hashkat.Ashutosh.
AI Research • Web Security • Infrastructure • Blockchain
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}~/publications
Research in AI/ML and computer vision with collaborators from top institutions
2 publications • Collaborations with Stanford, Adobe Research, Microsoft Research, CMU, and premier IITs
ReEdit: Multimodal Exemplar-Based Image Editing with Diffusion Models
Towards Efficient Exemplar Based Image Editing with Multimodal VLMs
~/achievements
Recognition for contributions to AI research, blockchain innovation, and cybersecurity competitions
CSAW ESC 2022 Winner
Research Track
Won the Embedded Security Challenge in Research Track for adversarial attacks against machine learning models. CSAW ESC is the world's oldest hardware security competition.
EigenLayer Infinite Prize
ValidAI - AVS Development
Won the EigenLayer Infinite Prize for ValidAI, an Actively Validated Service (AVS) leveraging EigenLayer's restaking infrastructure for decentralized AI validation.
CTF Global Rankings
InfoSecIITR Team
Led InfoSecIITR to rank #40 globally and #4 in India on CTFtime, competing in international cybersecurity capture-the-flag competitions.
~/experience
Machine Learning Research Associate
Working on personalization research and developing agentic AI solutions for digital media marketing and sales automation.
Research Intern
Conducted research in machine learning and AI applications with the primary focus on interdisciplinary application of AI in Brain Tumor Detection
Infrastructure Engineer
Developed and maintained scalable infrastructure for AI/ML workloads, optimizing cloud systems and deployment pipelines.
Research Intern
Conducted research in Diffusion based image editing. Developed a novel end-to-end framework for exemplar-based image editing - ReEdit.
Team Captain
Led cybersecurity initiatives and CTF competitions (Rank #40 globally, #4 in India on CTFtime). Won CSAW ESC 2022 in Research Track for adversarial attacks against ML models. Mentored team members and developed security tools and frameworks. Visit: infoseciitr.in
Developer
Contributed to open-source projects at SDSLabs, IIT Roorkee. Developed VectorDB, Katana, RusticOS, and participated in multiple hackathons. Visit: sdslabs.co
~/expertise
Multi-domain technical expertise across cutting-edge technologies
AI Research & Machine Learning
Building and researching advanced AI models and Agentic AI systems. Experience with LLMs, computer vision, and NLP. Publishing research in top-tier conferences.
Web Application Security
Web Security testing, CTF competitions, and security research. Led InfoSecIITR (Rank #40 globally on CTFtime) as Team Captain, specializing in web vulnerabilities and exploit development.
Infrastructure & DevOps
Architecting scalable ML infrastructure on Kubernetes. Cloud-native systems, CI/CD pipelines, and infrastructure-as-code for AI/ML workloads.
Blockchain & Web3
Smart contract development, zkVM systems (RISC-0), and AVS (Actively Validated Services). Experience with EigenLayer, zero-knowledge proofs, and decentralized consensus protocols.
~/projects
Open-source contributions and personal projects across multiple domains
VectorDB
AI/MLVectorDB is a high-performance vector database for storing and querying embeddings. Built for ML applications with efficient similarity search and HNSW indexing.
RusticOS
OS DevelopmentModular operating system kernel written completely in Rust. Features custom memory management, process scheduling, and x86-64 architecture support.
ValidAI
BlockchainFeaturedDecentralized AI validation system leveraging Actively Validated Services (AVS). Implements custom consensus for ML model verification on-chain. Winner of EigenLayer Infinite Prize.
Katana CTF Platform
SecurityProduction-ready attack and defense CTF platform with automated infrastructure setup.
Proof of Optima
BlockchainZero-knowledge proof system for verifiable computation using zkVM and RISC-0. Demonstrates advanced cryptographic protocols for smart contracts.
~/skills
Technical expertise across multiple domains
AI & Machine Learning
Security & CTF
Infrastructure & DevOps
Blockchain & Web3
Languages & Tools
~/contact
Open to research collaborations, speaking opportunities, and exciting projects