About

Undergraduate in Computer and Communication Engineering at MIT Manipal. I enjoy low-level coding and understanding how systems work at their core. My work lies at the intersection of AI and cybersecurity.

I play CTF for Cryptonite .

work Experience

Upcoming SEP Intern
Jun 2026 – Aug 2026
JPMorgan & Chase, Bangalore
  • Selected for the Software Engineer Program (SEP) Internship at JPMorgan & Chase
  • Will be working in the Bangalore office, Summer 2026
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Aug 2025 – Present
Carnegie Mellon University · Xu Lab
  • Research in biomedical AI under Dr Xingjian Li and Dr Min Xu, focusing on computational biology and deep learning applications.
Head of Research & Development
Apr 2024 – Present
Cryptonite · MIT Manipal's Official Cybersecurity Team
  • Leading R&D initiatives for one of the best academic CTF teams in Asia
  • Specialize in Digital Forensics, Incident Response (DFIR), and AI Security challenges
  • Developed and deployed challenges for niteCTF 2024 and 2025 — 3rd highest rated Indian CTF globally
  • Mentoring junior members in forensics, research, ML/DL, and malware analysis
  • Part of core research team exploring intersection of AI and cybersecurity
Research Intern
Jan 2025 – Aug 2025
Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata · CVPR Research Group
  • Worked under Dr Umapada Pal with collaboration from University of Salford and Chinese Institute of Information Science
  • Implemented novel Deepfake Detection algorithm that outperformed SOTA methods
  • Paper accepted at ACPR-2025 (Asian Conference on Pattern Recognition)

Publications

Non-correlative Feature Interaction for Classification of Real and Fake Scene Images
Nov 2025
8th Asian Conference on Pattern Recognition (ACPR), Gold Coast
Springer ↗
Comparative Analysis of Multimodal Architectures for Effective Skin Skin Lesion Detection
Aug 2025
Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence
Frontiers ↗

education Education

Manipal Institute of Technology
2023 – 2027
B.Tech — Computer and Communication Engineering
  • CGPA: 9.3
  • Top 0.01 percentile in the ICT Department
DPS Ruby Park
2021 – 2023
Class 12 — PCMCS Stream
  • 95.2% CBSE · House Prefect · Tech Club Core

Skills

languages

  • AssemblyScript
  • C
  • C++
  • C#
  • Embedded C
  • Python
  • JavaScript
  • Java
  • Rust
  • Go

web & frontend

  • HTML5
  • CSS3
  • SASS
  • React
  • NodeJS
  • Vite

ai/ml & cv

  • PyTorch
  • TensorFlow
  • OpenCV
  • CUDA
  • scikit-learn
  • XGBoost
  • GANs
  • CNNs
  • Transformers
  • YOLO

dfir & security

  • IDA Pro
  • Ghidra
  • Volatility
  • Wireshark
  • Autopsy
  • FTK Imager
  • Sleuth Kit
  • Binary Ninja

databases

  • MySQL
  • MongoDB
  • Elasticsearch
  • Redis

devops & sre

  • Docker
  • Kubernetes
  • Cloud Foundry
  • Ansible
  • Puppet
  • Terraform

observability

  • Prometheus
  • Grafana
  • Splunk
  • Jaeger
  • ELK Stack

tools & testing

  • Git
  • GitHub
  • Kafka
  • Selenium
  • pytest

Achievements

[ RANK: 01 ]
  • EnigmaXplore 2024 — IIIT Naya Raipur
  • BITSCTF 2024 — BITS Goa
  • CruXipher 2024 — BITS Hyderabad
  • KashiCTF 2025 — IIT BHU Varanasi
[ RANK: 02 ]
  • TexSAW CTF 2025 — UT Dallas
  • BITSCTF 2025 — BITS Goa
  • CapturePoint CTF 2025 — IIIT Vadodara
  • ExploitX CTF 2025 — Top Individual
[ RANK: 03 ]
  • Codefest CTF 2025 — IIT BHU
  • eHax CTF 2025 — DTU Delhi
  • FooBar CTF 2025 — NIT Durgapur
[ ACADEMIC ]
  • Achiever's Scholarship — MIT Manipal
  • Finalist — JPMorgan Code for Good
  • Paper accepted — ACPR 2025

Volunteering

Head of Deep Learning
The Data Alchemists · Official Data Science Club, MIT Manipal
Head of Cybersecurity
Research Society Manipal · MIT Manipal
Member
Rotaract Club of Manipal · Community Service

Projects

ChiefWarden

Hybrid malware detection — PE analysis + ML (98.89% accuracy)

PyTorchXGBoost
SimuTrade

Real-time stock trading simulator with Prophet forecasting

ReactFlaskDocker
GAN_RepairNet

GAN for restoring corrupted dashcam images

PyTorchU-Net
DropLAN

Real-time local network file sharing with QR connectivity

FlaskSocket.IO
Irones

Cycle-accurate NES emulator with SDL2 rendering

RustSDL26502
FermiURL

Minimalistic URL shortener with click tracking & analytics

ReactFlaskMariaDB
MemHawk

AI-powered memory forensics platform for comprehensive dump analysis

PythonOllamaElectron
Astraeus

Real-time orbital collision risk prediction with ML ensemble (94.2% accuracy)

Three.jsXGBoostFlask
FeTorrent

High-performance asynchronous BitTorrent engine in Rust with a distributed stack: headless daemon, REST/WebSocket API layer, and CLI/Web dashboard controllers.

RustBitTorrentWebSocket
PassRanger

Android password manager in Java with encrypted local storage, optional Firebase sync, Autofill integration, and password analysis using rule-based + ML scoring with HIBP k-anonymity checks.

AndroidJavaSecurity

Open Source Contributions

dfir-gita MERGED
Cryptonite-MIT/dfir-gita · repo ↗

Major contributor to Cryptonite's comprehensive forensics training repository covering steganography, network analysis, and digital forensics.

DFIRTrainingForensics
campus-dining MERGED
aaditagrawal/campus-dining · +643 −50 · PR #3 ↗

Implemented a comprehensive localStorage favorites/bookmarking system for saving content across the Campus Directory.

Next.jsTypeScriptReact
macos-UnifiedLogs MERGED
Mandiant (Google) · +36 −6 · PR #97 ↗

Fixed out-of-bounds array access vulnerability in message.rs. Added proper bounds checking for unknown_uuid_index, preventing crash risk on corrupted DSC files.

RustSecurity
superhuman MERGED
Google DeepMind · PR #5 ↗

Built a Python library for IMO Bench providing a clean API with type-safe dataclasses, filtering, and 35 passing tests.

PythonAPI Design
CppInterOp (3 PRs) MERGED
compiler-research/CppInterOp · Clang AST Refactoring

Contributed to AST processing and build fixes:

  • PR #842 ↗: Replaced fragile string matching with Clang AST-based check in IsBuiltin()
  • PR #846 ↗: Refactored shared GetCompleteNameImpl
  • PR #829 ↗: Fixed macOS CMake test invocation
C++Clang ASTCMake

Blogs

Blog Collection

My collection of blogs covering digital forensics, deep learning, and systems programming.

Resume

Hobbies

Sci-Fi
RPGs
Barça
McLaren

contact Contact

Open to research opportunities and internships.

or email das[dot]adriteyo[at]gmail[dot]com

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