Venkat Nikhil Mangipudi venkatnikhilm

Hey there, I'm Venkat Nikhil Mangipudi! 👋

Languages: JavaScript/TypeScript, Python, Go, Java, HTML/CSS, SQL
Frameworks & Tools: React, Node.js, GraphQL, Redis, Docker, Kubernetes, Amazon Web Services (Lambda, EC2, SQS, ECR)
Databases & Cloud Storage: SQL, DynamoDB, AWS S3
Libraries: Scikit-learn, Pandas, NumPy, Matplotlib

Prepify - AI Interview Assistant
- 🏆 AI Innovation Award Winner at SunHacks 2024
- Built with React, Node.js, AWS Polly, Transcribe, OpenAI, and Socket.io for real-time AI-driven mock interviews.
Cloud Based Elastic Face Recognition System
- Deployed a scalable face recognition system on AWS with EC2, S3, SQS, achieving dynamic scaling and high-throughput processing for real-time image uploads.
- Implemented a serverless face recognition pipeline using AWS Lambda functions, S3 buckets, and Docker, to process video uploads, extract frames, and identify faces using machine learning models with pre-trained embeddings.
Real-Time Chat Application
- Developed a full-stack chat app with TypeScript, NestJS, React, Prisma, and Redis.
- Integrated GraphQL subscriptions for live messaging and JWT-based authentication for secure user access.
NeuroEmotion: Rule-Based Facial Emotion Recognition
- Achieved over 85% accuracy using MediaPipe and Neurosymbolic AI techniques to precisely recognize facial emotions.

🌐 Check out my portfolio website to see more of my work!

🥈 2nd Place – LA Hacks 2025 (Snap Inc. Challenge) Placed at Southern California’s largest collegiate hackathon, hosted at UCLA. Built SnapDrobe, an AR-powered fashion assistant using Snap Spectacles, Gemini API, and real-time voice interaction.
🏆 AI Innovation Award – SunHacks 2024
Awarded for Prepify, a real-time AI mock interview platform integrating GPT-4, AWS Polly, and Transcribe.
🏅 Top Project – CSE 591: Cloud Computing (ASU)
Recognized for building a distributed face recognition system using scalable cloud-native architecture on AWS.

M.S. in Computer Science | Arizona State University (08/2023 - Present)
B.E. in Electrical and Electronics Engineering | Rashtreeya Vidyalaya College of Engineering (08/2017 - 08/2021)

🚀 Passionate about building tech that makes a difference!

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