About Me - CuriousAvenger

Sai Praneth K

Full Stack Web & Data Developer

Hello! I'm CuriousAvenger, a freshman at the University of California, Berkeley, intending to major in Astrophysics and minor in Computer Science. My interests span a wide range, from Astrophysics, particularly focusing on the study of black holes, physical cosmology, and quantum mechanics, to Computer Science, with a keen interest in AI, machine learning, and cybersecurity.

During high school, I was a part of the Varsity tennis team, and I'm also an active volunteer in a non-profit organization called STEM League. In this role, I've had the opportunity to teach coding in data development and web development to around 15-20 students. At the university, I'm involved in the Berke1337 cybersecurity club, which is home to the 0ski CTF team. Additionally, I'm a member of the rocketry club called STAR, known for its extensive and successful launch history in Berkeley. Within STAR, I specialize in Avionics, working on the software side of rocket launches and data acquisition. Feel free to check out my resume for more details about my hobbies and experiences.

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What I do

From a young age, I have always been fascinated by the philosophical question: Why is there something rather than nothing? Is our universe real? Is there life after death? Does God exist? These questions prompted me into the field of astrophysics where I found concepts quite unlike what reality is used to: the bending of space and time, the inevitable black hole, and the boundless expansion of the universe. As I delved deeper into this field, I only realized that knowledge is abundant and yet to be uncovered as Sir Issac Newton said, "myself I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the seashore, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me." My passion and curiosity have guided me in doing self-research and studying these topics, as evidenced by my blogs. I firmly believe that the field of astrophysics holds the true purpose of bringing me closer to discovering the secrets of the universe.

Python

For data analysis, I mostly use Python with numpy, pandas, and matplotlib. Python was my game changer as I progressed from simple or intermediate projects to larger and more complex projects.

C & C++

C and C++ were my first programming languages, and they were arguably the most difficult to learn over the course of my ten years. My knowledge ranges from intermediate to advanced.

HTML, CSS & Javascript

HTML, CSS, and Javascript are all examples of markup languages. I learned these programming languages in order to create my own website and to teach other children in a STEM League volunteer program.

Java

Java. Java was taught to me as part of my AP Computer Science A class. I self-studied for this class and received a 5 on the AP exam. My knowledge of object oreientation is extensive.

Keras - AI

Keras. Keras is an artificial intelligence module that works with Python to power several of my projects such as stock predictors, chess bots, real time translators, and speech recognition.

Flutter & Firebase

Firebase and Flutter. In addition, I am the lead mobile and web developer for Vonette Organization, which is creating software to improve communication between students and teachers.

Linux & Unix

Unix and Linux. For the longest time, I was interested in cybersecurity, which led me to learn Linux and Unix systems, as well as the majority of cybersecurity tools.

Testimonials

You do have a lot of interesting ideas. The first paragraph about negative density was interesting. The thought about it quite often and the weird thing is I might exist. I have also thought a lot about heart rate and lifespan. Forgetting about the fact that hearts have mass you would use all your heartbeats all at once so your teleportation would then kill you?:)

Chris Asmann

Bothell High School, Physics Teacher

The first thing I like is how yous aid the field slows the particle, which gives them mass. The other thing I like is how you say a particle is just an exictation or peak in this field. This summer I am going to try to re-learn the standard model to try to explain it in a meaningful way.

Chirs Asmann

Bothell High School, Physics Teacher

Looks like you're off to a solid start with you projects. We should pull you, and other students togeother to do a project for some of the scholarship competitions out there. Lets chat...

Shelia Guard

Bothell High School, Chemistry Teacher

Your post on this topic of quantum mechanics is very insightful and thought provoking. Great job of breaking down the complex ideas involving subatomic particles and making this topic easy to understand by comparing it to a tennis match. These rules and patterns are very similar in physics and chemistry. Thanks for making these unfamiliar topics easy to learn. Thank You!

Eric Christmyer

Bothell High School, Chemistry Teacher

Featured Projects

Stock Game

Stock game is a python program that simulates real-life stock marketing, saving, and investments. Users get to trade and manage their portfolio and manage their 100,000 dollar portfolio. This code is a very close immitation of the website: https://personalfinancelab.com

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Real Time Translator

Real Time Translator is a tool that can perform text translation in real time to the language specified by the user. RT-Translator best works with a Raspberry Pi, imitating a portable translator, especially useful when travelling to places where english might not be the primary language.

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ASCII Art

ASCII program is an image to text converter, which converts any black and white images into Ascii Art.

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Socket ChatApp

Socket-ChatApp is a basic server and client communication system between two nodes on a network. One socket(node) listens on a particular port of an IP, while the other attempts to connect with that socket to form a connection.

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