Eshan Govil 1200 E California Blvd, MSC 333, Pasadena, CA 94061. Phone: 650-868-6778. Email: egovil@caltech.edu 

Education California Institute of Technology – Pasadena, CA September 2015 – June 2019 (expected) 

BS in Computer Science and Engineering and Applied Science (concentration in Computation and Neural Systems) GPA: 4.0 

Skills / Relevant Information Programming Experience - Java, C and C++, Python, MATLAB, Mathematica, HTML, Adobe Dreamweaver CS6 

Primary Interests - Machine Learning and AI, Software Engineering, Data Analytics, Neurobiology / Behavioral Psychology 

Business Experience - Social Media Marketing and Branding, Presentations, 501(c)(3) Business planning 

Coursework (some will be taken in Winter/Spring 2017) 

■ Programming - Programming Methods in C++, Intro to Python/MATLAB/Mathematica/C, Computing Systems, 

Computational Limits / Decidability and Tractability 

■ Machine Learning - Learning Systems, Intro CNS, Data Mining, Brain Networks 

■ Math - Multivariable Calculus, Differential Equations, Linear Algebra, Statistics 

■ Biology - Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, Communication in Biology, Social Psychology 

Projects ■ Cepstral Analysis - Wrote a model using fourier and cepstral analysis to decompose speech signals. 

■ LFP Decomposition - Implemented the Matching Pursuit Algorithm to perform gabor decomposition on neural LFPs. 

■ Othello - Wrote an AI program in C++ to play the game of Othello in. 

■ Coin Identi�cation - Designed an algorithm to identify coins within an image and specify their value. 

Experience Stanford University – SFP Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship Summer 2016 ■ Performed neurobiological research and data analysis using MATLAB at the Moore Lab in Visual Neuroscience. 

■ Experimental goal: quantify the effects of inactivation in the parietal cortex on the processing of visual salience in the FEF. 

Discovered statistical signi�cance after reorganizing, modeling, and optimizing the data. 

CollegeVine - Consultant July 2015 - Present ■ Working as Undergraduate Application Consultant, Academic Tutor, and Yearlong Mentor. 

■ Clients have been accepted into the following (amongst others): Penn, Duke, Johns Hopkins, Yale, Oxford, and Cambridge. 

Harvard University – Research Intern   Summer 2014 ■ Performed neurobiological research at the Boston’s Children Hospital under Harvard Professor Dr. Gabriel Kreiman . 

■ Analyzed large-scale neurophysiological data from epilepsy patients using MATLAB to track seizure onset and spread. 

■ Assisted a psychophysics project in partial object recognition/classi�cation and computer vision. 

Eduko Foundation - Cofounder 2013 - 2015 ■ Non-pro�t educational platform that provided a forum for peer-to-peer discussion in speci�c subjects. 1000+ users at peak. 

■ Recipient of $10,000 LinkedIn for Good Grant, Finalist in the NFTE World Series of Innovation, and Honorary Mention in the 

House Student App Challenge lead by Congresswoman Anna Eshoo. 

Fabless Labs Inc. - Software Intern Summer 2012 ■ Performed collaborative debugging and web design on an iOS web platform for a big data startup. 

■ Identi�ed UI errors embedded within source code in HTML and Java. 

Activities ■ NCAA Division 3 Athlete – Caltech Men's Water Polo 

■ Student Board and Intramural Athletics Organizer for Fleming House at Caltech 

■ In training to become a certi�ed EMR (Caltech Health Advocate) 

■ Teaching Assistant and Tutor - Core Chemistry/Physics/Math, Computer Science, Biology, and Cooking