Jitam Barman
A Bit About Me
I am a Dual Degree (BTech + MTech) student at IIT Kharagpur, specializing in Metallurgical and Materials Engineering with a minor in Computer Science and Engineering. My interests lie at the intersection of AI, machine learning, and Materials Engineering.
Education
Study Resources
Experience
SNN-based Quadratic Programming
- Deriving a correspondence between Poisson spike-train noise in an SNN solver and Gaussian uncertainty propagation
- Formulating a Chance-Constrained QP over alloy composition for multi-property steel design, targeting <5% constraint violation
- Benchmarking the proposed SNN-CCQP framework against classical convex solvers, evaluating the optimality gap
Dev & Analyst Intern
- Developed backend order-management APIs on a Supabase database, supporting the complete order lifecycle for 2500+ users.
- Created a geospatial dashboard with Leaflet to plot order coordinates across canteens and delivery zones for a clear view of demand.
- Built a retention-analytics layer exposing a 53% non-returning cohort and segmented it across 23 halls to drive the re-engagement roadmap.
Skills
Projects
VEDAS
A tag-anchored Industrial Knowledge Graph on Neo4j, fusing graph and vector retrieval — a resolution cascade lifted tag accuracy from 50% to 100%, and hybrid retrieval lifted answer coverage by 24 points. Includes a LangGraph RCA agent running evidence-grounded 5-Why analysis and flagging real PESO/OISD compliance gaps.
CascadeGuard
A spatio-temporal GNN rail digital twin that predicts delays and re-routes passengers
FinRAG
A real-time RAG engine for financial analysis — ingests live news and stock-price streams via Pathway's differential dataflow with zero re-indexing, using two-stage retrieval (bi-encoder recall, FlashRank cross-encoder reranking) for precise, data-backed answers.
Multithreaded MD Simulator
An N-body molecular dynamics simulator in C++ — cell-list decomposition cuts complexity from O(N²) to O(N), and a custom jthread pool delivers a 4.5x speedup
Microstructural Crack Propagation Prediction
A* search over a Voronoi-tessellated microstructure with a provably admissible heuristic, validated via a 10,000-trial Monte Carlo reliability analysis.
Explore KGP
A gamified campus exploration app with a "fog of war" mechanic over a 23,456-tile geohash map of IIT KGP
Position of Responsibility
Head - Sponsorship
- Managed and led a sponsorship team of 20 members to secure ₹10 Lakh+ in funds across 2025–26 cycles from 15+ corporate partners and alumni
Secretary
- Coordinated 4 General Championship events and 2 Intra-Hall initiatives; contributed to the Gold-winning Illumination 2024
Activities
- Hall Literary Team - GC Gold (Hindi Elocution), SFM and Clay Modelling Team
- Wing Representative at Azad Hall of Residence
- Best Volunteer of NSS Unit 15 for the academic year 2024–25
- Mentored 5 juniors from the Dept as an SWG mentor, guiding them through academics and beyond