Hasna C A

AI EngineerResearch Scholar

Building AI for real-world systems.
Exploring how machines see, reason, and solve.

Centre for Excellence in Postal TechnologyAI engineering
NIT CalicutPart-time PhD research

Select a neuron to discover a skill or research area.

01 / The intersection

An engineer's approach.
A researcher's curiosity.

I’m Hasna C A, working at the intersection of applied artificial intelligence and multimodal visual reasoning. At CEPT, my work includes CRM analytics and AI reports. Alongside this, I’m pursuing a part-time PhD in Computer Science and Engineering at NIT Calicut.

Applied AICentre for Excellence in Postal Technology, Kochi
Visual reasoningPart-time PhD · CSED, NIT Calicut
Research guidanceDr. Chandramani Chaudhary
Public service perspectiveDepartment of Posts, India
02 / Selected work

From data to decisions.

Professional work and hands-on exploration across analytics, language models, and intelligent workflows.

01

CRM analytics

Working with postal CRM data to explore complaint patterns and support meaningful reporting.

CEPT / ANALYTICS
SQL · DATA EXPLORATION
Work includes validating complaint counts, investigating report behaviour, and improving the clarity of data presented to users.
02

AI reports

Exploring natural-language access to data and making AI-generated reports more reliable.

CEPT / APPLIED AI
NL TO SQL · REPORTING
Areas of work include report summaries, CSV downloads, end-to-end testing, and request logging using Postman and SigNoz.
03

Tool-using AI agents

Connecting language models with tools to execute multi-step tasks and select relevant actions.

TECHNICAL EXPLORATION
LANGGRAPH · MCP · LLAMA
Implemented a LangGraph and MCP workflow with Llama 3.1 8B, exploring automatic tool selection and testing behaviour on specific use cases.
04

Medical language model adaptation

Hands-on exploration of parameter-efficient fine-tuning and retrieval-augmented generation.

LEARNING PROJECT
QWEN · QLORA · RAG
Fine-tuned Qwen2.5-3B using QLoRA on a 10,000-example subset of the ChatDoctor HealthCareMagic dataset. This is a learning project; no clinical deployment is claimed.
03 / Research in progress

Seeing is only
the beginning.

How can AI move from recognising an image to reasoning about it?

My research interests centre on multimodal visual reasoning, visual logic puzzles, and chain-of-vision methods—how models can connect visual evidence with structured reasoning.

Part-time PhD · Computer Science & Engineering
National Institute of Technology Calicut

Interactive demonstrations

Visual reasoning lab

Explore spatial transformations, pattern completion, and rule inference through six small challenges.

6 challenges

Reflection

Reflect the green pattern from left to right. Draw the result in the output grid.

01 / 06 · Introductory
Test input Observe
Your answer Apply the rule

Select cells to build your answer.

Study the examples, then build your answer.
Original demonstration puzzles inspired by visual reasoning tasks.

Research areas

Questions guiding my doctoral research.

Multimodal visual reasoning

How models can combine visual and textual evidence to reason about a task.

Visual logic puzzles

How models can infer patterns, rules, and relationships from visual demonstrations.

Vision-language models

How visual representations and language can be aligned to support reasoning beyond recognition.

Chain-of-vision methods

How intermediate visual steps can support multi-step problem solving and make reasoning easier to inspect.

04 / Academic foundation

A continuing pursuit.

Doctoral research · ongoing

PhD, Computer Science & Engineering

National Institute of Technology Calicut
Part-time Research Scholar

Postgraduate

M.Tech, Data Science & Artificial Intelligence

Cochin University of Science and Technology
CUSAT

Undergraduate

B.Tech, Computer Science & Engineering

Government Engineering College Idukki
Painavu, Kerala

05 / AI engineering skills

AI engineering, in practice.

From language models and visual reasoning to practical AI applications.

Generative AI & LLM applications

LLM applications for natural-language access to operational data and AI-generated reporting.

LLMsNLPPython
AI reports

RAG & knowledge systems

Retrieval-augmented generation that brings relevant source documents and context into language model responses.

RetrievalEmbeddingsContext grounding
Medical RAG learning project

Agentic AI & tool orchestration

Tool-using workflows with LangGraph, MCP, and Llama 3.1 8B, including automatic selection of relevant tools.

LangGraphMCPTool selection
Tool-using AI agents

LLM fine-tuning

Parameter-efficient adaptation of Qwen2.5-3B using QLoRA on a 10,000-example medical dataset.

LoRA / QLoRAQwen2.54-bit quantization
Language model adaptation

Computer vision & multimodal AI

Doctoral research interests in multimodal visual reasoning, visual logic puzzles, and vision-language models.

Computer visionVision-language modelsVisual reasoning
Research areas

Deep learning & transformers

Neural network and transformer techniques supporting language modelling and computer vision.

Neural networksTransformersModel evaluation
Visual reasoning research

AI application engineering

Python and FastAPI for practical AI workflows, supported by end-to-end testing and request log inspection.

PythonFastAPIREST APIs
AI reporting applications

Data analytics & NL-to-SQL

SQL querying and CRM complaint analytics, alongside natural-language-to-SQL reporting for postal data.

SQLCRM analyticsNL-to-SQL
CRM analytics
06 / Start a conversation

Interesting problems.
Thoughtful collaboration.

Personal email
hasnaca1991@gmail.com

For conversations about applied AI, visual reasoning, and research collaboration.