Nolan W. Platt
I am a rising senior at Virginia Tech, where I am studying Computer Science. This summer, I will be joining Hitachi Vantara as a Data Science Intern in their Reston, VA office. I am involved in a substantial amount of research in various fields. Current areas of research include:
🧠 Domain-Specific LLM Development
Conducting research on automating usability testing in early-stage development.
Working with Ethan Luchs and Dr. Sehrish Basir Nizamani.
Conferences:
- ACM CAPWIC
- CHCI Workshop
- Dennis Dean Conference
- VTURCS Symposium
Working with Ethan Luchs and Dr. Sehrish Basir Nizamani.
Conferences:
- ACM CAPWIC
- CHCI Workshop
- Dennis Dean Conference
- VTURCS Symposium
📊 Natural Language Processing
Exploring quantization methods for reducing memory costs in large language models.
🔬 Computational Condensed Matter Physics
Working on the ALPS Library to simulate condensed matter systems.
Mentored by Dr. Fei Lin and Dr. Vito Scarola.
Improving tutorials and contributing to robust numerical simulations.
Mentored by Dr. Fei Lin and Dr. Vito Scarola.
Improving tutorials and contributing to robust numerical simulations.
👨🏫 Computer Science Education
Developing infrastructure for OpenDSA, an interactive CS education platform.
Collaborating with Dr. Cliff Shaffer and PhD candidates.
Focusing on backend stability, modernization, and content pipeline upgrades.
Collaborating with Dr. Cliff Shaffer and PhD candidates.
Focusing on backend stability, modernization, and content pipeline upgrades.
All of my research centers around one goal: use computing to better understand our world — I am both fascinated and motivated by the unknown. I focus on interdisciplinary research that aims to make a significant impact on our world.
news
| May 16, 2025 |  Received President’s List for Spring 2025 for a 4.0 GPA across 22 credit hours |
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| May 14, 2025 |  Joining Hitachi Vantara as a Data Science Intern! |
| May 06, 2025 |  Received the VTCS 2025 Service Award |
| May 05, 2025 |  Received the VTCS 2025 David Heilman Research Award |
| May 02, 2025 |  Won Best Poster at VT CoE Interdisciplinary Symposium |
| Apr 22, 2025 | Poster accepted to VTURCS Symposium |
| Apr 22, 2025 | Invited to be an Ambassador for the Office of Undergraduate Research for 2025-2026 |
| Apr 14, 2025 | Poster accepted to Dennis Dean Conference |
| Mar 04, 2025 | Invited to talk at CHCI Big Idea Workshop |
| Feb 20, 2025 | Short paper accepted to ACM CAPWIC |
latest posts
| Mar 30, 2025 | reflecting on two conferences |
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| Feb 13, 2025 | starting off strong |