KARTHIK PIPPALLA

AI Graduate Student RAG & Agentic Systems

Boca Raton, FL, USA
(754) 269-5640 · kpippalla2024@fau.edu

About

Developed Sourava, a privacy-focused iOS voice-memory assistant featuring on-device speech transcription, semantic search, vector retrieval, and RAG-based conversational AI for intelligent memory recall and productivity workflows.

Experienced in building retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) pipelines, autonomous agent workflows, and conversational AI systems using Python, OpenAI APIs, Firebase, and MongoDB. Skilled in designing scalable AI architectures involving vector embeddings, semantic search, NLP pipelines, geospatial retrieval, and cloud-based automation.

Built AI-powered platforms including ride-sharing systems, event networking assistants, recommendation engines, and edge AI applications deployed on Raspberry Pi devices. Passionate about developing production-ready, context-aware AI systems that combine intelligent automation with real-world usability.

Skills

Programming & Tools

JavaScript Python Node.js Express.js Git Postman Swift React Capacitor

AI & ML

TensorFlow Keras Neural Networks Agentic Workflows Model Fine-Tuning RAG

Cloud & DevOps

Google Cloud Firebase Functions Firebase Cloud Tasks MongoDB Atlas

Data & Backend

MongoDB (2dsphere) REST APIs Caching Strategies

Security & Infrastructure

Rate Limiting Input Sanitization Session Management State Management

Platforms

Telegram Bot API Raspberry Pi Google Cloud API Firebase n8n Android Studio Xcode

Focus Areas

Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) Vector Embeddings Semantic Search Autonomous Agent Workflows Conversational AI NLP Pipelines Geospatial Retrieval Edge AI

Projects

RideEase — AI-Powered Ride-Sharing Platform

Multi-agent ride-sharing with Telegram bots and geospatial RAG matching.

Event Dude

Event networking bot with multi-agent RAG and QR onboarding.

Subway Voice Assistant

Voice-driven sandwich recommendation engine with daily retraining.

Drone Type Detection

Raspberry Pi edge deployment classifying 200+ drone types with YOLO.

Medical Chatbot (IEEE Published)

Disease prediction chatbot with 88% accuracy; BERT fine-tuning research published in IEEE.

Education

  • Florida Atlantic University

    Master of Science, Artificial Intelligence

    Boca Raton, FL, USA · 3.8 CGPA · May 2026

Bookshelf

  • Deep Learning with Python by François Chollet
  • Make Your Own Neural Network by Tariq Rashid
  • Modern Robotics: Mechanics, Planning, and Control by Kevin M. Lynch and Frank C. Park

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