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Engineeringintelligence formachines thatdon't forgive errors.

Akash K Venugopalan — AI & Data Science engineer at Hitachi Energy, shipping computer vision and time-series systems for power transformers, steel mills and the messy real-world problems in between.

YRS
4+
FACTORIES
5+
MODELS SHIPPED
15+
PAPERS
04
DOSSIER · FACE 01Profile
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Profile

I work where AI meets heavy industry — turning cameras, sensors and signals into decisions a plant manager can act on.

An M.Tech in Artificial Intelligence from Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham and a B.Tech in Electrical & Electronics Engineering from Saintgits frame how I think — equal parts data and physics. Today that means computer vision on transformer assembly lines, anomaly detection in steel mills, and the occasional LLM detour. Verified internationally by WES, Canada (2023).

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01 · LOCATION
Kerala, India
02 · TIMEZONE
UTC+05:30
03 · STATUS
Open to collab
04 · DEGREE
M.Tech AI · 2022
05 · UNDERGRAD
B.Tech EEE · 2020
06 · CRED
WES Verified
verifiedEND · OF · FILE
DOSSIER · FACE 02Deployments
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Deployments

2024.12 — PRESENT
Supports Sweden R&D · Global
ACTIVE
01 / 03
HITACHI ENERGY

R&D Engineer · Artificial Intelligence & Automation

  • Spearheading feasibility studies and developing cutting-edge computer vision and AI solutions from concept to deployment, including research, brainstorming, and PoC development.
  • Driving Industry 4.0 transformation by integrating advanced AI technologies into Power Transformer production systems and industrial workflows.
  • Leading the prototyping, validation, and optimization of AI algorithms to ensure reliable performance in real-world industrial environments.
  • Designing and supporting CI/CD pipelines for seamless AI model deployment, scalability, and integration across factory ecosystems.
  • Collaborating globally with research teams, academic institutions, and external AI partners to accelerate innovation and evaluate emerging AI technologies for enterprise adoption.
DOSSIER · FACE 03Systems
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Systems

PWR-VIS-012024 →
COMPUTER VISION

Power Transformer Vision

Segmentation models that read a transformer assembly like a blueprint — catching mis-aligned components before they leave the floor.

YOLOv8m-segSAM2ONNXAzureCI/CD
EQDS-FCT-022023
TIME SERIES

EQDS Forecasting Tool

Real-time Streamlit app visualizing FB-Prophet forecasts from the Equipment Quality Diagnosis System with interactive controls.

FB-ProphetStreamlitPython
DT-OPT-032025
OPTIMIZATION

DT Optimization POC

AI-driven Distribution Transformer optimizer wired to a Bayesian optimization loop to push manufacturing efficiency.

Bayesian OptPythonScikit-learn
LLM-DOC-042024
LLM / NLP

Code-Comment LLM

Fine-tuned Hugging Face T5 with prompt-tuning to generate human-quality code comments directly from source.

Hugging FaceT5Prompt-tuning
DOSSIER · FACE 04Stack
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Stack

Languages & Frameworks01
  • Python
  • R
  • TensorFlow
  • Keras
  • PyTorch
  • Scikit-learn
  • Hugging Face
  • ONNX
  • Django
Models & Methods02
  • Computer Vision
  • Instance Segmentation
  • Siamese Networks
  • LLM / NLP
  • Time Series
  • Anomaly Detection
  • Explainable AI
  • Bayesian Optimization
  • Industrial AI
  • Research
Cloud & MLOps03
  • Azure
  • Databricks
  • Spark
  • Docker
  • Git
  • CI/CD
  • Automation
Apps & Visualization04
  • Streamlit
  • Flask
  • Matplotlib
  • Seaborn
  • Plotly
Leadership & Practices05
  • Technical leadership
  • Management
  • Agile approach
  • Decision-making
  • Strategic thinking
DOSSIER · FACE 05Certs
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Licenses & Certifications

01Jun 2026

Azure Machine Learning & MLOps: Advance

Udemy
ID UC-c5le22d8-9700-42f7-aca3-11479fefc550
MLOpsMicrosoft Azure Machine Learning
// verified→
02Oct 2025

A Comprehensive Guide to Data Protection and Privacy Compliance (GDPR)

Udemy
GDPR
// verified→
03Jun 2025

Certified Secure Software Lifecycle Professional (CSSLP) 2019: Secure Coding Practices

Skillsoft
ID 14803239
Secure SDLC
// verified→
04Sep 2025

Azure AI Fundamentals: Machine Learning with Azure AI

Skillsoft
ID 16151672
Azure ML
// verified→
05Oct 2025

CISA 2022: Data Privacy

Skillsoft
ID 16710873
GDPR
// verified→
06Sep 2024

Deployment of Machine Learning Models

Udemy
MLOpsDevOps
// verified→
07Jul 2024

MLOps Essentials: Model Deployment and Monitoring

LinkedIn
MLOps
// verified→
08Jul 2024

MLOps Essentials: Model Development and Integration

LinkedIn
MLOps
// verified→
09Jun 2024

Build Your Generative AI Productivity Skills with Microsoft and LinkedIn

Microsoft
Gen AI
// verified→
10Jan 2024

Generative AI with Large Language Models

DeepLearning.AI, AWS
ID YHNVKKSQK57M
LLMAWS
// verified→
11Jan 2024

Transformer and Large Language Models (LLM)

AI4Bhārat
LLMNLP
// verified→
12Nov 2023

Microsoft Power BI Desktop for Business Intelligence

Udemy
Power BIDAX
// verified→
13May 2023

Verified International Academic Qualifications

World Education Services
// verified→
14May 2023

Fundamentals of Digital Image and Video Processing

Northwestern University
Computer Vision
// verified→
15Apr 2023

Prepare, Clean, Transform, and Load Data using Power BI

Coursera
ID HDF79LPHT8M7
Power BI
// verified→
16Dec 2022

R Programming A-Z: R For Data Science With Real Exercises

Udemy
R
// verified→
17May 2021

Reinforcement Learning Specialization

Amii (Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute)
Reinforcement Learning
// verified→
18Apr 2021

Deep Learning for Natural Language Processing (NLP)

DataCamp
NLPDeep Learning
// verified→
19Oct 2020

Python Data Science Toolbox

DataCamp
Data Science
// verified→
20Apr 2021

Deep Learning in Python

DataCamp
Deep Learning
// verified→
21Mar 2021

Improving Deep Neural Networks: Hyperparameter Tuning, Regularization and Optimization

DeepLearning.AI
Deep Learning
// verified→
22May 2020

Fundamentals of Digital Marketing

Google
Digital Marketing
// verified→
23Apr 2020

Artificial Intelligence

Udemy
AIML
// verified→
24Jan 2020

Patent Filling in India

Udemy
// verified→
25Apr 2020

Ethical Hacking

zSecurity
Cybersecurity
// verified→
26May 2020

Elements of AI

University of Helsinki
AI
// verified→
DOSSIER · FACE 06Papers
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Papers

#TitleYear
01Keypoint-Based Detection and Region Growing-Based Localization of Copy-Move Forgery in Digital Images↗ read2023
02Copy-move Forgery Detection — A Survey↗ read2022
03Study of Quantum Annealing and the Type of Related Applications↗ read2022
04AI-Based Audio Recognition System for Visually and Audibly Challenged↗ read2020
DOSSIER · FACE 07Signal
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Signal

$ ./contact --status open --rate > /var/log/inbox

Got a system
that needs teaching?

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