I build products wheresignals become decisions.
I'm Akhil Kota, a Purdue Computer Science + Data Science student (4.0 GPA), founding engineer at Mutually, and researcher in Prabhakar Lab. My work sits where product intuition and measurable behavior meet.
PRODUCT LOOP
Ship quickly, instrument behavior, tune the experience.
DATA LOOP
Turn activity into structured signals that drive decisions.
RESEARCH LOOP
Build reliable pipelines for noisy, real-world datasets.
NOTEBOOK SIGNALS
Code, product, and research pinned to one board.
Systems
Founding engineer at Mutually
Data
CS + Data Science at Purdue
Product
Flow, StudyBuddy, ClassClear
Signals
Microscopy + Spotify patterns
NOW
Founding engineer on Mutually's first production release.
LAB
Microscopy segmentation + tracking in Prabhakar Lab.
THREAD
Product quality improves when data and UX are designed together.
NARRATIVE NODE 01
Startups
Mutually and Flow: product + infrastructure in live environments.
NARRATIVE NODE 02
Research
Microscopy analysis pipelines where reproducibility matters.
NARRATIVE NODE 03
Data Products
Dashboards and ranking systems built around real decisions.
NARRATIVE NODE 04
Teaching
Systems-level coaching as CS 240 TA improves engineering clarity.
CHAPTER 02 · SELECTED WORK
Work that ships, measures, and compounds.
FLAGSHIP
Mutually · ranked event discovery engine
Built core product loops from event creation and RSVPs to ranking signals that adapt to changing inventory and user behavior.
PRODUCT ENGINEERING
Flow
Auth, onboarding, and analytics loops for rider and driver behavior.
RESEARCH
Prabhakar Lab
Microscopy segmentation + tracking transformed into queryable data.
PROJECT
StudyBuddy
Study planner that converts vague intent into measurable sessions.
PROJECT
ClassClear
Syllabus ingestion into structured timelines and requirements.
CHAPTER 03 · RESEARCH
Microscopy as a systems problem.
I treat microscopy sequences like data streams: clean inputs, reliable segmentation, consistent tracking, and analyzable labels.
01
ingest microscopy time-series data
02
segment and track with model-assisted pipelines
03
export labels for reproducible analysis
CHAPTER 05 · ABOUT + TIMELINE
One story across coursework, startups, and labs.
I care about systems where product quality and data quality evolve together. The roles below are different surfaces of that same habit.
Read full background storyPurdue University · Computer Science + Data Science
Founding Engineer · Mutually
Software Engineer · Flow
Undergraduate Research · Prabhakar Lab
CS 240 Teaching Assistant
Data Science Researcher · Cisco x DataMine