Raunit Kohli

Content Provenance & Audit Document

Every line on the resume and CV is traced to its source below. Content NOT included on the resume/CV/website is listed at the end with reasons. Last updated: April 2026 (fully revised to match current .tex files).

Source Key

Code Source Description
OT assets/rk_resume.tex @ git 2810b93 Original LaTeX resume (before Copilot changes)
F25 assets/old/Raunit_Resume_Feb_25.pdf Feb 2025 resume PDF
R24 assets/old/Raunit_Resume_2024.pdf 2024 resume PDF
AN assets/old/Assorted_notes_old User’s Assorted_notes file
CM assets/old/content_old.md User’s content.md working notes
PUB IEEE/Frontiers/BCI websites Verified publication records
WEB Website pages (research.html, work.html, etc.) User’s own website content
USER Direct user instruction in chat User told me this verbally
⚠️ AI AI-generated / hallucinated Not sourced from user — FLAGGED

PART 1: INDUSTRY RESUME (rk_resume.tex) — Line-by-Line Audit

WORK EXPERIENCE — Rocket Software (ML Software Engineer III, 09/2024–Present)

Bullet 1 (EVA platform): “Owns core features of Rocket EVA™ AI platform: sanitized RESTful API, end-to-end OIDC authorization, streaming telemetry, async MCP tool execution engine, and structured Docker deployment for company-wide release.”

Bullet 2 (AI enablement): “Create and deliver AI foundations lecture series for company apprenticeship program at global offices, achieving 100% content application rate; leading coordination of enterprise-wide AI enablement program for 1800+ engineers.”

Bullet 3 (SAS translation): “Built SAS-to-Python code translation tool on specialized team using DSPy ReAct agent, collaborating on Agentic Context Engineering (ACE) optimization framework; created multi-agent workflows for architecture design, test generation, and automated code execution refinement with MLflow evaluation.”

Bullet 4 (SmartChat Citations): “Designed and implemented novel Large Language Model Citation Generator for SmartChat™ using multi-Gaussian clustering algorithms and dynamic content similarity techniques, yielding 80% more relevant document references.”

Bullet 5 (NL-to-SQL): “Developed proof-of-concept few-shot LLM prompting framework to translate natural language queries into executable SQL, integrating regex-based syntax validation, enhancing table-based document retrieval and question answering.”

DROPPED original Rocket bullets (from resume only — some appear on CV):


WORK EXPERIENCE — RUBI Lab, Research Consultant (09/2024–Present)

Bullet 1 (ICDL 2025): “Architected composable spatial and neural signal analysis pipeline and presented IEEE ICDL 2025 publication on explore-exploit dynamics in rat-robot social interactions, characterizing homebase-derived proxemic features for social behavior.”

Bullet 2 (MuJoCo RL): “Developing bio-influenced deep RL regulation framework in MuJoCo simulation using multiple policy optimization algorithms to model exploration-regulation dynamics in autonomous robotic behavior.”

Bullet 3 (AI Classroom): “Founding engineer hired for multi-million dollar AI-powered classroom project; built PTPv2-synchronized multi-modal embedded system for secure data streaming and recording with custom Arduino firmware for OpenBCI biophysical sensors and high-precision Basler camera integration.”

DROPPED original Consultant bullet: None — all original content represented.


WORK EXPERIENCE — RUBI Lab, Staff Engineer (01/2021–09/2024)

Bullet 1 (RL in PyTorch): “Spearheaded implementation of Reinforcement Learning algorithms in PyTorch for robotic PiRat over ROS2 with sim-to-real transfer of autonomous behavioral routines to physical robot velocity commands, utilizing data from 2500+ multi-agent experiments to model multi-agent interactions.”

Bullet 2 (SLEAP): “Developed live multi-agent pose estimation system using SLEAP neural networks with multi-threaded architecture.”

Bullet 3 (C++): “Enhanced and scaled production-deployed Computer Vision-based live Pose-Estimation Software in C++ to validate statistical accuracy of Kinect Tracker, introducing new features and parameter logging, leading to 300% processing speed.”

Bullet 4 (Signal processing): “Developed signal processing applications for live and post analysis, leveraging advanced filtering techniques to enhance identification of stress-inducing behaviors from neural and physiological signals (HRV, PPG) of project subjects.”

DROPPED original Staff bullets (from resume — some appear on CV):


HIGHLIGHTED PROJECTS

Project 1 (VLM Hierarchical RL): “VLM-Guided Hierarchical RL in Habitat-Lab (WPI, 2024) — Hierarchical PPO/SAC for Fetch robot with VLM high-level planner for autonomous navigation and manipulation from language instructions”

Project 2 (Smart Scrum Master): “Smart Scrum Master — Rocket.Build 2025 ‘Most Innovative’ Winner — LLM-powered Agile assistant and MCP Server optimizing Jira workflows via reasoning agent, winning 1 of 6 awards from 650+ global projects”

Project 3 (Aspera Test Suite): “Aspera Workflows Automated Test Suite (IBM, 2023) — Built complete 780+ test automated regression framework in Ruby for IBM Aspera on Cloud API, identifying 15+ critical production bugs across all endpoints”

Project 4 (VEX Robotics): “VEX Robotics Autonomous Systems Coach (Grafton High School, MA) — Mentoring competitive robotics team in autonomous path planning: PID control, spline trajectory generation, odometry-based localization, and sensor fusion.”

DROPPED original projects:


TECHNICAL SKILLS (Resume)

Languages: “Python, C++, Ruby, Java, SQL, Bash”

Libraries: “PyTorch, DSPy, LangChain, HuggingFace, CUDA, OpenCV”

Domains: “Policy-Optimization Algorithms, Multi-Agent Systems, Agentic AI, Natural Language Processing, Computer Vision, Markov Decision Processes, Signal Processing, Pose Estimation, Data Analysis (Pandas/NumPy/Scikit-learn)”

Tools: “ROS2, MuJoCo, SLEAP, Docker, AWS, Kubernetes, Git/GitHub, Atlassian Suite (Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket)”


EDUCATION


PART 2: ACADEMIC CV (rk_cv.tex) — Line-by-Line Audit

Header

RESEARCH INTERESTS (new section)

“Reinforcement learning for autonomous robotic behavior, multi-agent systems, sim-to-real transfer, bio-inspired exploration-exploitation dynamics, and agentic AI applications for software engineering.”

EDUCATION

PUBLICATIONS

Pub 1 (ICDL 2025): I. Jackson, R. Kohli, E. Leonardis, V. R. de Sa, S. Fei, L. Quinn, Y. Lou, A. A. Chiba. “Explore-Exploit Behaviors During Rat-Robot Interactions Optimize Social and Spatial Security.” 2025 IEEE International Conference on Development and Learning (ICDL), 2025.

Pub 2 (Frontiers 2022): E. J. Leonardis, L. Breston, R. Lucero-Moore, L. Sena, R. Kohli, L. Schuster, L. Barton-Gluzman, L. K. Quinn, J. Wiles, A. A. Chiba. “Interactive neurorobotics: Behavioral and neural dynamics of agent interactions.” Frontiers in Psychology, Sec. Cognitive Science, Vol. 13, 2022.

Pub 3 (BCI 2025): I. Jackson, R. Kohli, R. Lucero-Moore, Y. Lou, L. K. Quinn, L. Breston, J. Wiles, A. A. Chiba, E. Leonardis. “Robotic Exploratory Control Via Subcortical Oscillations.” 11th International Brain-Computer Interface Meeting, 2025 (Abstract).

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE — Consultant (09/2024–Present)

Bullet 1 (ICDL, 2nd author): “Architected composable spatial and neural signal analysis pipeline and presented IEEE ICDL 2025 publication (2nd author) on explore-exploit dynamics in rat-robot social interactions, characterizing homebase-derived proxemic features for social behavior.”

Bullet 2 (MuJoCo RL): “Developing bio-influenced deep RL regulation framework in MuJoCo simulation using multiple policy optimization algorithms to model exploration-regulation dynamics in autonomous robotic behavior.”

Bullet 3 (AI Classroom): “Founding engineer hired for multi-million dollar AI-powered classroom project; designed PTPv2-synchronized multi-modal embedded system achieving sub-second synchronization across all data streams, integrating Lab Streaming Layer (LSL) and high-precision Basler cameras.”

Bullet 4 (Arduino/OpenBCI): “Wrote custom Arduino firmware for OpenBCI Emotibit biophysical sensors to capture and stream biophysical signals within the synchronized classroom recording architecture.”

Bullet 5 (hiring RAs): “Hired, onboarded, and trained team of undergraduate research assistants on lab protocols, software systems, and analysis methodologies; conducted exhaustive knowledge transfer sessions with new hires.”

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE — Staff Engineer (01/2021–09/2024)

Bullet 1 (RL PyTorch): “Spearheaded implementation of Reinforcement Learning algorithms in PyTorch for robotic PiRat over ROS2, utilizing extensive neural and positional data from 2500+ multi-agent experiments to model and predict multi-agent interaction dynamics.”

Bullet 2 (SLEAP): “Developed live multi-agent pose estimation system using SLEAP neural networks with multi-threaded architecture.”

Bullet 3 (Homebase + sim-to-real): “Built real-time Homebase Detection Algorithm with convolution feature extractor for novel experiment apparatus; autonomous homebase-influenced behavioral routines simulated and transferred via sim-to-real pipeline to physical PiRat velocity commands.”

Bullet 4 (Hermite Splines): “Programmed autonomous path-exploration algorithms using Hermite Splines and Pure Pursuit for robotic PiRat.”

Bullet 5 (C++): “Enhanced and scaled production-deployed Computer Vision-based live Pose-Estimation Software in C++ to validate statistical accuracy of Kinect Tracker, introducing new features and parameter logging, leading to 300% processing speed improvement.”

Bullet 6 (Signal processing): “Developed signal processing applications for live and post analysis, leveraging advanced filtering techniques to enhance identification of stress-inducing behaviors from neural and physiological signals (HRV, PPG) of project subjects.”

Bullet 7 (Data visualization): “Built data visualization and statistical analysis pipelines for cleaning, wrangling, and interpreting multi-modal experimental datasets, producing publication-ready figures and results.”

DROPPED original Staff bullets (from CV):

INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE — Rocket Software (09/2024–Present)

Bullet 1 (EVA): Same as resume bullet 1.

Bullet 2 (SAS): Same as resume bullet 3.

Bullet 3 (SmartChat): “Designed and implemented novel Large Language Model Citation Generator for SmartChat™ using multi-Gaussian clustering algorithms and dynamic content similarity techniques, yielding 80% more relevant document references for production-grade RAG model.”

Bullet 4 (NL-to-SQL): Same as resume bullet 5.

Bullet 5 (Fine-tuning): “Performed experimental process of fine-tuning, testing, and evaluating multiple transformer-based sentence embedding models with custom tokenizers to balance keyword relevance and semantic similarity for improved document reranking.”

Bullet 6 (Feedback API): “Deployed RESTful API endpoint for user query feedback in parallel collaboration with cross-functional teams against time-critical deadline, enabling immediate customer feedback for gold-standard dataset creation.”

Bullet 7 (Customer engagement): “Led technical engagement with trial customers, producing tracked product environments and capturing actionable feedback to advance model iterations.”

Bullet 8 (AWS): “Utilized AWS CloudWatch and developed multi-purpose scripts to parse and analyze on-going trial logs, enabling proactive troubleshooting and data-driven responses to customer requests.”

REMOVED from previous CV version:

INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE — IBM (06/2023–09/2023)

Bullet 1: “Scripted in Ruby to automate API endpoint testing for entire IBM Aspera on Cloud Workflows application designed to automate workflows of global content transfer and exchange across on-premises and multi-cloud environments.”

Bullet 2: “Developed and documented comprehensive automated regression framework with 780+ API tests covering all endpoints.”

Bullet 3: “Identified 15+ critical issues and bugs on live production server, communicated with developers to determine ideal expected behavior, and raised issues in project management tools to expertly report relevant failure details.”

Bullet 4: “Executed full development cycle to outline and implement API Endpoint Test Controller for collaborative QA repository.”

Bullet 5: “Contributed to global company-wide hackathon focused on emerging enterprise-ready watsonx AI platform.”

INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE — Rocket Software Intern (06/2022–09/2022)

Bullet 1: “Launched project building foundational Unit Test regression framework to maximize Code Line Coverage.”

Bullet 2: “Achieved over 30% Line Coverage in live code base, surpassing initial annual Objective and Key Result goal of 10% and identifying multiple redundant external dependencies.”

Bullet 3: “Designed and presented operational model and corresponding research plan to implement Reinforcement Learning into MultiValue Database Performance tracking tool for predictive data analytics and error identification.”

Bullet 4: “Piloted BASIC and Rocket Tools training series with senior engineer for MultiValue intern team by using Agile Workflow to deliver lesson plans highlighting introductory coding techniques for REST API and demonstrating Rocket products.”

TEACHING EXPERIENCE — Rocket AI Enablement (2024–2025)

Bullet 1: “Create and deliver AI foundations lecture series for company apprenticeship program at global offices, achieving 100% content application rate; leading coordination of enterprise-wide AI enablement program for 1800+ engineers.”

Bullet 2: “Lecture series covers GenAI foundations, understanding LLMs at a technical level, prompt engineering, model tuning, workflow building, and AI-assisted coding.”

Bullet 3: “Workshops based around solving real-world problems and optimizations on existing Rocket engineering teams, resulting in high cross-team satisfaction with useful fixes to product management systems.”

TEACHING — Data Science TA (09/2022–12/2023)

Bullet 1: “Created weekly section presentations, podcasted to 800+ students, for content review and interactively guiding students at all coding-experience levels through programming assignments by demonstrating live debugging and problem-solving.”

Bullet 2: “Formulated weekly exams, held tutoring sessions, scripted automated grading pipelines to optimize multi-LMS system.”

Bullet 3: “Instructed on systematically leveraging Exploratory Data Analysis techniques to answer complex data-focused questions.”

TEACHING — VEX Robotics Coach

Bullet 1: “Mentoring competitive VEX Robotics team in autonomous path planning algorithms including PID control, cubic spline trajectory generation, odometry-based localization, and sensor fusion.”

HIGHLIGHTED PROJECTS (CV)

Project 1 (VLM RL): “VLM-Guided Hierarchical RL in Habitat-Lab (WPI, 2024) — Hierarchical PPO/SAC for Fetch robot with VLM high-level planner for autonomous navigation and manipulation from language instructions”

Project 2 (Smart Scrum Master): “Smart Scrum Master — Rocket.Build 2025 ‘Most Innovative’ Winner — LLM-powered Agile assistant and MCP Server optimizing Jira workflows via reasoning agent, winning 1 of 6 awards from 650+ global projects”

Project 3 (NeuroPos): “NeuroPos Composable Analysis Pipeline (Chiba Lab) — Built modular Python pipeline for integrated pose-estimation and neural signal data analysis across 2500+ experimental sessions, producing publication-ready visualizations and statistical results.”

REMOVED from previous CV version:

TECHNICAL SKILLS (CV)

Languages: “Python, C++, C, Ruby, Java, SQL, Bash”

Libraries & Frameworks: “PyTorch, DSPy, LangChain, HuggingFace, MLflow, Pandas, NumPy, SciPy, Scikit-learn, Kivy, OpenBCI”

Domains: “Reinforcement Learning, Multi-Agent Systems, Agentic AI, Natural Language Processing, Computer Vision, Sim-to-Real Transfer, Policy Optimization (PPO/SAC), Signal Processing, Pose Estimation, Neurorobotics, Embedded Systems”

Tools & Platforms: “ROS2, MuJoCo, SLEAP, Habitat-Lab, Docker, AWS (CloudWatch), Kubernetes, Git/GitHub, Atlassian Suite (Jira, Confluence), Arduino, PTPv2, Lab Streaming Layer (LSL)”

RELEVANT COURSEWORK

“Deep Learning for NLP · Neural Networks · Data Modeling · Advanced Topics in LLMs · Supervised & Unsupervised Machine Learning · Data Structures & Algorithms · Reinforcement Learning (WPI)”

LEADERSHIP & SERVICE

Phi Sigma Pi: “President & Recruitment Advisor, Zeta Alpha Chapter (UCSD). Represented chapter at 2022 PSP National Convention in Washington, DC.” (with Vimeo link: vimeo.com/873331411)

Provost Honors: “Warren College, UC San Diego.”

REMOVED from previous CV version:


PART 3: CONTENT NOT INCLUDED — With Reasons

From 2024 PDF (R24)

Content Status
“Enhances and refactors large-scale CV Node Tracking Software in C++ … leading to 550% processing speed” (C1) Superseded by Feb_25 version with 300% figure. 550% vs 300% discrepancy — user should clarify.
“Programs autonomous path-exploration algorithms using Hermite Splines and Pure Pursuit for robotic PiRat” (C2) RESTORED — now appears on CV as Staff Engineer bullet 4. Still omitted from 1-page resume.
Data Annotation Tech / AI Training Engineer role (C6) Not mentioned by user in any instruction. May be intentionally omitted. User should confirm.
Rocket Software intern RL-for-MultiValue and BASIC training details (C7) Now fully included on CV under Rocket Intern section (all 4 bullets). Not on resume (IBM moved to Projects).
“Contributed to global company-wide hackathon focused on emerging enterprise-ready watsonx AI platform” (from IBM) Included on CV IBM section. Not on resume (IBM condensed to Projects).

From Feb_25 PDF (F25)

Content Status
“Professionally engage and collaborate with potential customers…” (B1) Tightened version now on CV as Rocket bullet 7 (“Led technical engagement with trial customers…”). Not on resume.
Libraries line included “Scikit” as separate from “Scikit-learn” Normalized to “Scikit-learn” on CV. Resume uses “Data Analysis (Pandas/NumPy/Scikit-learn)” in Domains.

From Assorted_notes (AN)

Content Status
“I fixed at least half of the coding bugs for the first product release” (EVA) Included implicitly in EVA bullet but not called out separately. Could be its own bullet on CV.
“Owning the integration with a few Rocket teams’ products to EVA” Not included — could be a separate CV bullet.
“Worked extensively with the ID teams to create internal and public-facing documentations” (EVA) Not included — documentation work is lower impact for target roles.
SmartChat: “feedback API feature, reranking feature” ownership Feedback API is a separate bullet on CV (A2). Reranking is bullet A3 on CV. Citations is main bullet. All represented.
“The RL Regulation project… using Google Deepmind” “Google DeepMind” not mentioned — kept general per user’s confidentiality request. MuJoCo implies DeepMind tools.
Chiba Lab website (chiba-lab.org) Unfinished website — user said to use “only for context if any exists.” No useful content found.
Google Scholar RESOLVED — profile found (user=abZZ14QAAAAJ) and now included in CV header.
NextGen Academy URL (rocketsoftware.com/en-us/nextgen-academy) Could be linked in AI enablement bullet but not currently included.

From content.md (CM)

Content Status
Detailed PiRat hardware description (Pi Zero, STM32, gimbal motor driver, 0.24kg, 1.1m/s) Hardware specifications are reference context, not resume content. Robot was built by the lab, not by Raunit.
IROS 2018 PiRat paper reference Raunit is not an author on this paper — it predates his involvement.
“ABCD - Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development Study, UC San Diego Coordinating Center” lab affiliation Not directly relevant to Raunit’s work description. Could be mentioned in CV if desired.
Smart Scrum Master: “acts as a basis for many more AI-focused optimizations and developer enablement trainings” Vaguely referenced but not included as a distinct bullet.

From user’s original instructions (USER)

Content Status
User wanted “slightly larger text, fix spacing” Formatting changes applied.
User mentioned ability to “make a couple public repos” No repos created yet — pending user action.

PART 4: HALLUCINATION SUMMARY — Items Previously Flagged, Current Status

# Location Hallucinated Content Status Resolution
1 CV & Resume: Rocket SAS bullet “Architected” overstated sole role RESOLVED Changed to “Built…on specialized team”
2 CV: Rocket bullet “Coordinated with Kubernetes orchestration teams…” (entire bullet fabricated) RESOLVED Bullet removed entirely
3 CV & Leadership: AI CoE “founding member of AI Center of Excellence”, “collaborated with DSPy library creators” RESOLVED Both removed entirely. AI CoE bullet and Leadership entry deleted
4 CV: Teaching Rocket “Czech Republic, and China” country names RESOLVED Removed specific countries, now says “global offices”
5 CV: Teaching Rocket 1800+ conflated with user’s own direct audience RESOLVED Wording clarified: “leading coordination of enterprise-wide AI enablement program for 1800+ engineers”
6 CV: Consultant bullet “Designed framework architecture for sim-to-real policy transfer…” (entirely fabricated) RESOLVED Bullet removed entirely
7 CV: Consultant MuJoCo bullet “(PPO, SAC)” — algorithms not specified for this project RESOLVED Removed; now says “multiple policy optimization algorithms”
8 CV: Staff homebase bullet “enabling context-aware behavioral responses to detected spatial patterns” (embellished) RESOLVED Rewritten to accurately describe sim-to-real transfer of homebase routines
9 CV: Projects, Smart Scrum “selected for productionization and company-wide deployment” RESOLVED Removed — user said it “acted as a basis for optimizations,” not “selected for productionization”
10 CV: Projects, VLM RL “implemented reward shaping and policy optimization across dual-layer hierarchy” (embellished) RESOLVED Removed — description now matches original
11 CV: Leadership, Phi Sigma Pi “Represented chapter at 2022 National Convention in Washington, DC” RESOLVED USER CONFIRMED this is real — video evidence at vimeo.com/873331411. Not a hallucination.
12 CV: VEX Robotics “directly mapping to ROS-based robotic control architectures” (2nd bullet fabricated) RESOLVED Second bullet removed; single accurate bullet remains
13 Industry Resume: Rocket bullet 4 1800+ conflated with 100% rate in one initiative RESOLVED Separated into clear wording
14 CV: Rocket SAS bullet “(ICLR 2026)” implied user affiliation with ACE paper RESOLVED Removed — user is NOT an author on the ACE paper
15 Resume: Staff bullets Combined bullets (NeuroPos+SLEAP+homebase; C+++signal processing) RESOLVED All separated into individual bullets
16 CV & Resume: SAS bullet “LangChain ReAct agent” RESOLVED USER corrected to “DSPy ReAct agent”
17 CV & Resume: AI Classroom “First engineer hired” RESOLVED USER corrected to “Founding engineer hired”
18 CV & Resume: EVA bullet “designed RESTful API” RESOLVED USER corrected to “sanitized RESTful API”
19 CV: Skills TensorFlow listed RESOLVED Removed — user confirmed they don’t know TensorFlow
20 CV: AI Classroom bullet “HEDC-funded” RESOLVED Removed — user clarified AI Classroom is unrelated to HEDC
21 CV: AI Classroom “Dante networking”, “on-prem quartz crystal grandmaster clock” RESOLVED Removed — unsourced details not from user’s notes
22 CV: Staff SLEAP bullet Combined SLEAP tracking with Kivy GUI RESOLVED Separated; SLEAP is standalone bullet
23 CV: Staff bullet 7 (old) Combined data-viz (B3) + statistical-pipelines (B4) with embellishments RESOLVED Properly merged into one cohesive data-analysis bullet
24 CV: Header AI-generated subtitle “Machine Learning Engineer & Robotics Researcher” RESOLVED Subtitle removed
25 CV: Pub 2 (Frontiers) Wrong author list (“E. Leonardis, A. Bhaskara, S. Fei, R. Kohli, A. A. Chiba”) RESOLVED Corrected to full 10-author list
26 CV: Pub 3 (BCI) Wrong author list (“I. Jackson, R. Kohli, E. Leonardis, S. Fei, L. Quinn, V. R. de Sa, A. A. Chiba”) RESOLVED Corrected to full 9-author list
27 CV: Hiring RAs bullet “established knowledge transfer documentation” (user said “sessions” not “documentation”) RESOLVED Changed to “conducted exhaustive knowledge transfer sessions”

Summary: All 27 previously identified hallucination/embellishment issues have been RESOLVED. No known hallucinated content remains in the current .tex files.