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Systems
Inference and performance
Engineering considerations behind responsive and dependable language-model applications.
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Research engineer · AI systems
Raja Karthik
Palakurthi.
I think about models, the software around them, and how to make both dependable.
I'm interested in language models, model evaluation, and building software that makes AI useful. I'm also a founding member of ZenteiQ.ai.
Previously at AiREX Lab, IISc Department of Computational and Data Sciences
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Areas of focus.
Five technical areas I keep returning to, discussed without private project details.
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Models
Language model evaluation
Understanding instruction following, multilingual behavior, and where model outputs fall short.
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Agents
Agent reliability
Practical questions about tool use, recoverable workflows, and human oversight.
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Context
Context and retrieval
How assistants find relevant information without losing provenance or user control.
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Software
Reliable AI services
Software engineering principles for clear, observable, and maintainable AI applications.
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What I pay attention to.
Questions I return to when studying and building AI software.
How do we know it works?
Look beyond headline scores, test realistic tasks, and learn from examples where models make mistakes.
What makes it responsive?
Consider how performance, quality, and resource use shape the user experience.
What happens when things go wrong?
Design clear boundaries, give people control, and make failures easier to understand and recover from.
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About me
A bit about me.
I'm Raja Karthik Palakurthi, a research engineer and a founding member of ZenteiQ.ai. I enjoy exploring language models, systems engineering, and the practical side of making AI dependable.
Before ZenteiQ, I was a Project Associate at the AiREX Lab, in the Department of Computational and Data Sciences at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc).
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