building things

penn m&t '27

philly, pa

building things

penn m&t '27

philly, pa

hardware & code

always making

crocheting szn

Penn M&T ’27 · CompE & Finance

Hi, I'm Ria.

Inventing my corner of the world, with pizzazz.

Freshman at Penn — computer engineering + finance. Hardware gets you to the metal; business gets you to people. Right now that means RISC-V core design, zero-knowledge proofs, and latency-critical trading systems.

Also crocheting. Turns out the same brain that loves finite state machines loves yarn tension.

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Featured Work

Selected Projects

Nomi

AI companion designed to feel genuinely present — context-aware conversations that remember, adapt, and grow with you.

In Progress2026AILLM

2026

Nomi

AI companion designed to feel genuinely present — context-aware conversations that remember, adapt, and grow with you.

In Progress

AILLMProduct

Beet

Real-time health data aggregator that turns wearable signals into actionable insights — low-latency, edge-first.

Prototype2026HardwareIoT

2026

Beet

Real-time health data aggregator that turns wearable signals into actionable insights — low-latency, edge-first.

Prototype

HardwareIoTSwift

GuardianShot

Gunshot detection system using 3 CNNs on a Raspberry Pi — 98% accuracy, sub-1s alerts, verified at a live police gun range.

Completed2023MLHardware

2023

GuardianShot

Gunshot detection system using 3 CNNs on a Raspberry Pi — 98% accuracy, sub-1s alerts, verified at a live police gun range.

Completed

MLHardwarePyTorch

SuperMic

Custom MEMS microphone array with onboard FPGA signal processing — built for far-field voice capture in noisy environments.

Prototype2025HardwareDSP

2025

SuperMic

Custom MEMS microphone array with onboard FPGA signal processing — built for far-field voice capture in noisy environments.

Prototype

HardwareDSPPCB Design

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Thinking Out Loud

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Hardware

Building a RISC-V Core from Scratch

Week 3 notes on pipelining, hazard detection, and the specific pain of branch prediction.

Feb 28, 2026

FinTech

What Microseconds Actually Mean in HFT

Breaking down the hardware and software decisions that separate fast from fast enough.

Feb 12, 2026

Blockchain

Zero-Knowledge Proofs: A Builder's Notes

How I actually started understanding ZK proofs — not from theory, but from building Meridian.

Jan 25, 2026