Alejandro Olmedo

About me:

Hi everyone, my name is Alejandro Olmedo, a Computer Science major (BS) at NYU Tandon School of Engineering with minors in Cybersecurity and Mathematics, specializing in AI/ML systems and embedded software engineering.

• 2022 Gunter Georgi Award recipient for outstanding engineering design (Pi Glove)
• 3rd Place in Amazon’s 2023 Mini-Hackathon
• NYU Tandon Spring 2024 Data Science Bootcamp participant
• RoboMaster: Team UltraViolet (CSE Team) Embedded Software Engineer

Dynamic problem-solver with leadership experience coordinating campus events for 300+ students as an NYU COIN Hall Council Representative. Active contributor to cybersecurity initiatives through NYU SEC’s Capture the Flag competitions and industry collaborations with Deloitte/Meta. Fluent in Python, Java, and cloud tools (AWS, Docker), with conversational Spanish/Italian proficiency. Passionate about building AI solutions that balance performance and accessibility across devices.

Projects & Contributions

Hugging Face LLM Contributor

Optimized open-source LLMs (DeepSeek, Llama) via fine-tuning, achieving accuracy gains in mathematical reasoning while reducing memory through MLX quantization for Apple Silicon deployment. Models available for public download.

Guardian App (In Progress)

Builting an IoT-driven urban safety system using React/Flask and XGBoost (89% risk prediction accuracy) to process sensor data in real-time via AWS IoT Core

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