my cupboard under the stairs of the internet

hi! im yatharth.
im currently a cs senior at bits pilani. i interned at stripe this summer working on data infra and search, and will be returning to stripe working full-time next year.

i am interested in ai safety and privacy, and have experience working on privacy-preserving computer vision and alignment of llms. i have previously worked under dr. himanshu buckchash (uit norway) on self-supervised privacy preservation, and under prof. dhruv kumar (bits pilani) on activation steering for llms. i am currently continuing my work under prof. kumar this semester.
for more details, you can find my resume here.

i am actively looking for on-site bachelor thesis opportunities for spring '26. further, my current semester schedule is very flexible, and i am available to begin remote research collaboration immediately to get a head start on a potential thesis project.
please reach out if you have any leads or opportunities via email or linkedin.

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