Hi, my name is Everest Yang, and I'm from Massachusetts. I am an undergrad student at Brown University pursuing a B.S. in Computer Science (Tracks: AI/ML & Systems).
After graduating, I am planning to pursue a PhD in CS/Robotics. My interests range from Deep Learning to Surgical Robotics, Oncology, Aerospace, and more.
In my internship at AWS, I developed a Generative AI application with several AWS services (Bedrock, S3, Lambda, Athena, etc). At NASA, I worked on wireless networking infrastructure to establish Wi-Fi and cellular communication (3GPP) on the Moon.
In my free time, I enjoy playing tennis, hiking, and trying new foods. Currently, I am also interested in learning more about fusion engineering, plasma physics, and philosophy!
Shuttle Carrier Aircraft at NASA Johnson
My intern partner
and I with NASA's Humanoid, Valkyrie
Mockup of the ISS inside the JEM module
Dec 2024 - Present
Providence, RI
• Conducting RL/NLP/CV research in the Intelligent Robot Lab under Prof. George Konidaris, focusing on Robot Planning and 6D Pose Estimation/Manipulation
• Built an active learning framework that leverages foundation models to autonomously learn symbolic abstractions of robot skills, enabling zero-shot task planning with PDDL-style operators
• Co-Authored RSS Workshop Paper and submitting expanded manuscript to ICLR in October
Aug 2024 - Present
Manhattan, NY
Presentation at The Gilbert W. Beebe Symposium
• Conducted Computational Oncology research in the Department of Radiation Oncology under Prof. Igor Shurak
• Developed CAST (Causal Analysis for Survival Trajectories), a novel framework that extends causal survival forests to model the time-varying treatment effects across medical interventions
• Analyzed Radiotherapy Effects on HNSCC Prognosis (Oropharyngeal Cancer) through Causal ML, optimizing models through cross-validation, hyperparameter tuning and simulation BED validation
• Second Author Presenter at the Gilbert W. Beebe Symposium on AI and ML Applications in Radiation Therapy, Medical Diagnostics, and Radiation Occupational Health and Safety
May 2025 - Aug 2025
Seattle, WA
• Developed Generative AI application with automated ingestion, transformation, and querying of operational data using AWS S3, Lambda, Glue, Athena, and OpenSearch
• Built a Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) architecture integrating AWS Bedrock to support natural language queries across structured and unstructured enterprise data
• Designed a secure, containerized CI/CD infrastructure using Docker, Amazon ECS Fargate, CodePipeline, and CloudWatch for reliable deployment, monitoring, and access control
Jun 2024 - Aug 2024
Houston, TX
NASA Publication in IEEE WiSEE
• Conducted Antenna Data Science research on Wi-Fi signal propagation for pressurized spacecraft; used ISS signal surveys from Astrobee, NASA's autonomous free-flying robot
• First Author NASA publication in IEEE International Conference; research used for future missions such as the Artemis program, Lunar Gateway, Orbital Reef; publication is first in the field; received $1.5k award from the NASA Rhode Island Space Grant
• Spearheaded Python/Bash/Flux scripts for real-time KPI network monitoring of Lunar Wi-Fi and 3GPP (4G LTE) field testing; fixed issues related to GPS tracking, TCP/UDP/RSSI, GUI systems, and iperf on LattePanda SBCs
• Developed visualization software using InfluxDB, Grafana, and Docker; wrote YAML file to auto-configure JSON dashboards as provisioning text files for version control; wrote design docs & presented to Division Chief - [Received Return Offer to any NASA Space Center]
Jan 2024 - Aug 2024
San Diego, CA
• Conducted Computational Neuroscience research under Professor Meenakshi Khosla: Built PyTorch-based Deep Neural Network framework for auditory recognition tasks to better understand AI explainability
• Processed 100 GB of raw audio stimuli/data to analyze specific trends and developed Deep Learning algorithms directly with PI
• Unfortunately, I had to leave the lab because of transferring to Brown, but I had a great time, learned a lot, and was able to pass off my project to another student!
Aug 2020 - Sept 2022
Boston, MA
• Conducted Time Series Machine Learning research under Dr. Yong Zhuang: Created Auto-Regressive Integrated Moving Average (ARIMA) models to forecast river streamflow, a key indicator of flooding
• Analyzed Ganges River dataset measured in Q (m3/s) discharge volume. Plotted streamflow Log Volume using ADF tests and KL Divergence and accounted for seasonality. Found ARIMA parameters (p, d, q)
• First Author publication in Journal of Student Research (peer-reviewed and open-access)
Building Embedded Operating System in C for PVDX, Brown's 3U-CubeSat under NASA ELaNa program, designed to test next-gen perovskite solar cells in harsh orbital environments
Developed TensorFlow CNN architectures incorporating Fourier Transform features to enhance detection of AI-generated images
Created a multi-threaded server in C using TCP to manage concurrent client connections and facilitate interaction with a shared key-value database
Utilized PyTorch to design and fine-tune CNN that processes speech data and outputs user language. Converted audio files to a Mel Spectrogram and utilized librosa to run it through the CNN for image analysis
Created EDA visualizations of the discrepancy between transportation systems and their CO2 emissions using Python and Data Science techniques
Built a Bash-like shell in C with job control, enabling foreground and background process management with signal handling
Developed my Personal Portfolio Website from scratch using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. TBH, I'm not the biggest fan of WebDev but I made this website for fun ;)
Co-founder of voluntary HS group that created coding projects for local nonprofits during COVID-19. Built website for Harrington Elementary School, data science for town government's financial grants, virtual Patriots' Day event, etc.
Building Embedded Operating System in C for PVDX, Brown's 3U-CubeSat under NASA ELaNa program, designed to test next-gen perovskite solar cells in harsh orbital environments
Developed and tested TensorFlow CNN architectures incorporating Fourier Transform features to enhance detection of AI-generated images
Created a multi-threaded server in C using TCP to manage concurrent client connections and facilitate interaction with a shared key-value database
I interned at the NASA Johnson Space Center in Summer 2024, following my freshman year. Here was my experience...
Date Published: Jan 29, 2025
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I transferred from UC San Diego to Brown University after my freshman year of college. Here's why I made the switch...
Date Published: Aug 17, 2024
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Feel free to reach out and let me know how I can help!