Hardware-
Software
Co-design
Aaron Mano Cherian

About
Aaron Mano Cherian

When I'm not debugging code, you'll find me teaching public speaking, coordinating large-scale international conferences or leading student research communities. I believe that no academic journey is truly complete without a commitment to both the continuous growth of oneself as well as the growth of the people around them.

I am a Research-Oriented Computer Engineering Graduate student seeking to develop AI-accelerated hardware-software co-designed systems for real-world applications.

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Publications

Optimizing Existing SHM Systems: Retasking as a Self-Healing Solution

Led a team to develop a Structural Health Monitoring System using a Re-Tasking algorithm to realize Self-Healing in sensor networks.

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IEEE International Conference on Emerging Smart Computing and Informatics (ESCI) • 2025

Implementing the Chess Engine using NNUE with Nega-Max Algorithm

Developed an innovative optimization of a computational model via a chess engine, incorporating NNUE and the Nega-Max algorithm.

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IEEE International Conference on Electronics, Computing and Communication Technologies (CONECCT) • 2024

Projects

Bridging AI and Embedded Systems

SoC Design for BERT-Tiny

SoC Design for BERT-Tiny Acceleration

GPU-accelerated LDPC Decoder

GPU-accelerated LDPC Decoder

Cross-Modal Knowledge Distillation

Cross-Modal Knowledge Distillation for Edge AI (Patent Pending)

Smart Proximity Tracking

Smart Proximity Tracking for HAI Prevention

Emotion Recognition from EEG

Advanced Emotion Recognition from EEG Data

Smart Tunnel Gate Management

Smart Tunnel Gate Management System

Gyro-cube Missile System

Gyro-cube-controlled Precision Guiding Missile System

NimbleWork, Inc

Data Science Consultant (Intern) at NimbleWork

iNeuron.ai

Project Intern at iNeuron.ai

Leadership Journey

Columbia University

Department Representative

Electrical Engineering Department, Columbia University

Sep 2025 - Present

Representing the Electrical Engineering Department in the council, catering to the concerns of 6000 graduate students and faculties.

Columbia University

Academic Affairs Committee

Engineering Graduate Student Council, Columbia University

Sep 2025 - Present

Liasoning between Academic Staff and Students to uphold the Ivy League quality of education offered at CU.

VIT Model United Nations Society

President

VIT Model United Nations Society

Jan 2023 - Jan 2025

Presided over the functions of an 1800-member cultural club, which grew by over 800% under my leadership.

Sigma Xi

Operations Lead (Board Advisory)

Sigma Xi Scientific Research Society

Jan 2023 - Jan 2024

Led the organization of 5 major events with over 200+ participants each. Served as Advisory to the Board.

IEEE Conference

Chief Coordinator

ic-ETITE 2024, IEEE

Feb 2024

Coordinated a team of 121 organizers and managers for an international conference.

IEEE-EDS

AI Panel Judge

ELECTRA Hackathon, IEEE-EDS, TN

Feb 2024

Served as Lead Panelist and Judge for the flagship hackathon organized by IEEE - EDS, VIT Vellore.

Clarence High School

School Captain & House Captain

Clarence High School

2020 - 2021

Served as School Captain of a 60-member Prefect body and as House Captain.

Education

01

Columbia University

New York, NY, United States

Master of Science in Computer Engineering

Sep 2025 - Dec 2026
02

Vellore Institute of Technology

Vellore, IN

Bachelor of Technology in Computer Science & Engineering with a Specialization in IoT

Jul 2021 - May 2025
GPA: 3.94/4
03

Clarence High School

Bangalore, IN

May 2021

ISC (Class 12): 98.5%
ICSE (Class 10): 97%

Skills & Specializations

Programming

  • Verilog
  • SystemC
  • SystemVerilog
  • MicroPython
  • ArduinoC
  • EmbeddedC
  • OpenCL
  • CUDA
  • C
  • C++
  • Java
  • Python
  • MATLAB
  • SQL
  • MongoDB
  • R
  • PyTorch
  • TensorFlow
  • AWS
  • GCP
  • Docker
  • Kubernetes

Areas of Specialization

  • Embedded Software
  • SoC Design
  • Internet of Things
  • Wearable Computing
  • Deep Learning on Edge
  • ML on FPGA
  • RTOS
  • TinyML
  • I2C
  • SPI
  • UART
  • LoRa
  • Fog and Edge Computing
  • Optimization
  • Compilers
  • Neural Networks
  • System Design
  • NLP
  • Generative AI
  • Predictive Maintenance
  • Deep Learning
  • Computer Networks
Software
Hardware

Notable Awards

The Chancellor's Special Achievers Award, VIT 2022 & 2023
The AG Senapathy Memorial Trophy for Mathematics, CHS 2020-21
The Guide and Guardian Advisory Trophy for Computer Science, CHS 2020-2021
The Principal's Trophy for Excellence in the ISC Examinations, CHS 2020-2021
The School Captain Trophy, CHS 2020-2021
The V.A. Chelavaraj Trophy for English, CHS 2020-2021
The Principal's Trophy for Excellence in the ICSE Examinations, CHS 2018-2019
The Jacob Mathew Trophy for Computer Applications in ICSE, CHS 2018-2019
The Bertha Elizabeth Carroll Trophy for History, Civics and Geography, CHS 2018-2019
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