Michael Thompson

CS @ SFSU·Systems & AR·Spring 2026

I'm Michael, a Computer Science student at San Francisco State University. I build things from the ground up — from standalone AR experiences with on-device ML to Unix-style file systems in C. I love hard problems and shipping real software.

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Systems AR / XR On-device ML Full-stack 3.96 GPA SF Hacks 1st Place

Education

B.S. Computer Science

San Francisco State University

San Francisco, CA · 2022 – Present · Expected Spring 2026

GPA: 3.96 / 4.0

Relevant Coursework: Quantum Computing, Linear Algebra, Operating Systems, Algorithms, Discrete Mathematics

Experience

Feb 2026

hackathon

1st Place — Meta Track, SF Hacks 2026

San Francisco State University

Built Aletheia, a standalone AR experience for Raspberry Pi 4 and Xreal Air 2 Pro glasses
Deployed on-device vision via Meta's ExecuTorch with YOLO and BlazeHand models (.pte format, XNNPACK delegates)
Designed a multiprocessing pipeline with shared memory for zero-copy frame passing, bypassing Python's GIL
Implemented gesture-driven interactions and spatial anchoring for AR overlays
Built a Pygame HUD with carbon tracking, missions, and Spirit Companion

Fall 2025 –
Present

work

Tutor / Discussion Leader — CSC 215

San Francisco State University

Led weekly seminar sessions reinforcing Java fundamentals and problem-solving
Provided one-on-one tutoring, debugging guidance, and exam prep support

Projects

Aletheia

Standalone AR Experience

Interactive AR for RPi 4 + Xreal glasses with on-device AI inference, no cloud dependency
Meta YOLO + BlazeHand models via ExecuTorch; multiprocessing with shared memory for zero-copy frames
Pinch-gesture interactions, spatial anchoring, and gamified sustainability HUD

Python ExecuTorch Pygame

OmniScope

AR Wearable AI Assistant

Integrated AR system for Xreal glasses with iOS companion app (Swift, MapKit, CoreLocation)
Raspberry Pi backend with Flask, Picamera2, and Claude API for real-time scene analysis
Weather, AQI, and navigation data rendered as dynamic AR overlays

Swift Python Flask

Unix-Style File System

Operating Systems Project

File system from scratch on a simulated block device with hierarchical dirs and persistent storage
Custom shell with ls, cp, mv, mkdir, and buffered file I/O
Low-level metadata management and path resolution

C Operating Systems

EduGator Tutoring

Full-Stack Web Application

Full-stack tutoring platform with REST APIs, normalized MySQL database, and frontend UI
Tutor search, session requests, and appointment management end-to-end

HTML/CSS JavaScript MySQL

Tools & Skills

languages

Java JavaScript C C++ Python Swift SQL HTML

frameworks

Node.js Express Flask SwiftUI LibGDX

databases

MySQL

tools & platforms

Git GitHub MySQL Workbench Gradle VS Code IntelliJ Raspberry Pi ExecuTorch Qiskit IBM Quantum Composer

Contact

Open to opportunities — feel free to reach out.

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