Portrait of Bemnet Beshah

About

I'm Bemnet Beshah, a software engineer and machine learning researcher. I study computer science and mathematics at Texas State University and research data augmentation for sign-language recognition.

I'm from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and live in Austin, Texas. I study mathematics and computer science at Texas State University.

I research data augmentation for sign-language recognition, a machine learning problem in computer vision and training data. Outside work, I focus on fitness and health.

Experience

  • Undergraduate Researcher IMICS Lab, Texas State University · Oct 2026–present — sign-language AI and data augmentation.
  • Founder and AI Engineer Renvane AI · Jan 2026–present.
  • Researcher Texas State CS Research Lab · Jan–Apr 2026 — diffusion models and graph neural networks.
  • Software Engineering Intern ETTA Solutions PLC · Dec 2022–Jan 2023.

Education

School
Texas State University
Studying
Computer Science and Mathematics double major; Physics minor
Honors
Honors College; GPA 4.00
Graduation
May 2028

Achievements

  • 2025[MLH] Best Use of Gemini 2.5 Computer Use Model, HackTX 2025Ayn, built with a team of four
  • Dean's ListTexas State University
  • Presidential ScholarshipTexas State University
  • AI4ALL IgnitePresented the wind energy site suitability project at the program symposium

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