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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"> Valliappa Chockalingam (Valli) is a student interested in technology, physics, and psychology. He is currently a rising sophomore pursuing a B.E. in computer science at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. As other educational qualifications go, he earned the International Baccalaureate Diploma in 2013. </span>
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"> In the future, Valli plans to complete his undergraduate degree and start a company focussed on his interest, developing futuristic technologies such as artificial intelligence, robotics, nanotechnology, and genetic engineering by doing research and coming up with solutions to today’s plaguing problems. In a nutshell, he hopes to, in whichever small way, turn today’s world into a rather utopian world often seen in science fiction movies like Star Wars.</span>
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