4th Year Undergraduate Student
Hari is currently a fourth-year UVA student pursuing computer science and applied statistics with a concentration in data science. At Research computing, he has helped out with the maintenance of the website, which is based in Hugo. He has also helped out on the software development side of research computing to create some Flask-based APIs in python. He is currently a software development engineer at Amazon (AWS) focusing on security tools, and is planning to return for the Fall and Spring semester.
Education
- B.A. Computer Science
B.A. Applied Statistics
University of Virginia (Expected Graduation: 2026)
Projects:
Student: Hariprasad Periyasamy
Term: Spring 2024
Project Title: Research Computing Workshop Data
Project Description: Hari contributed to the Workshop Data project. He worked on creating a microservice that takes in a specified time period and returns a list of the number of workshops and the number of registrants for each workshop. The goal was to gain a better understanding of the workshops that should continue to be offered, as well as which departments we should target for advertising our workshops to maximize utilization.
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Poster
Student: Hariprasad Periyasamy
Term: Spring 2025
Project Title: Unified UVA-RC APIs: LDAP and Office Hours
Project Description: Hari contributed to the unified UVA-RC APIs initiative. He helped out in replacing the existing LDAP API and Office Hours application and integrating the now modularized software into a class-based Flask API that houses all of the existing backends. In addition, he upgraded the LDAP API to have the ability to query for time-based entries, a key endpoint necessary for the Workshop Data Visualization Project.
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Poster
I’m grateful to Research Computing for my internship from Fall 2023 to Spring 2025, as I learned the value of clear requirements and proactive communication. In a summer leadership role, I helped recruit and onboard new students and emphasized the importance of documentation to streamline cohort transitions. The hands-on experience, which included API development, CI/CD, and website refactoring, truly enhanced my ability to learn technologies quickly and boosted my confidence in technical interviews. I am now headed to AWS as a Software Development Engineer intern for the summer of 2025 and look forward to returning next year to finish my degree before starting full-time work.
