Hi, I am Katif!

AI and Robotics Engineer

📍 Asia



Hi, I am Katif!

AI and Robotics Engineer

📍 Asia



Experience


AI Engineering/ Research Intern

Apex agents' LLMs were facing low promptability issues during inference.

  • Achieved a 165% improvement in the promptability of all 4 models of Apex agents without sacrificing voice authenticity and relevance.

  • Developed 3 model evaluators on Langfuse to measure important metrics and create internal benchmarks.

  • Performed finetuning in openai platform to test different hypothesis.

Robotics and Programming Instructor

TechTics Club is a leading robotics firm that has taught programming and robotics to 1000+ students.

  • Worked here for 5 years.

  • Trained 100+ students (aged 10-25) to build obstacle-avoiding, line-following and Bluetooth robots using Python, Arduino and C++.

  • Won 5 tech competitions at national / regional levels on behalf of the club.

Leader of a Robotics Club

  • Founded my high school’s first robotics club and solo-trained 10 IBDP students in robotics for a year.

  • Led the club to win 1st Place in Robosumo at RoboFest 2024.

  • Designed and taught 2 robotics courses to the club members in 2 months.


Hi, I am Katif!

AI and Robotics Engineer

📍 Asia



Projects


Crypto price forecasting web app

Used Django, LSTM and sentiment analysis to create an AI-powered web app that forecasts cryptocurrency prices till up to 15 days ahead with over 50% accuracy to help struggling crypto-traders.

Reducing the computational demand of 3D-CNNs

Conducted AI research comparing 2 pruning methods for reducing the GPU utilization of 3D-CNNs without sacrificing accuracy to allow deployment on low-resource devices like Single Board Computers (SBCs).


Hi, I am Katif!

AI and Robotics Engineer

📍 Asia



Awards


1st Place at Teknofest 2024

  • Biggest robotics event of my country.

  • Outperformed 10 undergraduate / graduate students while still being a high-schooler.

  • Robosumo category.

1st Place, 2nd Place and Ambassador at Robofest 2022

  • Regional level.

  • 25 competitors including high school students.

  • Rallied 70+ peers and led my school to victory against 8 rival institutions as a school Ambassador.

  • Robosoccer (1st Place), Line-Following-Robot (2nd Place).

1st Place at Robofest 2023

  • National level.

  • 10 competitors including high school students.

  • Robosumo category.

1st Place at Robofest 2024

  • National level.

  • 5 competitors including high school students.

  • Robosumo category.

1st Place at Baitussalam Olympiad 2025

  • Regional level.

  • 4-5 competitors

  • Robosumo category.

Appreciation by TEDx

Organized the TEDx AzadiStreet event through a two-month-long effort of PR drives, marketing, sales management, and coordinating logistics.


Hi, I am Katif!

AI and Robotics Engineer

📍 Asia



Education


High school — Beaconhouse

International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme (IBDP)
Grade: 37/45 (2nd Highest/ 99th Percentile Regionally)
(Aug 2023 – May 2025)

Subjects:

  • Computer science (HL)

  • Economics (HL)

  • Business management (HL)

  • Math AA (SL)

  • English A Lang & Lit (SL)

  • German ab initio (SL)

SAT Math

Grade: 720 / 800 (93rd Percentile Globally)
(August 2024)


Hi, I am Katif!

AI and Robotics Engineer

📍 Asia



Volunteering


Global Encounters Camp Kenya 2024

Led a group of 11 international students for a month in improving the healthcare, agriculture and education system of an underprivileged African school in Kenya, known as Kipevu Primary School.

  • Provided first-aid knowledge and kits.

  • Helped with the irrigation and fertilization of the school's farmyard.

  • Agriculture is a part of the African CBC curriculum, so improving it enhanced their education as well.