Ajay Karthick

AI Solutions Architect owning production-grade AI systems for accessibility, document intelligence, and regulatory compliance

UNAR Labs

2024 - Present

AI Solutions Architect at UNAR Labs, owning the design and evolution of production-grade AI systems for accessibility, document intelligence, and regulatory compliance (WCAG, PDF/UA, ADA Title II). Responsible for end-to-end system design, from model orchestration and inference pipelines to backend services and full-stack tooling. These systems operate under real-world constraints including accuracy requirements, latency budgets, and compliance standards that directly impact user access to information.

Northeastern University

2024

Graduated - Master's in Data Science, Northeastern University. Capstone: audio deepfake detection system (mentored by Andrew Therriault).

Eight Sleep

2023

R&D Data Engineer (co-op) at Eight Sleep. Built scalable data pipelines, data quality monitoring systems, and ML workflow tooling for R&D applications.

Northeastern University

2022

Started Master's in Data Science, Northeastern University. Coursework focus: deep learning, computer vision, and NLP.

TCS

2016 - 2022

Python Developer → Data Engineer at Tata Consultancy Services (TCS). Built and maintained data pipelines across retail and finance domains. Led cloud migration reducing operational costs by 30%.

Anna University

2012 - 2016

B.Tech Information Technology, Anna University.

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Blog

From Correlation to Clarity: Understanding PCA

February 22, 2023

Explores the mathematical intuition behind PCA, focusing on how it transforms correlated variables into principal components to bring clarity from correlation.

Recurrence relation - when division strategy differs based on whether n is even or odd

January 22, 2023

The idea of divide and conquer is quite appealing. We divide the problem into subproblems that are smaller instances of the original problem, then solve them recursively and finally the solutions to the subproblems are combined back to form the solution to the major problem.

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