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Duke ECE undergraduate. Founder of Project Zūl, MPact Glove & Project Pivot. International robotics champion (FIRST · Robotex · MakeX), Forbes India contributing writer, and researcher building perception pipelines at the seam of computer vision, robotics, and applied ML.

arav@duke:~$ ls -la ~/index
drwx./projects3 ventures
drwx./experience3 entries
drwx./research1 paper
drwx./writing2 articles
drwx./press4 mentions
-rw-./contact.txt4 lines
-rwx./resume.pdfdownload
§ 01

Ventures

./projects --list
3 founded

Three things I've founded — a STEM-education initiative and a paired hardware + software training system for boxing.

VENTURE · 001
live

Zūl

/STEM · robotics education · J&K

A STEM-education initiative empowering 200+ students across schools in Jammu & Kashmir with hands-on robotics, electronics, and programming — through a structured six-lesson curriculum. Approved by Hon'ble Lt. Governor Manoj Sinha.

reach
200+ students
ArduinoCurriculumOutreach
VENTURE · 002
prototype

MPact Glove

/wearable · boxing analytics

A sensor-driven boxing training glove using high-fidelity accelerometers and gyroscopes to measure punch force, velocity, and frequency in real time. An onboard ESP32 streams to a companion mobile app; sensor fusion delivers actionable insights on technique, power generation, and performance over time.

hardware
ESP32 · v2
ESP32IMU · Sensor FusionMobile App
VENTURE · 003
patent pending

Pivot

/computer vision · mobile

A computer-vision mobile app for boxers without access to formal coaching. Real-time motion tracking and pose estimation deliver personalized feedback on punch accuracy, footwork, and defensive form — 94% pose accuracy at <40 ms latency. Coachless training across 70+ partners. Patent pending · Play Store-ready.

pose acc.
94%
Computer VisionPose EstimationMobile
§ 02

Work

cat experience.log
3 entries · 2024 → present

A short trail of internships, research, and reporting — each in a different problem domain.

Fall 2025 / Contributing Writer / Forbes India

Thought leadership on AI, urban tech, and India's digital transformation.

Researched and wrote in-depth pieces on India's role in the global AI annotation economy and the use of digital twin cities for infrastructure planning. Featured in Forbes India's News and Upfront sections.

AI & Technology Research & Analysis Technical Writing Urban Tech
500K+ reach
combined readership
See the articles →
Jun – Aug 2025 / CV & Perception Intern / Jio Tesseract · Humanoid Robotics R&D

Built the perception pipeline for India's first biomimetic humanoid.

Engineered a CUDA-accelerated workflow that automated exploratory data analysis across 4.5 TB of robotic sensor data, generating 45 visualizations and cutting analysis time by 90% (6 h → <30 min) using CUDA + Numba.

Computer Vision CUDA Python Numba Data Pipeline
90% faster
6 h → <30 min
before │█████████████████│ 360m
after  │█▍               │  28m
2024 – 2025 / Nuclear Physics Research Intern / Marie Curie Postdoc · GANIL, France

Co-authored a paper on electric octupole transitions in heavy nuclei.

Accepted by Curieux Journal. Applied LightGBM and Gaussian Process Regression to structured nuclear data from the Grand Accélérateur National d'Ions Lourds to predict electric octupole transition probabilities and low-lying negative parity excitations.

Nuclear Physics Machine Learning LightGBM Gaussian Process Publication
1 paper
peer-reviewed · 2025
See publication →
§ 03

Academic

cat ~/duke.edu
Duke ECE · 2026 →
arav@duke:~$ cat education.yaml
  institution: Duke University
  degree:      B.S.E., Electrical & Computer Engineering
  expected:    May 2030
  focus:       Computer Vision · Machine Learning · Robotics
  coursework:  Signals & Systems · Linear Systems · Probability · Embedded Systems · ML Theory

  prior:       Dhirubhai Ambani International School, Mumbai
  ib:          42/42 — Math AA HL · Economics HL · Physics HL · Spanish B SL · Chemistry SL · English SL
  igcse:       11 A*s / 11 — board examinations
  honors:      International robotics champion — represented India at FIRST, Robotex & MakeX
  led:         TEDxYOUTH@DAIS (2025) · Your Money Matters (financial literacy club) · Team Viraasat
§ 04

Research

tail -n 8 publications.bib
1 paper · peer-reviewed
2025
Predicting Electric Octupole Transition Probabilities and Low-Lying Negative Parity Excitations
Curieux Journal · co-authored under Marie Curie Postdoc, GANIL France
read →
§ 05

Writing

cat ~/writing/*.md
Forbes India · 500K+ reach
2025
Ghost Work — how India quietly powers the AI annotation economy
Forbes India · News
read →
2025
Digital Twin Cities — mirror-modelling India's next-generation infrastructure
Forbes India · Upfront
read →
§ 06

Press

grep -r "arav kaul" /web
Project Zūl coverage

A few places Project Zūl has been written about.

Apr '25
Project Zūl: Teenager Arav Kaul brings global robotics expertise to J&K students
Rising Kashmir
read →
Apr '25
Mumbai-based teen Arav Kaul launches 'Project Zūl' in Jammu & Kashmir to teach robotics & coding
Lokmat Times
read →
Apr '25
J&K students dive into robotics with Project Zūl, a teen-led STEM initiative
Kashmir Convener
read →
Apr '25
J&K students dive into robotics with Project Zūl, a teen-led STEM initiative
Rising Kashmir
read →
§ 07

Contact

cat contact.txt
open · summer 2026

The fastest channels. Open to summer 2026 internships in computer vision, robotics, and applied ML.

Github AravKaul20 → code, projects, experiments LinkedIn arav-kaul → professional · message-friendly
Where Durham, NC · Mumbai timezone-flexible
Resume Download PDF ↓ latest version
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