Hello, I'm
Spandan Patel
I'm a computer science major at
About Me
I'm a Computer Science student at UCLA exploring my interests within software development, particularly in fullstack development and distributed systems. I've previously interned at TikHub and Scale AI. My campus activities include organizing LA Hacks on the tech team, being a Dev Team Officer for ACM, and researching how LLMs overthink at the Scalable Analytics Institute Lab.
Interests
Experience
Activities
LA Hacks
October 2025 - Present
Technology Coordinator
Member of the organization team of Southern California's largest hackathon. Currently developing the application platform land landing site, with more to come!
ACM at UCLA
October 2025 - Present
Dev Team Officer
Officer for the largest computer science organization at UCLA. On the infrastructure team, migrating services to physical servers to reduce costs and improve reliability.
Research
UT Austin Swarm Nanorobotics Lab
May 2024 – July 2024
Software Engineer
Developed a computer vision pipeline and A-star pathfinding algorithm to help swarm nanobots navigate through microscopic environments.
Scalable Analytics Institute (ScAI) Lab
May 2025 - Present
LLMs Researcher
Researching methods to evaluate overthinking in LLMs and develop a benchmark to identify prompts that induce the greatest amount of overthinking.
Work
TikHub
June 2025 – Sep. 2025
Software Engineer Intern
Built a real-time YouTube analytics service with Celery, Redis, FastAPI, Docker, that delivers insights to 1,000+ users about social media campaign performance.
Scale AI
Dec. 2024 – June 2025
Technical Advisor Intern
Worked on an array of projects to improve enterprise LLM capabilities, including designing C++ algorithms that boosted Codeforces Elo rating by 500+ points, and auditing problems for Humanity's Last Exam benchmark.
Projects
Portfolio
Personal portfolio website showcasing my projects, experience, and skills, built with Next.js and Tailwind CSS.
Safer Story
Safety-first navigation app that generates walking routes with maximum streetlight coverage, prioritizing user security.
Guess The City
Web app where users guess cities based on distance-related clues from previous guesses.
ForgetMeNot
AI-powered communication assistant that analyzes facial expressions in real-time to provide emotionally intelligent responses. Submitted to CalHacks 12.
TradeOff
Web application that simulates stock market trading, allowing users to practice buying and selling stocks in a risk-free environment.
UniSync
AI-powered platform that groups together notes, assignments, and study materials for university courses, enabling students to collaborate and share resources effectively.
PaveGuard
AI-driven platform that identifies and reports road hazards to local authorities, enhancing urban safety and infrastructure maintenance.