Skills – Armaan Francisco Shivpuri

Languages

Python
Used in: FoamGPT fine-tuning, Poker Equity Calculator, Handwritten Digit Classifier, djGPT, Autoencoder Research, Computer Science 1, Machine Learning from Data
C / C++
Used in: CFD mesh-adaptation software, Data Structures, Operating Systems, Computer Organization
Java
Used in: POEM ontology tooling, Principles of Software
JavaScript
Used in: Email AI, Personal Website chatbot widget
Node.js
Used in: Personal Website (chatbot build script & Lambda handler)
TypeScript from GitHub
Used in: Email AI (Next.js app)
R
Used in: Numerical Computing
MATLAB
Used in: Numerical Computing, Introduction to Engineering Analysis (Stanford summer session)
Verilog
Used in: Computer Organization
Haskell
Used in: Programming Languages

Machine Learning

PyTorch
Used in: Poker Equity Calculator (RL policy network), Facial Recognition, Autoencoder Research, FoamGPT
TensorFlow
Used in: Autoencoder Research (CNN autoencoders)
Hugging Face
Used in: FoamGPT fine-tuning, djGPT
Transformers
Used in: FoamGPT, djGPT
Fine-Tuning
Used in: Gemma 7B / Qwen 7B fine-tuning, Qwen3 fine-tuning (djGPT)
Model Evaluation
Used in: Tetherless World evaluation harness, Pan & FoamGPT evaluation infra, djGPT
Neural Networks
Used in: Handwritten Digit Classifier (built from scratch), Autoencoder Research, Machine Learning from Data
Keras from GitHub
Used in: Autoencoder Research (CNN autoencoders)
scikit-learn from GitHub
Used in: Autoencoder Research, djGPT
PEFT / LoRA from GitHub
Used in: FoamGPT parameter-efficient fine-tuning
bitsandbytes (quantization) from GitHub
Used in: FoamGPT (4-bit quantization)
TRL from GitHub
Used in: FoamGPT fine-tuning pipeline
Graph Neural Networks (GCN / GAT / GAE) from GitHub
Used in: Graph Neural Networks for Material Property Prediction
torchvision from GitHub
Used in: Facial Recognition
Reinforcement Learning (REINFORCE) from GitHub
Used in: Poker Equity Calculator advisory agent

LLMs & Agents

RAG
Used in: POEM retrieval pipeline, Tetherless World Constellation, Personal Website AI chatbot
Embeddings / Vector Similarity Search
Used in: POEM embedding/retrieval pipeline, Tetherless World Constellation vector store abstraction, Personal Website chatbot — a hand-rolled, dependency-free multi-signal retrieval scheme (chunk-level and page-level cosine similarity plus literal-keyword matching), not a managed vector database
Tool Calling
Used in: MCP tool server, Jarvis (~40 tool integrations)
Agent Workflows
Used in: Jarvis multi-agent orchestrator, Tetherless World Constellation
Model Routing
Used in: Jarvis local-first router
Voice AI
Used in: Pan & FoamGPT voice-AI latency work, Jarvis
Multi-Step Reasoning
Used in: Jarvis conversational orchestrator, FoamGPT agentic CFD automation
Ollama from GitHub
Used in: Jarvis local-first router
vLLM from GitHub
Used in: Jarvis local-first router
Anthropic Claude API / SDK from GitHub
Used in: Jarvis cloud fallback, Email AI, Personal Website chatbot answer generation
Voyage AI (Embeddings API)
Used in: Personal Website chatbot — embeds site content at build time and visitor questions at query time
Whisper (speech-to-text) from GitHub
Used in: Jarvis offline voice I/O
Piper (text-to-speech) from GitHub
Used in: Jarvis offline voice I/O
OpenAI Python client from GitHub
Used in: POEM embedding pipeline, against a self-hosted OpenAI-compatible endpoint

Infrastructure

Vector Databases (Milvus)
Used in: Tetherless World Constellation vector store abstraction
AWS Lambda
Used in: Personal Website chatbot backend (Node.js handler, no npm dependencies)
AWS API Gateway
Used in: Personal Website chatbot — HTTP API route in front of the Lambda function
AWS S3
Used in: Personal Website static site hosting
AWS CloudFront
Used in: Personal Website CDN & HTTPS
RDF / SPARQL
Used in: POEM ontology & embedding pipeline
Apache Jena Fuseki
Used in: POEM triple store (Docker)
Docker
Used in: POEM (Fuseki + browser services via Compose)
REST APIs
Used in: Tetherless World FastAPI service, Email AI
Linux
Used across research and deployment work, including Tetherless World Constellation.
Git
Used across all projects, including merged pull requests on POEM and FoamGPT. Also covered (as version control) in Principles of Software.
FAISS from GitHub
Used in: FoamGPT vector similarity search
ChromaDB from GitHub
Used in: POEM embedding pipeline (PR #11)
rdflib from GitHub
Used in: POEM ontology queries
TDB2 from GitHub
Used in: POEM Jena triple store
MCP (Model Context Protocol) from GitHub
Used in: Tetherless World Constellation MCP tool server
FastAPI from GitHub
Used in: Tetherless World Constellation REST service
PostgreSQL from GitHub
Used in: Email AI production database
SQLite from GitHub
Used in: Email AI local development database
Prisma from GitHub
Used in: Email AI ORM
NextAuth from GitHub
Used in: Email AI authentication
OAuth from GitHub
Used in: Email AI (Google/Azure), Jarvis (Google/Discord/Zoom/Outlook)
Railway from GitHub
Used in: Email AI deployment target

Computer Vision from GitHub

OpenCV
Used in: Poker Equity Calculator (live camera mode), Jarvis
YOLOv8 / Ultralytics
Used in: Poker Equity Calculator (fine-tuned card detector), Jarvis (object detection)
ONNX Runtime
Used in: Jarvis inference
InsightFace / ArcFace
Used in: Jarvis face recognition
ByteTrack (supervision)
Used in: Jarvis multi-object tracking

Web Development

HTML/CSS
Used in: Personal Website — every page hand-written, no framework
Next.js from GitHub
Used in: Email AI
React from GitHub
Used in: Email AI

Tools & Data

NumPy
Used in: Tetherless World in-process vector backend, Handwritten Digit Classifier, Poker Equity Calculator, POEM
pandas from GitHub
Used in: djGPT
Matplotlib from GitHub
Used in: Handwritten Digit Classifier, FoamGPT training curves
Pillow / PIL from GitHub
Used in: Handwritten Digit Classifier image preprocessing
PySide6 / Qt from GitHub
Used in: Poker Equity Calculator animated GUI
Playwright from GitHub
Used in: Jarvis browser automation
Spotify Web API from GitHub
Used in: djGPT
Jekyll from GitHub
Used in: POEM documentation site (GitHub Pages)
Google Colab from GitHub
Used in: Autoencoder Research
conda from GitHub
Used in: FoamGPT environment management

Computer Science Theory & Systems

Procedural Programming
Used in: Computer Science 1
Problem Decomposition (Top-Down Design)
Used in: Computer Science 1
Algorithm Design & Complexity Reasoning (Intro)
Used in: Computer Science 1
Scalar & Array Memory Representation
Used in: Computer Science 1
Abstract Data Types
Used in: Computer Science 1
Manual Memory / Pointer Reasoning
Used in: Data Structures
Generic Programming (Templates)
Used in: Data Structures
Asymptotic Analysis
Used in: Data Structures
Inductive Proof
Used in: Data Structures
Container Structure Selection
Used in: Data Structures
Empirical Performance Measurement
Used in: Data Structures
Formal Proof Construction
Used in: Foundations of Computer Science
Counting & Discrete Probability
Used in: Foundations of Computer Science
Decidability & Computability Reasoning
Used in: Foundations of Computer Science
Complexity-Class Reasoning
Used in: Foundations of Computer Science
Automata Construction
Used in: Foundations of Computer Science
x86 Assembly
Used in: Computer Organization
Boolean Algebra & Digital Logic Design
Used in: Computer Organization
Binary / Floating-Point Numeric Representation
Used in: Computer Organization
Compile → Assemble → Link → Load Toolchain
Used in: Computer Organization
Architectural Performance Reasoning
Used in: Computer Organization
Formal Specifications (Pre/Postconditions & Invariants)
Used in: Principles of Software
Design Patterns
Used in: Principles of Software
Unit Testing & Test Design
Used in: Principles of Software
Refactoring
Used in: Principles of Software
Event-Driven & GUI Programming
Used in: Principles of Software
Algorithm Design Paradigms
Used in: Introduction to Algorithms
Recurrence Solving & Average-Case Analysis
Used in: Introduction to Algorithms
Graph Algorithms
Used in: Introduction to Algorithms
Structure Selection Against Workload
Used in: Introduction to Algorithms
Proof of Correctness & Optimality
Used in: Introduction to Algorithms
Building Lexers & Parsers
Used in: Programming Languages
Type Systems & Type Checking
Used in: Programming Languages
Interpreter & Compiler Construction
Used in: Programming Languages
Runtime / Memory-Model Reasoning
Used in: Programming Languages
Functional & Logic Programming
Used in: Programming Languages
Reading Formal Grammars & Operational Semantics
Used in: Programming Languages
Systems Programming (Syscall Interface)
Used in: Operating Systems
Concurrency & Synchronization Primitives
Used in: Operating Systems
Scheduling Algorithm Implementation & Simulation
Used in: Operating Systems
Deadlock Detection & Avoidance
Used in: Operating Systems
Interprocess Communication (IPC)
Used in: Operating Systems
File System & Memory Management Internals
Used in: Operating Systems
Physically Based Rendering
Used in: Advanced Computer Graphics
Mesh Processing
Used in: Advanced Computer Graphics
Numerical Simulation
Used in: Advanced Computer Graphics
Research-Paper Literacy & Technical Presentation
Used in: Advanced Computer Graphics
Independent Project Scoping
Used in: Advanced Computer Graphics
Heuristic & Adversarial Search
Used in: Introduction to Artificial Intelligence
Symbolic Knowledge Representation & Automated Reasoning
Used in: Introduction to Artificial Intelligence
Classical Planning
Used in: Introduction to Artificial Intelligence
Introductory Learning Methods
Used in: Introduction to Artificial Intelligence
Learning Theory (VC Dimension, Generalization, Bias-Variance)
Used in: Machine Learning from Data
Regularization & Validation
Used in: Machine Learning from Data
Linear Models, SVMs & Kernels
Used in: Machine Learning from Data
Probabilistic Modeling
Used in: Machine Learning from Data

Hospitality & Service

Inventory & Restocking
Used in: Bar Back, Ryan's Wake — keeping coolers, ice, and drink stations stocked through service
Sanitation & Cleaning Standards
Used in: Bar Back, Ryan's Wake — glassware sanitation and venue reset after private events
Customer Service
Used in: Bar Back, Ryan's Wake — delivering food to tables and supporting guests during private events
Multitasking in Fast-Paced Environments
Used in: Bar Back, Ryan's Wake — running food, ice, and restocking simultaneously during peak service
Team Coordination Under Service Pressure
Used in: Bar Back, Ryan's Wake — supporting bartenders and servers during private events and peak hours