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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!

Everest Yang Portrait
Me with the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft at the NASA Johnson Space Center

Shuttle Carrier Aircraft at NASA Johnson

My intern partner Kim and I with NASA's humanoid, Valkyrie

My intern partner
and I with NASA's Humanoid, Valkyrie

Me inside a mockup of the International Space Station

Mockup of the ISS inside the JEM module

Experience

Brown University - Intelligent Robot Lab

Robotics RL Research Engineer Intern

Sep 2024 - Present

Providence, RI

RSS RoboReps Workshop Paper

• Conducting RL/NLP/CV research in the Intelligent Robot Lab under Prof. George Konidaris, focusing on Robot Learning and 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

• Sixth Author Paper in RSS Workshop on Learned Robot Representations (RoboReps)

Columbia University Irving Medical Center

Comp. Oncology ML Research Intern

Aug 2024 - Present

Manhattan, NY

Publication at 3 NeurIPS Workshops

• Conducted Computational Oncology research in the Center for Radiological Research under Prof. Igor Shurak

• Developed CAST, a novel ML framework for causal survival forests to model time-varying treatment effects across medical interventions

• First Author at 3 NeurIPS Workshops: AI for Science, Uncovering Causality in Science, and Learning from Time-Series for Health

• Second Author in the International Journal of Radiation Oncology • Biology • Physics (Red Journal), ASTRO Annual Meeting, Gilbert W. Beebe Symposium on AI/ML Applications, and Yale School of Medicine

Zeta Surgical (Series A Startup)

Robotics Software Engineer Intern

Sep 2025 - Dec 2025

Boston, MA

• Developed C++ modules for XR cranial neurosurgical navigation, enhancing real-time alignment between imaging data and patient anatomy

• Optimized control loops of Zeta’s robotics platform, reducing latency and improving stability and responsiveness during image-guided procedures

• Built focused ultrasound algorithms to enable transcranial targeting through patient-specific skull models, using reverse-time propagation and GPU-accelerated k-Wave simulations

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Machine Learning Engineer Intern

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

[Recieved Full-Time Return Offer] & 4x AWS Certified: Solutions Architect + ML Engineer Associate, AI + Cloud Practioner

NASA Johnson Space Center

Research Engineer Intern

Jun 2024 - Aug 2024

Houston, TX

NASA Publication in WiSEE | Exit Presentation

• 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]

UC San Diego - NeuroML Lab

Comp. Neuro DL Research Intern

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!

Lexington Youth STEM Team

Co-Founder & Team Lead

Sep 2020 - Jun 2023

Lexington, MA

• Co-founded 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that built coding projects for the community during COVID-19

• Led 12 website development and data science projects that benefited local communities/nonprofits; Top clients include Lexington Town Government, Harrington Elementary School, etc

• Recognition from Town Government, School Superintendent, and published in Local Newspaper; Won Gold Civic Leadership Academy Award + 2x Gold Presidential Volunteer Service Award

• Mentored younger teammates on advanced coding techniques; scaled team to 50+ members today. Website: lexyouthstem.org

UMass Boston - Knowledge Discovery Lab

Comp. Hydrology ML Research Intern

Aug 2020 - Sept 2022

Boston, MA

Publication in JSR

• 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)

Featured Projects

My Blog!

NASA logo NASA lab photo

My Experience as a SWE Intern at NASA

I interned at the NASA Johnson Space Center in Summer 2024, following my freshman year. Here was my experience...

Date Published: Jan 29, 2025
11 min read / 2553 words

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Why I transferred from UCSD to Brown

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
8 min read / 1844 words

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