Arnav Dhiman

Experience

Research positions, selective programmes, and grants.

Research

Research Intern

April 2026 – Present

Research

MIT CSAIL - Kellis Lab

Research Intern at MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, working under Prof. Manolis Kellis in the Kellis Lab on the Mantis data visualisation platform for computational biology and single-cell genomics.

Research Scholar

December 2025 – Present

Research

BeyondQuantum

Selected as one of 60 scholars from 434 applicants (~14% acceptance) for a 12-week international quantum computing research programme. Studied entanglement entropy scaling and classical simulability of quantum algorithms under mentor David Chudozilov.

Research Mentee

2025

Research

Mentored by Gautham Muthukumar, Intuit

Built a hybrid Neural Network and SVM model for fake news classification under the mentorship of Gautham Muthukumar (Intuit), achieving 99.954% accuracy.

Junior Academy Member

2024-2025

Research

New York Academy of Sciences (NYAS) Junior Academy

Completed two research projects through the NYAS Junior Academy: a hybrid Clinical Decision Support System (CDSS) integrating a rule-based clinical safety engine with a machine learning model to evaluate medication safety based on patient profiles, and a solar systems research project.

Internship

Engineering Intern

2025

Internship

SkyFlux

Engineering internship at SkyFlux. Specific project details are under NDA.

Program

Workshop Participant

2025

Program

IIT Bombay Makerspace

Selected 1 of 30 for an intensive hands-on workshop at IIT Bombay Makerspace, building an autonomous robot.

PACT Scholar

Summer 2026

Program

Program in Algorithmic and Combinatorial Thinking (PACT), UPenn

Selected for PACT, a summer programme in theoretical computer science and combinatorics at the University of Pennsylvania, working with Dr. Rajiv Gandhi.

Emerging Leader

October 2026 – May 2027

Program

Wolfram Emerging Leaders Program (WELP:B), Wolfram Research

Selected for the Wolfram Emerging Leaders Program Boot Camp (WELP:B), a year-long hand-selected programme for high-achieving high school students. Begins October 2026 - will complete structured Wolfram Language instruction and lead a collaborative computational research project.

Student

2025-2026

Program

Euler Circle

Enrolled in Euler Circle, a mathematics programme modelled on the University of Chicago REU, culminating in a 20-page expository research paper on graph colourings and chromatic polynomials.

Scholar

February 2026

Program

Harvard Project for Asian and International Relations (HPAIR)

Attended HPAIR HConf 2026 (virtual) on a full scholarship. Won Most Impactful Team award at the conference.

Fellow

2026

Program

Young Asians Fellowship, Singapore

Selected as one of the top 100 fellows from over 1,000 applicants. Presented research on Metabolic Neural Networks, placing 3rd in the STEM Research category.

Accepted Scholar

July – August 2026, Varna, Bulgaria

Program

Summer Research School (SRS), Bulgarian Academy of Sciences

Accepted to the Summer Research School in Mathematics and Informatics run by the Institute of Mathematics and Informatics at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, a competitive programme for high-achieving students aged 15-19. Attendance decision pending.

Selected (Did Not Attend)

2026

Program

Math.BIZ

Selected for Math.BIZ (up to 100 seats nationally). Did not attend.

Selected (Did Not Attend)

2026

Program

Kriti RISE

Selected for Kriti RISE. Unable to attend.

Grant

Grantee

2025

Grant

Emergent Ventures, Mercatus Center

Independent research grantee supported by the Mercatus Center at George Mason University for self-directed work in machine learning and mathematics.