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Vinamra Sharma - AI Researcher, Engineer & Innovator
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Vinamra Sharma

PhD Candidate | AI Engineer | Hackathonist

University of Glasgow || Unineed Limited, UK

Hi, I'm Vinamra (aka Vin), a PhD candidate in the School of Computing Science at the University of Glasgow, researching AI compilers under the supervision of Dr José Cano Reyes.

Beyond academia, I work as an AI Engineer at Unineed Limited, where I design and implement full-stack AI solutions and automation systems to maximize ROI across multiple departments. During weekends, you can often find me participating in hackathons around the world, developing cross-domain applications and exploring emerging technologies. So far, I've been fortunate to have won over 65 awards and prizes, and to have participated in more than 110 hackathons, collaborating with 550+ people from 38+ countries.

My interests lie in AI Compilers, EdgeAI, Ethical AI, and LLMs.

I believe free, quality education is a fundamental right for every human being; therefore building: Mcurio. I care about the environment; so developing ClimateThread.

I'm always open and excited to connect with like-minded people and collaborate on projects, hackathons, or research; feel free to reach out at v.sharma.3@research.gla.ac.uk. I'd love to hear from you!

65+
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Hackathons
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Research Publications
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Collaborators

Latest News & Publications

Stay updated with my latest research, entrepreneurial ventures, and thoughts on AI, technology, and innovation.

News Timeline

  • [Jan '26]
    Pushed the new website frontend live and made the source code fully open-source on GitHub.View on GitHub

Recent Publications

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EdgeAI Models for Human Activity Recognition on Low-Power Devices

Vinamra Sharma, Danilo Pau, José Cano

Seventh UK Mobile, Wearable and Ubiquitous Systems Research Symposium (MobiUK 2025)2025

University of EdinburghJuly 7-8, 2025

Biases in Edge Language Models: Detection, Analysis, and Mitigation

Vinamra Sharma, Danilo Pietro Pau, José Cano

arXiv preprint2025

EDGE AI Research Symposium 20252025

Best Paper in Track Award

Efficient Tiny Machine Learning for Human Activity Recognition on Low-Power Edge Devices

Vinamra Sharma, Danilo Pau, José Cano

2024 IEEE 8th Forum on Research and Technologies for Society and Industry Innovation (RTSI)2024

IEEE2024

Best Paper Award

Phishing prevention techniques: past, present and future

Himanshu Gautam, Vishal Kumar, Vinamra Sharma

Proceedings of Integrated Intelligence Enable Networks and Computing: IIENC 20202021

Springer2021

Best Paper Award

Institutional Recommendation and Ranking System Based on Integrated Datasets and Analysis

Vishal Kumar, Akanksha Joshi, Vinamra Sharma

2020 International Conference on Advances in Computing and Communication Engineering (ICACCE)2020

IEEE2020

Awards & Recognition

College Scholarship - School of Computing Science, University of Glasgow - Awarded for 3.5 Years of PhD
Best of the Rest Award Winner - Climate Change Maker Challenge 2025
3rd Prize - Animal Hacks 2025
Winner - AI in the Outback
Best Paper in Track Award - IEEE RTSI 2024
Employee of the Month Award - Unineed Limited
2nd Prize - Poster Presentation by IEEE
Selected as Youth STEM Changemaker - Youth STEM 2030
Best Pitch Award - Pitch for Earth, Sweden
Winner - Hack for Earth 2023 (Invited to work with UNICEF)
Runner-up - Amazonia Hack (Earth Hacks, Brazil)
Runner-up - Code to Give (Morgan Stanley, UK)
Winner - FDM Design Challenge (Glasgow, Scotland)
Mystery Award Winner - The Climate Change Maker 2023
Best Chinachem Group Award - PolyHack 2023 (China)
Best of the Rest Award - The Climate Change Maker (YIC, Canada)
Design Your Future Award - MakeUC (University of Cincinnati)
Winner - Amazonia Hack 1.0
First Position - Healthcare Ideation at MED INVADE 2022 (SMR, India)
Merit Based Scholarship - Awarded for consistently standing among the top 1% of the class and scoring high in academics
Finalist VARCoE - IIT Bhubaneswar - Selected in the top 34 AR/VR startups throughout the country and presented the final presentation to the jury
Regional Finalist CHUNAUTI-2.0 - Selected for the project entitled: 'Prakrit'
Winner HackDuke 2021 - Awarded for project entitled: 'NeuroMatter: An Integrated Platform To Spread & Sustain Equality and cure neurological disorders'
Winner HackTCMX 1 - Awarded for project entitled: 'iAid: Providing first aid advice in emergency situations'
Winner BioHacks2021 - Awarded by University of California Riverside, USA for the project entitled: 'Roots: A Green Social Media'
Winner MakeMIT2021 - Awarded by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA for the project entitled: 'SpreadRo: A Multipurpose Rover For The Future'
Runner-up Synaptic Hacks - Awarded for the research proposal on combating the neurological disorders consuming advance and complex technologies entitled: 'Heal-Era'
Inequality Track Winner & Best Media Hack Award - HackDuke (Duke University, USA)
Best Research Paper Award - Awarded by the program committee of Proceedings of Integrated Intelligence Enable Networks and Computing (2021), Springer for the presentation of research entitled: 'Phishing Prevention Techniques: Past, Present and Future'
All India Rank 12 - Awarded by IEEEXtream 14.0 for securing a national rank of twelve, in twenty-four hour long competitive programming hackathon
Best Research Paper Award - Awarded by the organising committee of International Conference on Advances in Computing and Communication Engineering (2020), IEEE for the presentation of research paper entitled: 'Institutional Recommendation and Ranking System Based on Integrated Datasets and Analysis'
All India Rank 26 - Awarded by IEEEXtream 13.0 for securing a national rank of twenty-six, in twenty-four hour long competitive programming hackathon
Merit Based Scholarship - Awarded for consistently standing among the top 1% of the class and scoring high in academics