Hi, I'm Shadaj
I explore the boundaries of programming
I'm a first-year PhD student co-advised by
Alvin Cheung and
Joe Hellerstein at UC Berkeley, where I research programming languages and distributed systems. I'm grateful to be supported by an
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship. Previously, I received my BS in EE/CS at UC Berkeley. I've interned at
Google Brain,
Facebook,
Apollo GraphQL,
Khan Academy,
Coursera, and
Paya Labs, where I worked with GraphQL, Rust, React, and Scala.js to develop open-source libraries, education platforms, and large-scale infrastructure.
I host many open-source libraries and projects on
GitHub, and have a
channel on YouTube. I've presented a keynote at
OSCON 2014 and at Scala Days (
2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018),
GraphQL Summit,
Scale By the Bay, and various other technical conferences. In high school, I was the Co-President of
Lynbrook Robotics, where I led a competitive robotics team of over 100 students. I continue to be involved with the team, where I focus on introducing students to advanced control theory topics and software design principles.