Aaron Johns
B.Tech in Artificial Intelligence & Data Science
specializing in autonomous systems, robotics, and machine learning.
Leadership & Experience
Founder
Drone Club – SJCET
Established the college's first drone club. Organized workshops, competitions, and hands-on drone development sessions for students to foster interest and expertise in autonomous systems.
Software Head
NIDAR 2025
Headed the software division to develop an autonomous drone system for precision agriculture, optimizing payload drop mechanisms and custom imaging workflows for efficient crop monitoring.
Team Lead
Vitals 24
Led a multidisciplinary team to build "Bromance," a comprehensive ADHD-focused accessibility application featuring specialized typography and interactive querying methodologies.
Main Projects
AI-Driven Pandemic Simulation
GAMA Platform- Implemented SEIDR and multi-fidelity physics-informed neural networks in GAML to simulate disease spread dynamics under varying intervention scenarios.
- Engineered agent decision rules and physics-based constraints for high-fidelity infection modeling.
- Developed real-time visualizations and comparative analytics for policy impact assessment.
Long-Context Token Gater
LLM Optimization- Developed a modular system to optimize how LLMs process long-form data.
- Implemented specialized gating modules using hybrid, joint entropy, and quantum-based logic.
- Includes scripts for mass query execution and synthetic QA generation.
Bromance App: ADHD Attention Methods
Technical Skills
Software & Data
Hardware & Robotics
Competitions & Awards
SAEIndia ADDC 2026
Autonomous Drone Development Challenge
Developed QR detection algorithm and automated payload drop mechanism for a fully autonomous drone in live flight competition.
NIDAR 2025
National Drone Competition
Design Review AIR 5, Business Plan AIR 8, Ignite Prize AIR 13.
Business Plan Presentation
SAEIndia, SJCET
Presented viable startup plan with cost analysis, market strategy, and prototype validation; ranked 1st among 10+ teams.
Vitals 24
IEEE, Sahrdaya College
Created Bromance app for ADHD students; outperformed 700+ teams; Prize USD 500.
Blitzkrieg Hackathon
Sacred Hearts College, Kochi
Solved 4 timed algorithmic challenges under 3-hour constraint; outperformed 10+ teams; Prize INR 8,000.
Astra 2024 Secret Syntax
Sacred Hearts College, Kochi
Wrote and debugged code without looking at the screen; Prize INR 4,000.
Codezilla Hackathon
ADSA, SJCET
Completed multiple timed coding challenges focused on optimization and logic.
3rd SAEISS Autonomous Drone Challenge 2024–25
SAEIndia Southern Section
Achieved 17th nationally and 2nd in Kerala.
Education
B.Tech in Artificial Intelligence and Data Science
St. Joseph’s College of Engineering and Technology
Choondachery, Kerala
CGPA: 7.71