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Dr. Amarnath R.

Principal AI Architect  |  Ph.D. in Computer Vision  |  GenAI & Multi-Agent Systems

Bridging deep academic research with enterprise-scale engineering. I architect Agentic AI systems and Deep Learning pipelines that move beyond POCs into production-grade, high-ROI innovation.

15+
Years Experience
$3M+
Funding Secured
50+
Global Clients
21+
Publications

At a Glance

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Funding & Leadership

Principal Investigator for a COVID-19 thermal screening AI project, securing $3M+ in DST (Govt. of India) and VC funding.

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Enterprise Scale

Architected LLM-powered automation platforms for 50+ global clients (including Bosch), delivering 40% operational efficiency gains.

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Entrepreneurship

Founder of Codeidea.in — competitive coding & hackathon platform with 500+ students. Acquired by IVISLabs Pvt. Ltd.

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Core Tech Stack

LangGraph, LangSmith, OpenClaw, PyTorch, Transformers, Kubernetes, AWS.

Academic & Applied Research

My Ph.D. thesis, Segmentation in Compressed Document Images (University of Mysore, 2019), forms the foundation of my applied work in visual AI and OCR pipelines.

arXiv 2026 · Preprint

HMS-VesselNet: Hierarchical Multi-Scale Attention Network with Topology-Preserving Loss for Retinal Vessel Segmentation

A hierarchical multi-scale network processing fundus images across four parallel branches at different resolutions, combining Dice, BCE, and centerline Dice losses with hard example mining. Achieves mean Dice of 88.72%, Sensitivity 90.78%, and AUC 98.25% across DRIVE, STARE, and CHASE_DB1.

arXiv:2603.21891 [eess.IV] · 19 pages, 14 figures, 8 tables
Under Review

Input Resolution in Retinal Vessel Segmentation

An empirical study across five datasets quantifying the structural loss of microvascular details during downsampling.

Under Review: JIIM
IEEE Access · 2024

Hard Exudates Segmentation in Diabetic Retinopathy Using DiaRetDB1

Published in IEEE Access, vol. 12, 2024. DOI: 10.1109/ACCESS.2024.3455433

IEEE Access
SCIE · SCOPUS · DBLP

Automatic Localization and Extraction of Tables from Handheld Mobile-Camera Captured Handwritten Document Images

Published in Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems (JIFS), vol. 36, no. 3, pp. 2527-2544, 2019.

Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems
Applied Research

Automated Content Extraction

Developed advanced OCR and NLP models reducing manual cataloguing effort by 70%+ for e-commerce pipelines at Amazon, Flipkart, and LiveAuctioneer.

  • 2026 HMS-VesselNet: Hierarchical Multi-Scale Attention Network with Topology-Preserving Loss for Retinal Vessel Segmentation. Amarnath R. arXiv:2603.21891.
  • 2024 Hard Exudates Segmentation in Diabetic Retinopathy Using DiaRetDB1. Ma Yinghua, Yang Heng, R. Amarnath, Zeng Hui. IEEE Access, vol. 12.
  • 2023 Pruning distorted images in MNIST handwritten digits. Amarnath R., Vinay Kumar V. CoRR, abs/2307.14343.
  • 2022 Segmentation of pectoral muscle in mammograms using granular computing. B. V. Divyashree, Amarnath R., et al. J. of Information Technology Research, vol. 15, no. 1.
  • 2021 Detection and classification of hard exudates in retinal images. Thamer Al Sariera, Lalitha Rangarajan, Amarnath R. J. of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. 38, no. 2.
  • 2021 An experimental study on the effect of noise in CCITT Group 4 compressed document images. A. N. Sukumara et al. Advances in AI and Data Engineering.
  • 2019 Regression-based sub-image matching methodology for recognizing an Indian paper bill. Amarnath R., P. Nagabhushan. IJEEA.
  • 2019 Word and character segmentation directly in run-length compressed handwritten document images. Amarnath R., P. Nagabhushan, Mohammed Javed. CoRR.
  • 2019 Automatic localization and extraction of tables from handheld mobile-camera captured handwritten document images. Amarnath R. et al. JIFS, vol. 36, no. 3. (SCIE, SCOPUS, DBLP)
  • 2018 Text line segmentation in compressed representation of handwritten document using tunneling algorithm. Amarnath R., P. Nagabhushan. IJISAE, vol. 6, no. 4.
  • 2018 Novel approach to locate region of interest in mammograms for breast cancer. B. V. Divyashree, Amarnath R. et al. IJISAE, vol. 6, no. 3.
  • 2018 Enabling text-line segmentation in run-length encoded handwritten document image using entropy-driven incremental learning. CVIP-2018, IIIT Jabalpur. (IAPR Endorsed)
  • 2018 Entropy-based approach for enabling text line segmentation in handwritten documents. Springer LNNS, DAL'18, Mysore.
  • 2018 Line detection in run-length encoded document images using monotonically increasing graph model. IEEE ICACCI, Bangalore.
  • 2017 Segmentation of handwritten text document directly in compressed image version. SSDA, Jaipur. (IAPR Endorsed)
  • 2017 Spotting separator points at line terminals in compressed document images for text-line segmentation. IJCA, vol. 172, no. 4.
  • 2009 Fingerprint Biometrics with movement enhanced technique. NCCCIS-2009, Coimbatore.
  • 2009 Image Processing over IP Networks. NCCCIS-2009, Coimbatore.
  • 2008 Magic at Zero desk-space: Designing and implementing an advanced human-computer interaction system. MNGSA, Karunya University.
  • 2008 An optimized string searching algorithmic technique. MNGSA, Karunya University.
  • 2008 Designing a novel web-based e-learning authoring tool for dynamic content management. MNGSA, Karunya University.

Career Timeline

15+ years defining AI strategy, system architecture, and product roadmaps for enterprise and government clients.

Founder & Developer

Codeidea.in (Acquired by IVISLabs Pvt. Ltd.)
Jun 2024 – Jul 2025 · Sabbatical
  • Built competitive coding and problem-solving platform for students and developer communities
  • Algorithm visualizations and real-time problem-solving environments
  • Organized 3+ hackathons engaging 500+ students across multiple universities

Solutions Architect

HCL Technologies Ltd.
Jul 2022 – May 2024 · Chennai
  • Architected AI-powered enterprise applications for 50+ global clients, integrating LLMs and GenAI
  • Partnered with Bosch on LLM-powered automation — intelligent document processing and knowledge retrieval
  • 40% operational efficiency improvement; 80% customer satisfaction increase via real-time AI analytics
  • Led cross-functional teams of 8+ engineers deploying production-ready AI systems

Principal Technical Architect

Cocoslabs Innovative Solutions Pvt. Ltd.
Mar 2020 – Dec 2020 · Bengaluru
  • Principal Investigator for COVID-19 thermal screening AI, securing $1M+ DST funding
  • Real-time video analytics pipeline — 10,000+ daily users, 99.9% uptime
  • Collaborated with L&T on intelligent tollbooth vehicle classification — 3-camera ANPR pipeline

Machine Learning Lead

Text Mercato Solutions Pvt. Ltd.
Jun 2019 – Feb 2020 · Bengaluru
  • Product catalogue automation for Amazon, Flipkart, LiveAuctioneer — contributed to $2M seed funding
  • 10x inference acceleration and 35% cloud cost reduction through ML pipeline optimization
  • Advanced OCR and NLP models reducing manual cataloguing effort by 70%+

Ph.D., Computer Science

University of Mysore
Jan 2016 – May 2019

Thesis: Segmentation in Compressed Document Images. Published 10+ papers in peer-reviewed journals and conferences (SCIE, SCOPUS, IEEE, IAPR).

Technical Architect & Trainer

Amphisoft Technologies Pvt. Ltd.
Jun 2013 – Sep 2015 · Coimbatore
  • Built adaptive learning algorithms for E-Box EdTech platform
  • Scaled platform to 10,000+ students with 60% engagement improvement
  • ML-powered recommendation engines for personalized learning paths

M.Tech., Computer Cognition & Technology

University of Mysore
Sep 2011 – May 2013

Thesis: Indian Paper Currency Recognition Systems for Visually Impaired.

Software Associate

Amphisoft Technologies Pvt. Ltd.
Jun 2010 – Aug 2011 · Coimbatore

Developed core features for the EdTech platform. Technologies: Groovy on Grails, MySQL.

Academic Foundation

Doctorate

Ph.D., Computer Science

University of Mysore · 2016 – 2019
Thesis: Segmentation in Compressed Document Images. Novel research on document image segmentation, layout analysis, and recognition systems directly applied to production document AI systems.
Master's

M.Tech., Computer Cognition & Technology

University of Mysore · 2011 – 2013
Thesis: Indian Paper Currency Recognition Systems for Visually Impaired.

CS Fundamentals & Problem Solving

Strong foundation in data structures, algorithms, system design, and operating systems — the bedrock of building production-grade AI systems at scale.

Data Structures & Algorithms
System Design & Architecture
Operating Systems & Distributed Systems

Technical Toolkit

Languages

Python (2016+) Java (2007+) JavaScript (2019+) MATLAB (2013+)

AI / ML Frameworks

PyTorch TensorFlow Keras Transformers / HF Scikit-learn

Agentic AI / LLM

LangGraph LangChain LangSmith OpenClaw Multi-Agent Orchestration

Full Stack

FastAPI Flask ReactJS REST GraphQL WebRTC WebSockets

Cloud & DevOps

AWS Docker Kubernetes MLflow CI/CD

Databases

PostgreSQL MongoDB MySQL Pinecone Weaviate ChromaDB

Live Demos & Projects

Interactive proof-of-concepts showcasing applied AI capabilities and engineering depth.