Tinish SubramaniamAI/ML Engineer · On-device AI · Tokyo
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Tinish Subramaniam

AI/ML Engineer · On-device AI · Tokyo

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Second-year AI Strategy student at IPUT Tokyo who builds AI that runs on the device rather than the cloud, end to end: speech and language models, embedded hardware, and the web and mobile apps around them. Led the team behind an Onward Holdings internal tool that cut month-end work by 61.5% and won first place at Onward. Interprets between English, Malay, Tamil and Japanese (JLPT N1) and handles visiting delegations between Malaysia and Japan.

Skills

AI / ML
faster-whisper (local speech-to-text) · Qwen 2.5 via Ollama (local LLM inference) · bge-m3 embeddings · Gemini API (vision) · Grok API · NetworkX · KH Coder
Languages
Python (primary) · JavaScript / TypeScript · Java · Dart · C / C++
Frameworks
FastAPI · Flask · Spring Boot · Vue 3 · React · React Native · Flutter · PWA
Systems & tools
ESP32 firmware · Box API (JWT) · Apache PDFBox · PyMuPDF · Google Cloud · Git

Delivered work

Suma-Getsu (スマ月) · Group leader · Onward Digital LabApr to Jul 2026
Regional Co-Creation Design Practicum with the digital arm of Onward Holdings (TSE Prime 8016)
  • Led a five-person cross-department team building an internal web app that files month-end documents to a fixed rule, runs an AI check and summary on each, then searches, sorts and merges them into one PDF.
  • Cut the process from 13 steps to 5 and from about 40 to 15.4 hours a month: a 61.5% reduction across roughly 200 documents a month, and a recurring source of human error removed.
  • First place in Onward's in-company competition; second place university-wide (地域共創デザイン実習 優秀賞). Continuing with Onward toward a product. Vue 3, Spring Boot, Box API with JWT, Apache PDFBox.
Tsunagi (繋ぎ) · On-device AI memory recorder2026
  • Local pipeline turning recordings into notes, commitments and a people network: faster-whisper, Qwen 2.5 via Ollama, bge-m3 embeddings with dynamic-programming slide alignment, FastAPI and a Vue 3 dashboard. Zero cloud calls.
  • About 8 seconds from a spoken self-introduction to a contact card on a 6 GB laptop GPU; map-reduce for 1.5 hour+ events. ESP32 wearable firmware written. Presented at a student innovation showcase.
Hojo-Grok · Grok Bot Tokyo HackathonOct 2026
  • Built and demoed live: from a link to a Japanese government subsidy programme to a plain-language fit score, pitfalls, and an application pack with plan, form and calendar.
Event Buddy · Event Companion · Savi · Auria2025 to now
  • Gemini-powered event prep and caption writer that reads screenshots; a Flutter to-do app built at the teamLab hackathon (2nd place) and still in daily use; an offline-first multi-currency finance PWA; a React Native trip-sharing app.

Leadership & communities

Founder & Co-Organizer · GDG on Campus IPUTNov 2025 to now
  • Founded after Google approached me. Co-organised an SDGs-to-Startups hackathon (70+ participants, 14 teams, 6 universities) and an SDGs build event reaching about 180 students; ran a Chrome extension workshop with Antigravity; hosted Tokyo Python on campus; represented the chapter at national summits including at Google Japan.
Head of External Affairs · MSAJ (Malaysian Students' Association in Japan)2026 to now
Previously Head of Editorial and Media, 2025 to Jan 2026: Best Efficiency Award for the term.
Malaysia and Japan: delegations and interpreting2024 to now
  • Interpreted for the CIDB Malaysia delegation's meetings with MLIT, CCUS briefings and a technical visit to the Metropolitan Area Outer Underground Discharge Channel. Interpreted at GDG DevFest Tokyo and for Education Malaysia Global Services.
  • Helped organise the Malaysian Prime Minister's June 2026 programme at the University of Tokyo; hosted the PM's secretariat and the Majlis Belia Malaysia delegation, and ran the delegation dinner. Hosted a UiTM professorial delegation at UTokyo; convened ASEAN youth leaders in Tokyo.
General manager · Japanese sanitiser research company, Malaysia2020 to 2021
  • Ran the site after the pandemic cut it from 25+ people to 5: production, shipping, exports to Japan and supply to Malaysian medical facilities, 7am to 11pm for a year. Recognised by the Malaysian and Japanese governments.

Education

International Professional University of Technology in Tokyo (IPUT)Apr 2025 to 2029 (expected)
B.Info.Eng. (Professional), AI Strategy Course · MEXT-certified Mathematics, Data Science and AI Education Program
Akamonkai Japanese Language School, Tokyo2023 to Mar 2025
Aichi University of Technology2020 to 2021, withdrew
Pusat Bahasa Teikyo, Malaysia2019 to 2020

Certifications: JLPT N1 · Harvard CS50x, CS50P, CS50AI

Languages & more

English (native) · Malay (native) · Tamil (fluent) · Japanese (JLPT N1, business) · Arabic and Hindi (basic)

Featured on TBS national television (2024). Represented Malaysia at the JASSO 8th Plenary. Guest lecture to 300+ at Jamal Mohamed College, India, at 15. Self-funded studies through work at Amazon fulfilment (DTK7), a kids' programming school, The Okura Tokyo, Kura Sushi, Torikizoku and a translation company.