University of Toronto · BASc, Computer Engineering
September 2025 to May 2029 (expected). International Scholar Award; top-eight APS112 Design Showcase team.
Vian Dhanda
Computer Engineering · Applied AI and software · Toronto, ON
Education
Experience
Machine Learning Intern, Computer Vision · IAAIIC with Bharat Electronics Ltd.
July 2026 to present. Designed an object taxonomy for aerial semantic segmentation and reviewed open aerial datasets. Building a PyTorch pipeline to compare SegFormer, Mask2Former and DeepLabv3+ on a dataset in development.
AI Engineering Intern · Mavenir
May to July 2026. Built a Python and LangGraph workflow for querying telecom inventory with natural language. Ran Qwen 2.5 14B on premises, logged routing decisions, and built a Streamlit interface. Validated on a 1,000-row database with approximately 20 seconds of query latency in that setup.
IT Intern · HCL Infosystems
May to August 2024. Automated error-code extraction from unstructured logs with Python and Pandas and provided Tier 1 IT support.
Selected projects
empowHER · GenAI Genesis IBM track runner-up
March 2026. Built a clinical workflow prototype in a four-person team over 36 hours. Worked on speech processing, draft care-plan generation, and a FastAPI backend using IBM services. Devpost entry
Finding Screws · UTRA Hacks
February 2026. Programmed an Arduino robot in C to follow lines, climb slopes, and avoid obstacles using colour and ultrasonic sensors.
Leadership
Engineering Mentor (E-Buddy) · University of Toronto First Year Office
June to October 2026. Wrote two Mystery Challenge tasks for incoming engineering students, served on the judging panel, and hosted virtual meetups.
Tools
Python, C, Java, SQL, PyTorch, LangGraph, FastAPI, Streamlit, IBM watsonx, Pandas, Git, Linux, Arduino.