Researcher, builder, and competitor obsessed with first-principles reasoning — from materials science at Johns Hopkins to neural nets from scratch. Math is the language everything else is written in.
I'm Ekansh Dave — a student researcher, builder, and competitive debater interested in problems that sit at disciplinary boundaries. I've done materials science research at Johns Hopkins University, built neural networks from mathematical axioms, and argued national-level policy debate.
I think the most interesting problems are the ones where rigorous mathematics meets physical reality — whether that's crystal defect formation, gradient descent convergence, or cryptographic hardness assumptions. The common thread is structure underneath apparent complexity.
When I'm not in the lab or at a keyboard, I'm likely reading about number theory, working through competition math, or preparing debate cases that require the same kind of careful argumentation as a proof.
Open to conversations about research, ML, cryptography, math problems I haven't seen, or debate. Response time: 24–48h.