to build a poker dApp in association with QuickNode

ETHGlobal: Vault Protocol

Created a FullStack Vault Protocol with Aribtrum Stylus and other Integrations

UX Design Projects

Patient Portal Re-Design

Created an MVP Re-Design for Cerner's base patient portal framework

BNPL App Design

Created both Blue-Sky and Realistic Designs to improve Sezzle's BNPL App