Building in Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Computer Vision, Quantitative Finance

Vardan Keshishyan

AI Master's Student & Developer

I'm pursuing a master's in Artificial Intelligence at the University of Pennsylvania, passionate about building innovative solutions in quantitative finance, computer vision, and AI.

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01 / Latest work

Featured Project

The newest project I'm currently featuring from my recent work.

BladeForge

An open-source synthetic data generation tool for building customizable 3D environments and AI training datasets.

Open SourceSynthetic DataAIComputer Vision3D

Open Project

02 / Collaboration

Team Projects

Team-built projects with a live website and a dedicated project explanation page.

LiveLectureAI

A collaborative full-stack platform deployed live, built by the team for real users and real workflows.

Group ProjectLive DemoFull Stack

Open Website

RecipeRecommendation

A personalized recipe discovery experience that recommends dishes from available ingredients and user preferences.

Group ProjectRecommendationsFull Stack

View Project Page

03 / Selected work

Independent Projects

A showcase of my recent work in quantitative finance, computer vision, and web technologies.

Quant Visualizer

A web application demonstrating pairs trading in quantitative finance, providing tools for understanding complex mathematical ideas.

PythonDjangoFinanceData Visualization

Virtual Painter

Real-time color marker tracking using OpenCV that allows users to draw in live video feed with yellow and pink markers.

C++OpenCVComputer Vision

Web Crawler

Explores real websites, collects statistics, and analyzes URL discovery, page parsing, and word frequency patterns.

PythonWeb ScrapingData Analysis

04 / Background

About

Education

University of Pennsylvania
M.S. in Engineering in Artificial Intelligence
Aug 2026 - Present
University of California, Irvine
B.S. in Computer Science
Completed June 2026
Glendale Community College
Computer Science Major
President of Robotics Club

Experience

Software Developer
American Verification Processing Solutions
July 2026 - Present
Develop production software for merchant batch and chargeback data workflows across bank-specific parsing, validation, previews, and CRM submission.
Software Engineer
Bizskip
Feb 2026 - May 2026
Built React and Next.js workflows for local business discovery, waitlists, provider listings, and dashboards.
Research Computing Assistant
Caltech
July 2024 - Sept 2024
Maintained research IT systems, optimized CMS performance, and managed Data Center operations.
Data Structures & Linear Algebra Tutor
GCC Learning Center
Aug 2022 - Jul 2024
Delivered personalized math tutoring and developed educational materials for students.