Bhargav
first   Garre Venkata
last

Experience

PayPal

• Developed new behavioral biometric data collection (client-side) and ML models for bot detection (TypeScript, Python, Scikit-learn, XGBoost)
• Automated signup flows with an agent for simulating bot behavior and testing feature compatibility across browsers (Python, Playwright, BrowserStack, Codex)
• Conducted internal evaluation of ping-pong paddles (plastic)

UVA Research Computing (part of Information Technology Services)

• Updated natural-language faculty search tool with federal funding API, enhanced UI and performance (Python, Flask, OpenAI, FAISS)
• Improved websites by enhancing content structure and UI for better user engagement and accessibility (HTML/CSS/JS, Hugo)
• Produced high-quality video tutorials to help researchers use high-performance computing resources (Audacity, DaVinci Resolve, ffmpeg)
• Tested office coffee maker (Keurig)

Mechatronics and Robotics Society of UVA

• Developed web-based dashboard to control robot from Linux PC (React)
• Designed communication protocol between Nvidia Jetson-based robot and PC (ROS2, TCP, C++)
• Carefully supervised SD cards while flashing Ubuntu (balenaEtcher)

Projects

Chat Hoolette – research-backed campus friend group matcher with personalized activity recommendations (Python, Flask, React, PostgreSQL, Groq, Heroku)

Clothing Library – peer-to-peer clothing lending web app (Python, Django, HTML/CSS/JS)

Mathgens – math tools, reference, and problem generators (HTML/CSS/JS, Jekyll)

Team Gigabyte

Quotobot – a Discord bot that tells quotes, gets the weather, and more (Node.js, SQLite)

GiG Meals – the best meal planner for diabetics, customized for your preferences (Python, Flask, HTML/CSS/JS, Azure)

Hobbies

Quizbowl

President and player for Virginia (stats 1, 2)

The Testing Page

Homemade electronic music made in GarageBand and Novation Launchpad.
Spotify • Apple Music • YouTube
(available on most other streaming platforms as well!)

Contact

Interested in collaborating or have questions? Email me at [email] or DM me on LinkedIn.