Madhav Anand Menon
Computer Science & Physics + Mathematics @ UIUC
Previous SWE intern @ Valeo
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01. About
Hi, I'm Madhav! I am currently a rising junior at UIUC. I am interested in high performance computing (particularly GPU programming), ML/AI, scientific computing, and quantitative development (Quant Dev). I have recently been getting into competitive programming and poker. I've lived in India and Singapore, and now live in the US. I speak five languages (hover over my name in the navbar to see which! Note that I do not formally know Greek, it is rather a homage to all the physics I have studied). I am currently interning at Valeo.
02. Experience
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Jun — Aug 2026
Software Engineer Intern
Valeo
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Feb 2026 — Present
Software Engineer
Disruption Lab
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Sep 2025 — May 2026
LLM Research Intern
Algoverse.AI
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Jun — Aug 2025
Software Engineer Intern
DigiAlert
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Feb 2025 — Present
CS 124 Honours Project Manager
UIUC
03. Projects
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GBDT Inference Engine
A from-scratch CUDA inference engine for XGBoost tree ensembles, and a benchmark suite that measures where GPU inference actually beats a well-tuned CPU baseline.
CUDA · C++ · Python
GitHub ↗ -
CUDA Orderbook
A GPU pipeline that reconstructs a live limit order book from raw NASDAQ ITCH data and backtests 10,000 trading strategies against it in parallel.
CUDA · C++
GitHub ↗ -
SideQuest
A Chrome extension that turns any highlighted passage in a Claude reply into its own side chat, so follow-up questions never derail the main conversation.
JavaScript · CSS · HTML
Chrome Web Store ↗ -
GPU Visualiser
An interactive tool for exploring how a GPU is organised and how it executes work.
WebGL · TypeScript
GitHub ↗
04. Awards
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Fall 2024, Spring 2025, Spring 2026
Dean's List
UIUC
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May 2025, May 2026
Grainger Engineering Merit Scholarships
Grainger College of Engineering, UIUC
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May 2026
Ruth and Hayward Scholarship
Tau Beta Pi
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Apr 2026
Yee Seung Ng Award
Department of Physics, UIUC
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Jan 2025
James Scholar Honours
Grainger College of Engineering, UIUC
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Jan 2023
Outstanding Cambridge Learner's Award
Cambridge Assessment International Education
Top in India for the Coordinated Science exam.
05. Courses Taken
UIUC
Fall 2024 — Present
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Fall 2026
Upcoming
- CS 374 Intro to Algorithms and Models of Computation
- CS 411 Databases
- CS 357 Numerical Methods I
- PHYS 435 Electromagnetic Fields I
- IE 421 High Frequency Trading Technology
- MACS 100 Intro to Popular TV and Movies
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Spring 2026
- CS 233 Computer Architecture
- CS 222 Software Design Lab
- MATH 442 Intro to Partial Differential Equations
- MATH 461 Probability Theory
- PHYS 325 Classical Mechanics I
- PHYS 246 Intro to Computational Physics
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Fall 2025
- CS 225 H Honours Data Structures
- MATH 416 H Honours Abstract Linear Algebra
- MATH 441 Differential Equations
- PHYS 225 Relativity and Math Methods
- PHYS 213 University Physics: Thermodynamics
- PHYS 214 University Physics: Quantum Physics
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Spring 2025
- CS 128 Intro to Computer Science II (C++)
- MATH 314 H Honours Intro to Higher Math
- MATH 241 Calculus III
- PHYS 212 University Physics: Electricity and Magnetism
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Fall 2024
- CS 124 H Honours Intro to Computer Science I (Kotlin)
- MATH 231 E Engineering Calculus II
- PHYS 211 University Physics: Mechanics
- LING 115 Language and Culture in India
KC High International
Jul 2020 — May 2024
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IB Diploma Programme
Jul 2022 — May 2024
- Higher Level Physics
- Higher Level Mathematics
- Higher Level Chemistry
- Standard Level Economics
- Standard Level English Language and Literature
- Standard Level Spanish
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Cambridge IGCSE
Jul 2020 — May 2022
- Computer Science
- Additional Mathematics
- International Mathematics
- Coordinated Science
- Economics
- Business Studies
- English — First Language
- Spanish — Foreign Language
06. Writing
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Hello World!
Hello World! My website is now live.
07. Notes
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Some of my notes from courses I've taken at UIUC. Some were written by hand and transcribed to LaTeX with AI, and some sections may be incomplete where they weren't covered in class. These will (hopefully) be updated at some point.
- MATH 461 Probability Theory Spring 2026
- PHYS 325 Classical Mechanics I Spring 2026
- MATH 416H Honours Abstract Linear Algebra Fall 2025
- MATH 441 Differential Equations Fall 2025
- MATH 241 Calculus III Spring 2025
- IB International Baccalaureate High School 2022-2024