Yale University | CS & Applied Mathematics

Aria
Barve.

Freshman at Yale studying Computer Science and Applied Mathe Building things that work — from AI-powered recipe apps to cochlear implant ML models. Researcher, developer & founder (and occasional figure skater & pianist).

AI / ML Full Stack Dev Research Founder NLP

New Haven, CT

aria.barve@yale.edu

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Featured Project · Founder · Apr 2024 – present

21Meals

AI-powered recipe generation web app — input your ingredients, get a recipe. Consumer app in progress, backed by Yale.

60K+
site visits
20+
countries
6
continents

Experience

May 2023 – Dec 2024

Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine

Research Intern

  • Built SVM-based ML models to analyze and classify neural response data for cochlear implant algorithm improvement
  • Achieved >70% accuracy matching neural representations to spoken word patterns

Jun 2024 – Aug 2024

Discovery Partners Institute

Research Intern

  • Researched use cases and built test suites for a Bluetooth social networking mobile app
  • Presented to 60+ delegates from National University of Singapore
  • Co-authored paper accepted to IEEE 2025 COMPSAC Symposium on Human & Social Computing

Jun 2022 – Aug 2022

FHL Vive Center for Enhanced Reality · UC Berkeley

Research Intern

  • Worked with the UC Berkeley ROAR (Robot Open Autonomous Racing) team to develop miniature autonomous vehicles
  • Produced car racing tool-kits for California public school students

Leadership

Co-President Sep 2022 – May 2025

Girls Who Code

  • Managed local chapter of 60+ members; grew membership by ~300%
  • Partnered with Aurora, IL public schools to run tutoring programs for 50+ underserved students
CFO Sep 2022 – May 2025

IMSA.AI

  • Managed growth for one of the only US high school student-led computing clusters (EPOCH)
  • Developed AI/ML applications for the IMSA community; led AI basics classes for 40+ students
  • Wrote grant proposals, managed financials, met with sponsors and developed budget breakdowns

At Yale

Women's Leadership Initiative Conference Committee
Smart Women Securities
Entrepreneurial Society Fellow
Yale Daily News Software Developer
Club Figure Skating

Skills

Python Java R JavaScript HTML / CSS SQL LISP ML / SVM NLP Agentic AI Full Stack Dev Google Cloud GitHub UNIX

Awards

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NCWIT Aspirations in Computing Affiliate Winner

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IJAS State Science Fair Silver Medal — Computer Science

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Raytheon Technologies National Invention Convention — 2× Finalist

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MIT IDSS Data Science & Machine Learning Certification