About Me

My name is Ishan Karmakar and I am a 10th grader at Vandegrift High School. I am an aspiring network engineer, backend developer, and systems developer interested in building applications and infrastructure with hands-on programming.

Skills

• Programming Languages
  • C (3 years) - Extensive experience with systems programming, operating systems, and embedded systems programming
  • C++ (3 years) - Extensive experience with systems programming, Robotics applications, operating systems, and embedded systems programming, and cross-machine communication
  • Zig (3 years) - Extensive experience with systems programming, operating systems, and embedded sytems programming
  • JavaScript (4 years) - Extensive experience with full stack development, web applications, and backend web servers
  • Python (5 years) - Experience with data science/processing and full stack development
  • Java (3 years) - Experience with Robotics applications and competitive programming
• Electrical - Experience with circuits and wiring FRC robots
• Software and Technologies
  • Operating systems
    • Kernels
    • Memory Management
    • Multitasking/Multiprocessing
  • TensorFlow
  • OpenCV
  • Streamlit
  • OS Virtualization
    • Docker
    • Hyper-V
    • Proxmox
    • KVM
    • VirtualBox
    • WSL
  • Raft (Cluster Consensus Protocol)
  • Advanced Networking Knowledge
  • Gradle

Interests

• Robotics - Passionate about wiring and programming robots for competitions. Have leadership and menting experience with FLL, FTC, and FRC.
• Electrical - Interested in electrical engineering and wiring robots. Helped out with electrical on FTC and FRC teams.
• Systems Programming - Interested in operating systems, embedded systems, and low level programming
• Network Engineering - Extremely passionate about networking, network architecture, and hands-on wiring

Scores

• Weighted GPA: 5.51/6
• Unweighted GPA: 4.0/4
• Rank: 6/615
• PSAT: 1480/1520 (99% percentile)
• AP Scores:
  • AP Precalculus: 5
  • AP Human Geography: 5