Rithwik Kukunuri

About Me

I am Rithwik Kukunuri, a junior Computer Science undergraduate at IIT Gandhinagar, India. Since august 2018, I have been working as an undergraduate research student under Prof. Nipun Batra, Assistant Professor, IIT Gandhinagar.

I am interested in machine learning, deep learning and their applications. My dream is to use machine learning to make huge a impact on the world.

Research Interests

Machine Learning
Deep Learning
Artificial Intelligence
Web Development

Projects

Super Resolution of Energy Data and Energy Disaggregation, Prof. Nipun Batra [Ongoing]

Implemented Deep Learning based methods for Upsampling the Pecan Time-Series Electricity Dataset. Coded in Python using Keras. Also worked on converting aggregate reading to appliance reading.
Used a few other Machine Learning algorithms to output hourly reading given the daily reading of a house.

Super Resolution of Images using Deep Learning, Prof. Ravi Hegde [Internship]

Created new methods for Super Resolution of Images.
Investigated many state of the art methods and successfully deployed them on Python.
Explored Deep Neural Networks and Generative Adversarial Networks using Python Libraries such as Keras and Tensorflow.

Insult Detection on Social Media

Detection of Insults on Social Media using fundamental Natural Language Processing and Machine Learning based techniques.
Used Logistic Regression, Random Forest, Decision Trees and Neural Networks for the task.

Automatic Number Plate Recognition System [Internship]

Developed an application for Automatic Number Plate Recognition System.
Learnt about the importance of Open Source and several key techniques in Image Processing.
Created an OpenCV based Vehicle Counter and Velocity Approximator.

Hand Gesture Controlled Chrome Dinosaur Game

Created an Hand-Gesture control for the dinosaur game in Chrome. Used Selenium and Computer Vision techniques. Coded in Python using OpenCV.

Face Recognition

Created an application for Recognizing faces using Eigen Vector Projection and Machine Learning.
Coded in Python using OpenCV and Numpy.

Web Development, Amalthea, IIT Gandhinagar

Led a team and created the website for Amalthea, the Tech Summit for IIT Gandhinagar. Developed using Bootstrap, CSS with a PHP Backend.

Verilog Snake

Created the Classic Snake Game and displayed it using a LED Matrix, using Verilog Programming Language. Successfully developed it using Xilinx ISE and then was able to deploy it on a Spartan 3e FPGA (BaSys-3).