Kannan

Extended CV is available here


Education

DPS International School, Singapore Class 12, ISC | Jul 2016 – Expected Mar 2027


Publications & Talks

Judgement Day: Benchmarking "Black Box" LLMs With Open Legal Datasets (Open Source Summit India, 2026)

Crowdsourced Semantic Cache Network (2026)

Reasoning Over Recall: Why Statute-Only RAG Degrades Performance on Doctrinal Legal Tasks (2026)


Selected Experience

Research Team Lead | New York Academy of Sciences – Junior Academy | Sep – Nov 2025

Selected into under 7% global acceptance rate. Led cross-continental team (US, Singapore, India) on renewable energy modelling; demonstrated 15% efficiency boost over standard grids.

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Speaker | FOSSASIA Summit 2026, Open Source Summit India 2026

Presented on Glass-Box Learning Architecture for privacy-safe EdTech (FOSSASIA) and Statutory Myopia in legal LLM benchmarking (OSS India).

FOSSASIA Slides | OSS India Slides

Museum Ambassador | HeritageSG, National Heritage Board | Aug 2025 – Present

Public representative at some of Singapore's notable museums.

Co-Founder | Earth Status (Youth Climate Initiative) | Dec 2021 – Oct 2024

Built and launched a mobile app on the Google Play Store; directed cross-platform digital strategy.


Selected Honours & Awards


Technical Skills

Languages: Python, C++, C, Java Frameworks: Flask, Django Tools: Git, Linux, Wireshark, Autopsy Key Projects: LeginAI (9-agent legal reasoning system), DonumAI (AI teaching assistant), MittentisAI (narrative generation engine)