About me

Hi, my name is Vidhi Patra. I'm a high schooler based in the Bay Area with a deep passion for artificial intelligence, machine learning, and data science! From an early age, I've always been fascinated by the possibilities and potential of AI technology. I love how it can simulate human intelligence and solve complex problems. I like to learn by doing projects, and I have numerous on my GitHub profile.

Internships/Programs

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    UC Santa Cruz Science Internship Program

    With 2 teammates I conducted research on the early diagnosis of lung & colon cancer using AI.

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    Girls Who Code Summer Immersion Program

    Built multiple interactive games. Attended guest lectures from Accenture.

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    UC Berkeley High School Engineering Program

    Built TempSense Pro. I built an intelligent real-time thermostat, humidity meter, and smoke detector to measure and improve household energy usage.

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    MIT BeaverWorks

    I applied ML to geospatial data to analyze and help people and land affected by natural disasters.

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    Lorven Internship

    As a team member, I contributed to developing the startup's employment management system.

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    Building U Internship

    I programmed the front end of a scholarship game for both mobile and desktop.

Awards

Awards

  1. Maroon Cord Award

    2023

    With total of 331.5 volunteer hours, I earned Maroon Cord for volunteering as a tutor for academic subjects in school, tutoring and judging debate rounds, volunteer as a Tech iIterpretor at Tech Museum of Innovation, and more.

  2. Milpitas Unified School District Board Recognition

    2023

    MUSD Board recognized my efforts for hosting my school’s first hackathon, 15+ coding workshops, Tech Gallery Exhibit, APCSA test prep, and my “Save Small Clubs" initiative.

    Article Link: https://www.musd.org/district-news/mhscode4good-club-supports-students-with-coding-web-design-ai-and-much-more

  3. Gold Award, Girl Scout

    2020-2023

    My "Save Small Clubs" initiative helped 10+ my school clubs to gain memberships and funds through building websites for them.

  4. AP Scholar with Distinction Award

    2021-2023

    Recieved 5 in all AP Exams I have taken so far.

  5. Hackathon Awards

    2023

    Won 7+ awards. 1st place to 2nd place and most popular project award for my hackathon projects.

  6. Speech and Debate Awards

    2020-2022

    Won 5+ awards. 1st place, finalist, and more awards in Oratorical Interpretation Speech and Lincoln Douglas Debate.

Activities

Activities

  1. Ambassador in Girl Scouts

    2013-2024

    I have been actively part of Girls Scout Northern California community since last 10 years and have achieved the highest awards that any Girls Scout can earn: Gold, Silver and Bronze awards. Through this organization I have also done a lot of community service like donated 50+ jackets, hats to newborns, masks, and more!

  2. Speech and Debate

    2018-2024

    I have been an active member in the speech and debate community since last 6 years. I completing in (Lincoln Douglas) debate and (Oratorical Interpretation) speech events. I also tutor younger and new debaters. I judge debate rounds for high schoolers and middle schoolers. I also helped MHS host debate events to promote debate and raise funding for the school.

  3. Tutor

    2020-2024

    I tutor in my high school in math, spanish and computer science.

  4. Exhibit Interpreter at Tech Museum

    2022-2023

    I explain different exhibits from their Bio labs to cyber security and A.I. detecting lego animals at the Tech Museum.

  5. MHS Code4Good

    2021-2024

    I am the co-founder and president of MHS Code4Good. I host MHS's first ever in-person and virtual hackathon (and continued doing so), compete in hackathons, organized/work on socially benificial coding projects, and conduct coding workshops in local libraries.

  6. Decode CS

    2021-2024

    I started out as a Curriculum Manager (Sophomore year) to the Vice President (Junior year) and finally to the President (Senior year). Here I teach advance Python topics and A.I. topics to students in school and tutoring AP CSA students.

  7. Blogger on Medium.com

    2021-2024

    I have wriiten 25+ articles about different topics in AI and CS.

Portfolio

Blog