ARFlow Research Assistant
Worked with Professor Tian Guo to extend ARFlow with RGB support, FFmpeg compression, and testing around video processing performance.
Vedant Saran
I'm a computer science and linguistics student @ the University of Maryland, College Park. I grew up in Lexington, Massachusetts, graduated from Lexington High School in 2026, and spend most of my time around algorithms, language, Wikipedia, and practical machine learning.
I'm a 2x USACO Platinum achiever, a John Locke Institute essay prize winner, and a Wikipedia administrator with more than 14,000 edits. I tutor competitive programming students, build tools for editors and researchers, and like working on projects involving language and software :)
Experience
Wikipedia Administrator
Contributed 14,000+ edits across articles with 100 million+ page views, and built editor tools that make vandalism response and categorization faster.
Cofounder & Lead Quant Developer
Cofounded a trading and quantitative analysis group focused on financial markets and algorithmic strategies; generated $25k+ in profit. lexqrg.vercel.app
USACO Tutor
Tutor 20+ students in competitive programming, with lessons covering Bronze through Platinum problem solving. program details
Computer Science & Linguistics Club Leader
Led weekly sessions on computational linguistics, data structures, algorithms, and contest preparation; mentored students for linguistics and programming competitions. club site
Awards
USA Computing Olympiad (USACO) - Platinum Division
Reached Platinum among approximately 15,000 competitors; only 17 advanced in the December 2024-25 Gold contest. Placed 65th worldwide in 2025-26. results
John Locke Institute Essay Competition (Theology) - 3rd Place
3rd place worldwide among 63,328 entrants for an essay on religious rules, the self, and the scale of the universe. certificate · prize winners
Presidential 1776 Award - Massachusetts Representative
Semifinalist and one of 4 Massachusetts representatives in a national America 250 civics competition. details
MIT Informatics Tournament
35th worldwide out of 500+ teams and 5th in division.
North American Computational Linguistics Olympiad (NACLO)
Invitational qualifier, among the top 100 linguistics competitors in the United States and Canada.
Projects
Chess Vision & Auto-Notation
Real-time computer vision system that watches a live chess game and transcribes moves into PGN notation, using a custom YOLO model, OpenCV board correction, and game-state logic for captures, castling, and promotions.
Wikipedia Editor Tools
JavaScript and C++ tools for Wikipedia editors, including antivandalism workflows used by hundreds of users and categorization tooling for large article sets.
TerpTrack
AI-powered UMD course scheduling app that combines degree requirements, grade distributions, prerequisites, student preferences, and an LLM to generate semester plans.
Civic Engagement Course Development
Helped design a weeklong course on voting rights and democratic processes for high school students.