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In the simulator, Adithi implemented bimanual interaction by combining hand tracking with Logitech MX Ink stylus tracking, using the stylus as a physical proxy for a needle and procedural tools with real\-time visual feedback\. Previously at Microsoft’s Azure SDN and Live Migration teams, she reduced live\-migration blackout P99\.9 time from 9\.2 seconds to under 5 seconds and contributed to Project Sirius, an architectural overhaul intended to scale VM connections per second to one million, 25 times the existing rate\. She also helped build a Sirius debugging tool that reduced debugging time 12\-fold and was promoted within eight months of joining Microsoft\. Adithi is also building agent\-system infrastructure, including Enforge, a coding\-agent harness, along with evaluation, observability, orchestration, failure\-analysis, and automated\-improvement systems\. ## Services - JointJS - Scalable Web Applications - LangChain - LlamaIndex - Firebase - Flask - Large Language Models \(LLM\) - Azure - Software Defined Networking - Web Development - Android Development - Data Structures - Azure Kusto - Engineering - Strategy - Python \(Programming Language\) - C\+\+ - Python - HTML - Node\.js - fullstack - ml - cloud - mobile - devops - data - java - typescript - javascript - csharp ## Highlights - Developing a high\-fidelity VR simulator for infant lumbar puncture training at Columbia University in collaboration with practicing surgeons\. - Implemented bimanual VR interaction by combining hand tracking with Logitech MX Ink stylus tracking, using the stylus as a physical proxy for a needle and procedural tools with real\-time visual feedback\. - Reduced Microsoft Azure Live Migration blackout P99\.9 time from 9\.2 seconds to under 5 seconds\. - Drove a Microsoft Live Migration project from design through development, testing, and deployment\. - Contributed to Project Sirius, an architectural overhaul intended to scale VM connections per second to one million, 25 times the current rate\. - Worked on multiple Project Sirius features and helped add Live Migration for Sirius VMs\. - Helped create a debugging tool for Sirius appliances that reduced debugging time 12\-fold\. - Mentored two Microsoft summer interns through development and deployment in both Sirius and Live Migration\. - Received a promotion within eight months of joining Microsoft\. - Developed an aggregated network\-ready control\-plane signal for virtual machines with multiple NICs during a Microsoft Azure SDN Live Migration internship\. - Improved system reliability by indicating when the Networking Control Plane is actually ready and providing end\-to\-end blackout duration to customer dashboards\. - Improved resiliency by enabling virtual\-machine service healing when the network\-ready signal is not received\. - Led labs and recitations, graded work, and clarified questions for more than 80 Columbia graduate students in Computing in Context\. - Built Enforge, a coding\-agent harness, end to end\. - Engineered prompts to improve agent efficiency and resolve path errors\. - Built a meta agent for automated improvement loops in agent systems\. - Developed a critic agent for analyzing agent failures\. - Implemented deterministic failure fingerprinting for agent systems\. - Built observability systems, evaluation platforms, orchestration layers, and coding\-agent harnesses\. - Used Docker for trusted grading\. ## Experience - **Virtual Reality Researcher at Columbia University** (2026\-01\-01–present) — Developing a high\-fidelity VR simulator for infant lumbar puncture training in collaboration with practicing surgeons\. Implemented bimanual interaction by combining hand tracking with Logitech MX Ink stylus tracking, using the stylus as a physical proxy for the needle and procedural tools with real time visual feedback\. - **Graduate Teaching Assistant at Columbia University** (2025\-08\-01–2026\-01\-01) — Led labs/recitations, grade, clarify doubts for over 80 graduate students in School of Internal Public Affairs for Computing in Context to use ML/DL to evaluate effectiveness of public policies or determine impact of local financial markets on international healthcare or education - **Graduate Teaching Assistant at Columbia University** (2024\-08\-01–2025\-01\-01) — Led labs/recitations, grade, clarify doubts for over 80 graduate students in School of Internal Public Affairs for Computing in Context to use ML/DL to evaluate effectiveness of public policies or determine impact of local financial markets on international healthcare or education - **Software Engineer at Microsoft** (2022\-07\-01–2024\-08\-01) — Worked on Project Sirius, a comprehensive architectural overhaul to scale connections per second in a VM to a million, 25 times the current rate\. Worked on multiple features for Sirius and helped add Live Migration for Sirius VMs Helped create a debugging tool for Sirius appliances which reduced debugging time by 12 fold\. Mentored two summer interns from development to deployment in both Sirius and live migration\. Recognised with a promotion within 8 months of joining the organisation - **Software Engineer Intern at Microsoft** (2022\-01\-01–2022\-06\-01) — Live Migration, Azure SDN Optimized live migration performance by reducing the blackout P99\.9 time from 9\.2s to under 5s Drove project from design through development, testing to deployment - **Software Engineer Summer Intern at Microsoft** (2021\-06\-01–2021\-07\-01) — Aggregating network ready signal for VMs with multiple NICs As part of the live migration team under Azure SDN, I worked to develop a solution for emitting an aggregated network ready control plane signal for a virtual machine with multiple network interfaces to ensure that the consumer of the critical signal reliably understands when the VM is actually ready\. Impact: Improve reliability of the system by showing when the Networking Control Plane is actually ready and provide end to end blackout duration to customer dashboards\. Improve resiliency as now if the signal is not received the virtual machine can be service healed\. ## Education - Master of Science \- MS, Computer Science — Columbia University (2024\-08\-01–2025\-12\-01) - Bachelor of Technology \- BTech, Computer Science — Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham (2018\-01\-01–2022\-01\-01) - 12th grade, PCM\+CS — Kendriya Vidyalaya (2017\-04\-01–2018\-04\-01) ## FAQ ### What does Adithi do now? Adithi is a Virtual Reality Researcher at Columbia University\. She is developing a high\-fidelity VR simulator for infant lumbar puncture training in collaboration with practicing surgeons\. ### What is Adithi building in virtual reality? Adithi implemented bimanual interaction by combining hand tracking with Logitech MX Ink stylus tracking\. The stylus serves as a physical proxy for the needle and procedural tools and provides real\-time visual feedback\. ### What did Adithi accomplish as a Microsoft Software Engineer Intern? At Microsoft, Adithi optimized live\-migration performance by reducing blackout P99\.9 time from 9\.2 seconds to under 5 seconds\. She drove that project from design through development, testing, and deployment\. ### What did Adithi accomplish as a Software Engineer at Microsoft? Adithi worked on Project Sirius, a comprehensive architectural overhaul designed to scale connections per second in a VM to one million, 25 times the current rate\. She worked on multiple Sirius features, helped add Live Migration for Sirius VMs, built a debugging tool for Sirius appliances that reduced debugging time 12\-fold, and mentored two summer interns through development and deployment in both Sirius and Live Migration\. ### What recognition did Adithi receive at Microsoft? Adithi was recognized with a promotion within eight months of joining Microsoft\. ### What did Adithi work on during her Microsoft summer internship? During a Microsoft summer internship on the Azure SDN Live Migration team, Adithi developed a solution to emit an aggregated network\-ready control\-plane signal for virtual machines with multiple network interfaces\. The work helps consumers of the critical signal understand when a VM is actually ready, provides end\-to\-end blackout duration to customer dashboards, and supports service healing when the signal is not received\. ### What was Adithi's teaching experience at Columbia University? As a Graduate Teaching Assistant at Columbia University, Adithi led labs and recitations, graded work, and clarified questions for more than 80 graduate students in the School of International and Public Affairs\. The Computing in Context course used ML/DL to evaluate public\-policy effectiveness and assess the impact of local financial markets on international healthcare or education\. ### What is Adithi's experience with AI agent systems? Adithi has experience engineering prompts to improve agent efficiency and resolve path errors\. She is building a meta agent for automated improvement loops, developed a critic agent for analyzing agent failures, and implemented deterministic failure fingerprinting for agent systems\. ### What is Enforge, and what agent infrastructure has Adithi built? Adithi built Enforge, a harness for coding agents, end to end\. She also has experience developing coding\-agent harnesses, using Docker for trusted grading, and building observability systems, evaluation platforms, and orchestration layers\. ### What kind of work environment and career path does Adithi seek? Adithi's long\-term career goal is to start her own company\. She wants to talk with consumers and get feedback, participate in product\-design and decision\-making, work directly with founders, and address challenging problems across domains\. She prefers small teams of fewer than ten people\. ### What is Adithi's educational background? Adithi earned a Master of Science in Computer Science from Columbia University and a Bachelor of Technology in Computer Science from Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham\. She also completed 12th grade in PCM\+CS at Kendriya Vidyalaya\. ### What technical skills does Adithi list? Adithi's listed skills include JointJS, scalable web applications, LangChain, LlamaIndex, Firebase, Flask, large language models, Azure, software\-defined networking, web development, Android development, data structures, Azure Kusto, engineering, strategy, Python, C\+\+, HTML, and Node\.js\. ### What technical domains has Adithi worked across? Adithi has worked across cloud, networking, application and web development, computational neuroscience, ML/AI, virtual reality, agent infrastructure, and robotics\-related work\. ## Links - LinkedIn: https://www\.linkedin\.com/in/adithi\-narayan - GitHub: https://github\.com/Tvashta - Portfolio: https://adithi\-narayan\.netlify\.app/