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APARNA KASIRAJAN

Senior Technical Lead, KPIT Technologies
Bengaluru,KA

Summary

Passionate Machine Learning Optimization Engineer with over 8 years of experience in developing optimized vision and AI/CNN kernels for various ML accelerators and DSP processors. Skilled in developing machine learning models for diverse use cases and facilitating model conversions between frameworks. Proven leader and proud team player, dedicated to achieving project objectives with speed and accuracy.

Overview

2025
2025
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education

Work History

Senior Technical Lead

KPIT Technologies
04.2024 - Current
  • Currently leading a team while actively developing optimized AI and CNN kernels for Meta's proprietary hardware version 1.5.
  • Overseeing project management and client collaboration to ensure timely delivery and high-quality outcomes.
  • Mentoring team members to enhance their skills and productivity in kernel development.

Technical Lead

KPIT Technologies
08.2021 - 04.2024
  • Developed optimized AI/CNN kernels for Meta's proprietary hardware version 1.
  • Ported and optimized Radar algorithms on Cadence Connx110/B10/B20 DSPs.
  • Led a team of five in creating PyTorch Bridge kernels to map operators from the PyTorch framework to Intel's Habana backend.
  • Developed a reference implementation based on design documents, focusing on the development and optimization of speech processing modules for KPIT Licensed Software IP, Conference Speakerphones with multi-mic array capture.

Senior Software Engineer - Machine Learning

MulticoreWare Inc
7 2019 - 05.2021
  • Led a team of seven software engineers while actively writing optimized computer vision and deep learning kernels for Ceva's DSP cores.
  • Collaborated with project managers across multiple initiatives to align development timelines, plan testing, and engage with client representatives.
  • Mentored and developed junior developers and engineers to enhance productivity and skill sets.
  • Directed a team of two in creating a "Real-Time Automated Subtitle Positioning Algorithm."

Software Engineer - Machine Learning

MulticoreWare Inc
07.2016 - 07.2019
  • Developed optimized deep learning kernels for DSP cores.
  • Created a C++ parser to parse TensorFlow-trained models using Protocol Buffers libraries.
  • Implemented Python scripts to parse models trained in various frameworks, including Torch, Caffe, and Darknet.
  • Designed a multi-class real-time object detection model with a size of less than 10 GMAC for road scenarios.
  • Developed a road segmentation demo utilizing semantic segmentation models.
  • Built a labeling tool application to generate ground truth labels for training semantic segmentation models.

Education

B.E - Computer Science and Engineering

Sri Venkateswara College Of Engineering, Anna University
Sriperumbudur
08.2012 - 04.2016

Skills

    C, C, Python, Intrisics and Assembly programming, DSP Optimizations, AI/CNN Kernels Porting, Implementation and Optimization

Academic Project

Hybrid Approach to generate Personalized Recommendations using Statistical Classifiers

  • Generating personalized diet recommendations based on age, gender, BMI, sleep patterns, etc., using statistical classifiers like Naive Bayes, SVM, Random forest and ensemble learning methods.
  • Exploratory Data Analysis, Feature Engineering, Model Training, and Evaluation tasks were performed.

Accomplishments

  • Awarded the "Innovation Champion Award" for my contributions with Meta project.
  • Received the "Team Excellence Award" for my work with Intel project.
  • Honored with the "Customer Delight Champion" Award for my achievements with Ceva project.
  • Recognized as "Monarch of the Month" multiple times for my outstanding performance on customer projects.
  • Achieved first place in SVCE Innovates - Student Research Day 2016 for my project titled "Intelligent Decision System for Dementia Care through Smart Homes."
  • Received a "Merit Scholarship" of Rs. 20,000 for achieving first in my department during the 3rd semester.
  • Awarded a "Gold Coin" for securing a perfect score in science on the 10th board exam.

Timeline

Senior Technical Lead

KPIT Technologies
04.2024 - Current

Technical Lead

KPIT Technologies
08.2021 - 04.2024

Software Engineer - Machine Learning

MulticoreWare Inc
07.2016 - 07.2019

B.E - Computer Science and Engineering

Sri Venkateswara College Of Engineering, Anna University
08.2012 - 04.2016

Senior Software Engineer - Machine Learning

MulticoreWare Inc
7 2019 - 05.2021
APARNA KASIRAJANSenior Technical Lead, KPIT Technologies