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chaitanya medidar

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AI/ML engineer at CNCF Meshery and lead author of STAR, a coding-agent fine-tuning method that reduced supervised tokens by 48.5%.

India
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At CNCF Meshery, I reviewed community pull requests and validated the Connections framework across Kubernetes, Prometheus, and Grafana. As a Linux Foundation Mentee, I implemented 21 pull requests across Meshery’s React/TypeScript frontend and Go backend, and worked with maintainers to unify three connection entry points into one reusable wizard.

For STAR, I led the methodology, software, and compute for a token-selection scheme fine-tuning Qwen3-8B with LoRA. As lead author, I reported lower held-out recovery-span loss while supervising 48.5% fewer tokens at equal wall-clock.

I also fine-tuned a Qwen2.5-Coder model with QLoRA for vulnerability detection and deployed an offline Ollama model that flags and patches OWASP flaws. My projects include NaviSense, an offline visual assistance app that won Hack4Innovation 2026, and an AI mock interview platform built with Next.js, FastAPI, SQLite, Gemini, and VAPI.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Cloud Native Computing Foundation logoCF
Current

Core Team Member

Cloud Native Computing Foundation

Sep 2026 - Present (2 months)

Reviewed 50+ community pull requests with write access for correctness, test coverage, and schema alignment. Validated the Connections framework across Kubernetes, Prometheus, and Grafana, filing regressions.

Cloud Native Computing Foundation logoCF

Linux Foundation Mentee

Cloud Native Computing Foundation

Jun 2026 - Aug 2026 (2 months)

Implemented 21 pull requests and filed 12 issues across Meshery's React/TypeScript frontend and Go backend. Unified 3 connection entry points into one reusable Create Connection wizard in React with maintainers.

Microsoft VS Code logoMC

Open Source Contributor

Microsoft VS Code

Dec 2025 - Jun 2026 (6 months)

Contributed merged fixes to 5 open source projects, including Microsoft VS Code and AnkiDroid. Hardened CI and docs for Hiero Ledger and Meshery through workflow automation, adapter tests, and auth fixes.

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

VT

Vivekanand Education Society’s Institute of Technology

Bachelor of Engineering, Artificial Intelligence & Data Science

2023 -

Grade: 8.8/10

Pursuing a Bachelor of Engineering in Artificial Intelligence & Data Science with a CGPA of 8.8/10.

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