Open source enthusiast, systems programmer, and security researcher focused on distributed systems, computer architecture, and privacy technology.

• 🎓 Computer Engineering @ UIUC (James Scholar, Highest Honors)
• 🔬 Undergraduate Researcher @ Information Trust Institute (UIUC) — threat modeling, red teaming, and redesigning robust architectures for anonymity networks
• 💻 NCSA SPIN Research Intern — built and optimized distributed, GPU-accelerated scientific platforms at scale

• Architecting secure, scalable distributed systems and low-level protocol implementations
• Developing open source tools and efficient, privacy-focused applications
• Exploring embedded software, digital design, and machine learning at the intersection of hardware and security

• bitchat-tui: Encrypted, off-grid peer-to-peer Bluetooth chat in the terminal – a TUI, cross-platform messenger built with Rust and modern cryptography
• alman: Smart shell alias manager, bringing productivity and organization to your command-line workflow

Rust   Go   C/C++   Python   SystemVerilog
Docker   Linux   React   Node.js   CUDA
Bluetooth LE   Tokio   PyTorch   TensorFlow   SLURM

• 🌐 Portfolio Website
• 📫 vmattoo2@illinois.edu

Thanks for visiting — feel free to check out my repositories, raise an issue, or connect if you’re interested in research, collaboration, or open source security projects!