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$ijtihed kilaniIjtihed Kilani

CS @ Aalto.
SWE @ Kova Labs.
Software/systems engineer w/ 2 years of experience making physical world digital and interactive. Talent matching at nullfellows.
Feel free to reach out at ijtihedk@gmail.com.

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Founding Software Engineer, Kova Labs
nov '25 - present
#2 hire, backed by Lifeline Ventures
NDA.
Software Engineer, Sensofusion
mar '25 - nov '25 · 9 mos
'end-to-end' Simulations
NDA.
nov '25 - present
Under the Comp. Behavior Lab (CBL)
Human-Robot Physical Interaction in VR/AR through Reinforcement Learning and Computer Vision (paper tbd)
Research Assistant, King AbdulAziz University
aug '22 - jul '24 · 2 yrs
Under Center of Genomic Medicine Research (CEGMR, Dr. Siraj Alharthi)

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SILTA
Nov 2025 - Present
SILTA brings early-stage founders from Finland to the San Francisco Bay Area to build kick-ass companies.
JavaScriptSupabase
Vertev.io
Nov 2025 - Present
Vertev is a hardware simulation-based startup that focuses on applying RL into real world, immediate issues. We work mainly with simulated biomechanical robotics. More coming very soon. Join the waitlist now.
C++PythonRust
nullfellows.com
Nov 2025 - Present
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The Yappin' Spirit
Oct 2024 - Feb 2025
Emotion-based horror game using Unity, Support Vector Machines (SVMs) with OpenCV, DeepFace and Flask for real-time emotion tracking and controlling game play mechanics.
C# (.NET)UnityPython (OpenCV, DeepFace, Flask)
Maze Maverick
Feb 2023 - Jan 2025
Worked on & published a 3D recreation of 'Pacman' with Unity's Native Editor, C# (.NET & Unity) and Blender with another dev.
C# (.NET)UnityBlender

~/ coursework

Advanced Algorithms: Logic and NP-Hard ProblemsCS-E4700
Aalto University
Programming Parallel Computers DCS-E4580
Aalto University
Data Structures and AlgorithmsCS-A1140
Aalto University
Graph Theory DMS-E1050
Aalto University
Complex Systems DCS-E5775
Aalto University
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~/ education

Aalto UniversityBachelor of Science, Mechanical Engineering(present)
Minor in Graduate MathMinor in Advanced Computer Science

~/ publications

The Flow Cube: A Mathematical Analysis of a Novel Rubix Cube VariantAuthorea · Oct 2024
Ijtihed Kilani, Khuram Usman Mir
Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms in HIF‑1A, VEGFa, and VHL GenesAdvancements in Life Sciences · Mar 2024
Siraj B. Alharthi, Ijtihed Kilani, Abdullah Alsoliman, Romar P. Pascual, Mohamed H. Zainy, Ahmed SAlbariqi, Yahya M. Alzahrani, Ahmed Alshehri, Ahmed M. El-Shehawi, Hashim M. Borayk, Mohamed Morsi M. Ahmed
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