Harish Shankar

Hello! I recently graduated from UMass Amherst with a BS in CS, Math, and Philosophy. I completed my honors thesis under Mingda Qiao.
I was previously doing research under Cyrus Cousins.

I co-founded a start-up called Squire. We shut it down in March 2026.

I am passionate about computer science education, especially for introductory courses. So far, I have been an Undergraduate Course Assistant (UCA) for Introduction to Programming with Python, Data Structures, and Programming Methodology.

papers

• [Algorihtm Design] Online Pen Testing: Simplified and Extended
• [Steganalysis] The utilization of convolutional neural networks
• [Combinatorial Game Theory] CGT in Go

coursework

(500+ level courses are graduate courses)