Sonit Maddineni

CS & Astronomy @ UIUC

Building at the intersection of software, robotics, and the cosmos

About Me

Hey there! I'm Sonit, a sophomore at UIUC majoring in Computer Science and Astronomy. I'm really into software engineering, robotics, and AI research. Basically anything where I can build cool stuff that pushes boundaries.

Python is my home base. It’s the language I think in when I’m sketching ideas, prototyping fast, or digging into something complex. I love how expressive it is, how much you can do with a few clean lines, and how deep the ecosystem goes once you really start exploring it. A lot of my projects and research work end up there for a reason.

When I'm not coding, you'll find me reading up on the latest astronomy discoveries, catching movies, running badminton rallies in the gym, or playing tabla. Life's too short not to explore everything that fascinates you, right?

Projects

> Secure Knock
A real-time home security system that uses computer vision to identify visitors and sends SMS alerts when an unknown face is detected.
Computer VisionSecurityReal-time
> LongGenBench (LLM Evaluation)
Research prototype of LongGenBench for benchmarking instruction-following ability of LLMs in long-text generation, implemented as an interactive Python notebook.
LLMResearchBenchmarking
> fileChat
RAG application that scans files and folders, builds a FAISS index using vector embeddings, and enables semantic search and chat over large local document collections.
RAGNLPVector Search
> War Thunder Target Finder (WTTF)
Real-time object detection assistant using a YOLO model that highlights detected vehicles in the game War Thunder.
YOLOObject DetectionGaming
> SG Website
Full-stack web platform built with Node.js and MySQL APIs, integrated with a BotPress chatbot to encourage student engagement through points and rewards.
Full-stackMySQLChatbot
> SafeFit Website
Website for a startup that provides real-time form correction for people working out in the gym.
StartupHealth TechReal-time

Work Experience

$Undergraduate Research Assistant

Forward Data Lab at UIUC

Urbana-Champaign, IL|June 2025 – Present
  • >>Built a fine-grained evaluation framework for controllable long-form text generation, decomposing complex instructions into atomic constraints and automatically scoring 1,000+ model outputs to identify structural failures, progression errors, and constraint sensitivity across models.
$Technical Lead

National Organization for Business and Engineering (NOBE)

Urbana-Champaign, IL|September 2025 – Present
  • >>Led an 8-person team to design and ship a React web platform and React Native app used by 1,000+ users, driving sprint planning, technical direction, client alignment, and rigorous code reviews to ensure high-quality, on-time releases.
$Software Developer

National Organization for Business and Engineering (NOBE)

Urbana-Champaign, IL|February 2025 – May 2025
  • >>Developed a Python-powered AI system providing real-time corrective feedback during workouts and built a React + Tailwind dashboard to visualize EMG signals and key metrics, while managing the codebase with 20+ GitHub PRs to keep development smooth and maintainable.
$Software Development Intern

Gen3 Learning

Bloomington, IL|January 2023 – August 2023
  • >>Built and deployed a React platform for student registration, class participation, and instructor communication, managing the full development lifecycle with AWS CodeCommit, CLI, and Agile workflows from ideation to production.

Certifications

Azure AI Engineer Associate

Microsoft

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AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner

Amazon Web Services

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Intermediate Machine Learning

Kaggle

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Intro to Machine Learning

Kaggle

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PCAP - Certified Associate Python Programmer

Python Institute

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[PCPP-32-101] PCPP1 – Certified Professional Python Programmer

Python Institute

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