Hi, I'm Yashovardhan Bapat

coder, musician, sports enthusiast

About me

I'm a second year student, enrolled in B.E. Computer Science at BITS Pilani Goa Campus.

I'm a curious, inquisitve person who will ask the question why at every step
I love airplanes and aviation, computers, and good, simple, clean design.
I love music and I play multiple instruments.
I also love following football and Formula 1 and love watching sports in general.

Code

I'm proficient in Python, C++ and Java

& versed in and learning JavaScript, ReactJS, CSS and cloud computing with AWS

Always looking to expand my skillset.

Projects

Max Tweeted Word

A Twitter bot which finds and tweets a user's most tweeted word.

Written in Python

Future plans converting this bot into an interactive website, and generating a word cloud of the user's top 20 used words

Read more

Source code

Bot's twitter profile

VTOL Automation & Controls

Leading the development and building of the automation and control systems of a VTOL for our Aerodynamics Club

Working with and learning Raspberry Pi and Pixhawk, scripting in Python

Computer Vision for autonomous aircraft

Co-leading the development of object recognition and image/video processing using Computer Vision

This project is also for the Aerodynamics Club. Future plans include merging Computer Vision and VTOL A&C and making the aircraft react to

visual stimuli in real-time.

IoT lab

Setting up an IoT lab in BITS Goa under Prof. Dr. Neena Goveas.

Currently in the basic set up stage, learning skills and techniques for modern technologies such as edge computing

Music

As a multi-instrumentalist, I can play piano, drums, guitar, ukulele, and a bit of tabla.

I'm in BITS Goa's most selective music club, The Music Society, which gives me ample opportunities to expand my skillset.