About Parth Mittal

I’m Parth Mittal — computer science at Cornell University, class of 2028, from Torrance, California.

I build a lot of software — simulators, radios, navigation, trading infrastructure, libraries, games. The projects change; what stays constant is caring how they’re architected: the layering, the interfaces, the failure modes. Aerospace is the direction I’m taking that — most recently, for example, a framework for deciding where a spacecraft’s computation should run.

At Cornell I’ve done research on space-instrument software in Dr. Savransky’s SIOSLab and motion analysis in Dr. Ferrari’s LISC, and this fall I’m writing flight software for a chipsat in the Space Systems Design Studio. I’m second author on a journal paper under review and a co-author on a published SPIE conference paper. I’ve interned on compiler-level fuzzing infrastructure and GPS-denied drone navigation — neither was territory I knew going in — and led networks for a US Navy radio project through MIT Lincoln Laboratory’s SOCOM Ignite program. I’m also a Cyber Training Officer at U.S. Space Force i5, where I built the CYBER250 offensive-security course.

Everything here is published under The Private Panda. Off the computer: mountain biking, cycling, and reading.