Soham Raut

> hello world _

Soham Raut

<5th Year BS/MS in Computer Science />

@ University of Washington • Seattle, WA

Born in India, raised in Oman, now pushing commits in Seattle. By day, I turn segfaults into success. By night, I make D3 code less cryptic and more fun to learn. Currently a TA for CSE 451 and a researcher at the UW Interactive Data Lab!

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// whoami

Get to Know Me

part researcher, part TA, full-time optimizer. Fueled by coffee, gaming, and way too many movies.

Mr. Worldwide

(Pitbull-inspired)

Born in India, grew up in Oman, now in Seattle. My passport has more stamps than my code has bugs... (hopefully)

Lab Rat

(the cool kind i hope)

Research at UW Interactive Data Lab. Breaking and simplifying D3 visualizations so others don't have to.

Academic Weapon

(locked in)

BS/MS, GPA: 3.95/4.0, Cum Laude w/ Honors Thesis. Consistency is key, just ask Max Verstappen.

The OS Whisperer

(kernel debugger by day)

TA for OS. Helping 100+ students with why their kernel panics. Debugging is my second language.

Hackerman

(legally, i promise)

Multiple DubHacks wins. Built apps so viable they gave us awards. (still waiting on that VC funding tho)

Multilingual Maven

(can order food in 5 languages)

English, Marathi, Hindi, French, and Italian. Can say 'segmentation fault' in 4 languages.

// research

Research Lab

where I break things for science.

Data VisualizationMachine LearningHuman-Computer InteractionSoftware EngineeringCompilers

>Current Research

D3.js Visualization Decomposition & Tutorial Generation

UW Interactive Data Lab

Advised by Prof. Leilani Battle

January 2023 - PresentOngoing

Built pipelines to convert complex D3.js visualizations into reusable modular components with 90% code coverage. Honors thesis: developed a framework to auto-generate intent-driven tutorials that cut learning time by 60% and improved D3 adoption by 40%.

Data VisualizationD3.jsJavaScriptPythonJestJS

> Publications coming soon _

We are checking...

// skills

Tech Stack

the weapons in my arsenal (all legally acquired, I promise)

Languages

C/C++PythonJavaJavaScriptTypeScriptSQLBashR

Frameworks

ReactNext.jsNode.jsExpress.jsD3.jsTerraform

Developer Tools

Linux/UbuntuGitQEMUREST APIAWSGCPAzureMongoDB

ML/AI Libraries

PyTorchTensorFlowScikit-LearnOpenCVHuggingFacepandasNumPy

Testing & Design

JUnitJestJSFigmaArduino

Relevant Coursework

Data Structures & AlgorithmsMachine LearningData VisualizationComputer SystemsDatabase SystemsSoftware EngineeringHuman-Computer InteractionComputer Networks

// education

Academic Log

where I collected degrees and avoided sleep

University of Washington

University of Washington

Seattle, WA

Current

M.S. in Computer Science (BS/MS Program)

Fall 2025 - Dec. 2026 (Expected)

  • >Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science and Engineering
  • >GPA: 3.95/4.0
  • >Admitted to the Allen School BS/MS program
University of Washington

University of Washington

Seattle, WA

B.S. in Computer Science (Departmental Honors)

Sep. 2021 - Jun. 2025

  • >Minor in Applied Mathematics
  • >GPA: 3.91/4.0, Cum Laude
  • >Honors Thesis: Generating & Evaluating Intent-Driven D3 Tutorials
Indian School Muscat

Indian School Muscat

Muscat, Oman

High School Diploma - Science Stream (PCM with CS)

2007 - 2021

  • >Principal's Honors Award
  • >Merit Award - Top 5% scorer

// experience

Work History

places that trusted me with their codebase (trust me with more, please?)

Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science

Teaching Assistant

Active

Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science

January 2026 - Present

Seattle, WA

Teaching OS internals to 100+ students and leading 30-person sections. Helping future devs understand why their kernel panics... and how to fix them.

Operating SystemsCTeachingDebugging
UW Interactive Data Lab

Research Assistant

Active

UW Interactive Data Lab

January 2023 - Present

Seattle, WA

Built pipelines to turn complex D3.js visualizations into modular code. Also wrote an honors thesis on auto-generating tutorials that cut learning time by 60%.

D3.jsJavaScriptPythonJestJS
Candent Technologies Pvt. Ltd.

Software Engineer Intern

Candent Technologies Pvt. Ltd.

July 2023 - September 2023

Pune, India

Increased candidate evaluation accuracy by 35% with a weighted ranking algorithm. Also built a scheduling platform that cut coordination time by 25%.

Next.jsMongoDBPythonAgile

// projects

Featured Work

side projects that made it out of the dungeons (my greatest hits)

DubHacks NEXT Batch 3

Spot

Multi-Cloud Cost & Resource Optimizer

Multi-Cloud Cost & Resource OptimizerDubHacks NEXT Batch 3

Spot

AI-driven infrastructure recommender that lowered deployment costs by 50%. Built a unified interface for AWS, GCP, and Azure that cut setup time by 70%.

JavaScriptPythonTerraformOpenAI API
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LLM Research Project

LLM Grammar

Cross-lingual LLM research

Cross-lingual LLM researchLLM Research Project

LLM Grammar

Evaluated grammatical understanding in LLMs across languages by training/fine-tuning mT5 on 100K+ examples and running controlled translation experiments.

PythonPyTorchHuggingFacemT5
DubHacks '22 Winner

ThriftEats

Budget-aware recipe recommender

Budget-aware recipe recommenderDubHacks '22 Winner

ThriftEats

Saved student users up to 30% in grocery costs by matching ingredients to real-time coupon data. Won Most Commercially Viable at DubHacks '22.

ReactJavaScriptFigmaSpoonacular API
View CodeLive Demo

>Other Noteworthy Projects

SMS Spam Filter

ML model with 98% accuracy for spam classification

PythonScikit-LearnNLP

Phaser Game

Interactive web-based game built with Phaser.js

JavaScriptPhaser.js

Tic-Tac-Toe Web

Classic game with clean, interactive interface

HTMLCSSJavaScript
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// contact

Ping Me

Want to collab, debate movie rankings, or argue about tabs vs spaces? Hit me up! (please hire me :))

LOCATION

Seattle, WA (UTC-7)

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