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Harshitha Akkineni

Research @ Duke, Neuroscience

Durham

1+ year of work experience

Aug 20262 moPresent

Bangalore

Jun 20251 y 1 moJul 2026

Boston, MA

Duke University
20232 y 5 moJun 2025

North Carolina, United States

Electronics Corporation of India Limited (ECIL)
May 20193 mosJul 2019

Telangana, India

GitHub
@harshithaakkineni20

Harshitha’s AI Stack

antigravity
antigravity
claude
claude
codex
codex
github copilot
github copilot
openai
openai
Cartesia
Cartesia

Education

Western Illinois University

Master of Science, Applied Statistics and Decision Analytics

Western Illinois University

20211 yr2022
Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University

Bachelor of Technology, Electronics and Communications Engineering

Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University

20174 yrs2021

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Headline

Research @ Duke, Neuroscience

Location

Durham

AI stack

antigravity

claude

codex

github copilot

openai

Cartesia

Work experience

Lead AI Engineer at SurfAI, Aug 2026 - Present · 2 mo, Bangalore

Data Scientist at Eight Sleep, Jun 2025 - Jul 2026 · 1 y 1 mo, Boston, MA

Research Analyst I at Duke University, 2023 - Jun 2025 · 2 y 5 mo, North Carolina, United States

Summer Research Intern at Electronics Corporation of India Limited (ECIL), May 2019 - Jul 2019 · 3 mos, Telangana, India

Education

Master of Science, Applied Statistics and Decision Analytics, Western Illinois University

Bachelor of Technology, Electronics and Communications Engineering, Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University

Public links

github: https://github.com/harshithaakkineni20

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