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DriftingOtter/README.md
> Watching The World Turn...

DakshKaul@github


🌍  Location      Piscataway, NJ, USA
🎓  Education    B.S. Computer Science, Mathematics Minor
                              Rutgers University — New Brunswick (May 2027)
📧  Contact       dk1293@scarletmail.rutgers.edu


Languages

Java Python C Rust SQL JavaScript HTML/CSS Qiskit x86 Assembly

Frameworks & Tools

Linux Git React Node.js Firebase MySQL NumPy Pandas Fusion 360 KiCAD Ableton


Selected Projects

  • 🔗 Quantum Oscillators & The Hydrogen Atom — Interactive simulations of the QHO and Hydrogen Atom derived from first principles, with asymptotic analysis bridging quantum and classical behaviour
  • 🔗 RU Makerverse — Full-stack 3D printing management platform (React, Node.js, Snowflake SQL, Firebase, Gemini AI)
  • 🔗 Project Resonator — Open-source in-ear monitor engineering, 4-driver crossover design, 30K+ views, $1,500+ seed funding
  • 🔗 EarCanvas — Real-time DSP engine in C, 48 kHz at 128 samples, ~0.10 ms processing latency
  • 🔗 Clamshell — Rust CLI task management tool, 7,000+ downloads

About Me

I am a Computer Science student at Rutgers University with a minor in Mathematics, drawn equally to the theoretical and the tangible, to the kind of problems that sit at the boundary between disciplines and resist easy categorization.

My technical interests span quantum computing, mathematical physics, digital signal processing, and low-latency systems engineering. A recurring thread across all of them is a preference for building from first principles: understanding not just what works, but why. Much of my recent work has centered on formal mathematical analysis of quantum-mechanical frameworks, including original research contributions developed alongside faculty in mathematics and physics.

On the engineering side, I have built a high-performance DSP engine in C, developed a widely used Rust CLI tool, completed IBM Quantum certification with hands-on Qiskit experience, and worked extensively on algorithmic problems across numerical analysis, graph theory, and dynamic programming. I am drawn to projects where the implementation demands genuine precision, where being approximately right is not enough.

Outside of coursework and research, I produce music and work on hardware fabrication projects, including an open-source initiative to document the engineering of custom in-ear monitors from the ground up. I find that the aesthetics of a well-designed system, whether it is an acoustic transducer or a sorting algorithm, tend to look the same from the inside.

I am actively seeking opportunities in software engineering, quantum computing research, and audio technology, particularly roles where rigor is expected and curiosity is an asset.

Certifications


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  1. Project-Resonator Project-Resonator Public

    *The* Open-Source IEM.

    25

  2. Quantum-Oscillator-and-The-Hydrogen-Atom Quantum-Oscillator-and-The-Hydrogen-Atom Public

    Computational and theoretical study of quantum-classical correspondence in harmonic oscillator and hydrogen radial systems, with interactive 2D radial visualizations.

    Python 1

  3. RU-Makerverse RU-Makerverse Public

    AI-powered 3D print management platform with Firebase auth, Google Gemini recommendations, and community features. Built for Rutgers Makerspace.

    JavaScript

  4. QSVM-Kernel-Evaluation-For-Fraud-Detection QSVM-Kernel-Evaluation-For-Fraud-Detection Public

    QSVM Kernel Evaluation & Analysis of Non-Aural Complex Phase Features of AI Generated Audio for Fraud Detection

    Python

  5. Typr.GUI Typr.GUI Public

    A Full Sack Version Of The Typr TUI Typing Testing Application

    Python 1

  6. EarCanvas EarCanvas Public

    A frequnecy response tuning software for iems

    Java 2