Adam Krivka

🇨🇿 Brno / 🇨🇭 Zurich

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Education

ETH Zurich

September 2024 — Current (Exp. Grad. 2026)

  • Pursuing a Master's degree in Computer Science
  • Major: Secure and Reliable Systems, Minor: Machine Intelligence
  • Selected coursework:
    • Information Security Lab
    • Network Security (project: ACME client in Go)
    • Security of Wireless Networks
    • Reliable and Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence

California Institute of Technology

September 2020 — June 2024

  • Graduated with Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, GPA: 3.9/4.0, 527/486 units
  • Teaching:
    • TA for Operating Systems (Spring 2024)
    • TA for Algorithms (Spring 2023)
    • TA for Introduction to Software Design (Spring 2022)

Work Experience

Freelance Software Developer

Summer 2022

  • Developed a high-performance personal timetracking app for an individual, using SolidJS, TailwindCSS, and PostgresSQL
  • Created complex UI, visualization, offline syncing, keyboard shortcuts and mobile view features
  • Communicated with client on a bi-weekly basis, iterated on designs and incorporated feedback

Software Engineer — BlueDot Impact

October 2021 — October 2022 (Part-time)

  • Developed an application infrastructure for large-scale online programs that decreased the time to schedule >100 cohorts more than 10x, using ReactJS, TailwindCSS, and Airtable
  • Built a web application for inputting time availability (alá when2meet), implemented an optimal matching and scheduling algorithm and exposed it to program organizers via an Airtable extension, and created email/Slack automations

Software Engineer / Researcher — Roam Research

August 2021 — August 2022 (Part-time)

  • Designed and implemented a new code editor for Roam, using ReactJS, CodeMirror6, and Clojure
  • Helped shape future UI design concepts and researched knowledge managment and collective intelligence
  • Prior to joining, created spaced repetition and Python extensions for Roam which became one of the most popular Roam extensions

Awards

BjornCTF 2024 5th place

70 teams participated

ICPC SoCal Regional 2022 Winner

Advanced to US round

Intel ISEF 2019 Participant

Presented a project on asteroid family mechanics