Build software
that ships with
purpose & proof
Full-Stack Engineer, AI/ML Researcher & Embedded Systems Builder — from production web platforms to IEEE-published research.
About me
Hi! I'm Karthikengineer · researcher · builder
Final-year Computer Science undergraduate at VIT Chennai building production-grade full-stack platforms, applied AI/computer-vision systems, and embedded fog-computing research. Best Paper Award-winning researcher with hands-on experience across React/Next.js, NestJS, PostgreSQL, ESP32 embedded systems, and multi-heuristic cybersecurity detection.
“Ship it, measure it, prove it — then make it better.”
What I do
Built with curiosity
Engineering across the stack — from interfaces and APIs to models and hardware — with every claim backed by something that actually runs.
Open for freelance
Freelance — let's build yours
I take on a small number of client projects alongside my work, end-to-end from idea to launch.
- 01Chat about the idea
- 02Proposal & quote
- 03Build with weekly demos
- 04Launch & support
My projects / Showcase
Selected work
01 / 04
02 / Research
Published & presented research
PAPER / 001 — STATUS: PUBLISHED
Fog-Based Multi-Node Environmental Anomaly Detection on ESP32
Co-authored research paper proposing a three-tier fog-computing safety system built entirely on commodity ESP32 microcontrollers, delivering cloud-free, sub-200ms fire and intrusion detection.
95.0% / 95.2%
F1-score (fire / intrusion)
0.974 / 0.981
AUC-ROC
65% (17% → 6%)
False-positive reduction
180ms avg (13.3x faster than cloud MQTT)
End-to-end latency
97.3% over 60 min
Wireless packet delivery
₹2,356 (~$28)
Total hardware cost
PAPER / 002 — STATUS: PRESENTED
Intelligent Traffic Monitoring and Management for Real-Time Vehicle Tracking in Smart Cities
Co-authored and presented at the 3rd International Conference on Data Science and Business Systems (ICDSBS 2026), organized with IEEE Madras & Singapore Sections at SRM Institute of Science and Technology — received the Best Paper Award.
Best Paper Award, ICDSBS 2026
Recognition
PAPER / 003 — STATUS: PRESENTED
Multi-Heuristic Phishing Detection System Using TLS, WHOIS, and OCR
Presented research on combining TLS certificate validation, WHOIS domain analysis, OCR, and CLIP-based visual similarity into a single phishing-detection trust score.
03 / Awards & Recognition
Recognized contributions
AWARD / 001
Best Paper Award
3rd International Conference on Data Science & Business Systems (ICDSBS 2026, IEEE Madras & Singapore Sections) — "Intelligent Traffic Monitoring and Management for Real-Time Vehicle Tracking in Smart Cities."
AWARD / 002
Research Presenter
International Conference on AI & Sustainable Development Goals (ICAISDGs 2025) — "Multi-Heuristic Phishing Detection System Using TLS, WHOIS, and OCR."
AWARD / 003
Life Member
Chendur Research Foundation (CRF).
Let's build somethingexceptional
Available for freelance projects, internships and research collaborations.
bkarthik0404@gmail.com