Merge pull request #1001 from nsb-ucsc/main

Modified project featured photo + included contact information.

Author: slieggi

content/authors/harikrishna-kuttivelil/_index.md

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+---
+# Display name
+title: Harikrishna Kuttivelil
+
+# Username (this should match the folder name)
+authors:
+- harikrishna-kuttivelil
+
+# Is this the primary user of the site?
+superuser: false
+
+# Role/position
+role: "Ph.D. Candidate in Computer Engineering, UC Santa Cruz"
+
+# Organizations/Affiliations
+organizations:
+- name: Inter-Networking Research Group
+  url: "https://inrg.engineering.ucsc.edu"
+- name: Teaching & Learning Center
+  url: "https://tlc.ucsc.edu"
+
+# Short bio (displayed in user profile at end of posts)
+bio: Ph.D. candidate studying collaborative and robust intelligence at the network's edge.
+
+# Social/Academic Networking
+# For available icons, see: https://sourcethemes.com/academic/docs/widgets/#icons
+#   For an email link, use "fas" icon pack, "envelope" icon, and a link in the
+#   form "mailto:your-email@example.com" or "#contact" for contact widget.
+social:
+- icon: envelope
+  icon_pack: fas
+  link: mailto:hkuttive@ucsc.edu
+- icon: linkedin
+  icon_pack: fab
+  link: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hskutti/
+
+
+# Enter email to display Gravatar (if Gravatar enabled in Config)
+email: "hkuttive@ucsc.edu"
+
+# Organizational groups that you belong to (for People widget)
+#   Set this to `[]` or comment out if you are not using People widget.  
+user_groups:
+- University of California Mentors
+---
+Harikrishna (Hari) Kuttivelil is a Ph.D. Candidate in Computer Engineering working under Dr. Katia Obraczka with the Inter-Networking Research Group (i-NRG) at UCSC. His thesis research explores the potential to optimize and democratize machine learning by enabling responsible and efficient collaborative intelligence between edge devices (like phones or sensors) without having to rely on centralized compute. He has worked with many open source frameworks within deep learning and network simulation. His research necessitated him to co-create NSB, giving him the opportunity to participate in the NSF I-Corps training program as part of a NSF POSE award. Hari has also been a pedagogy fellow to explore, develop, and teach active learning techniques and universal design principles to address gaps in higher education. In both his teaching and research, Hari is motivated by a belief that both technology and education should be sustainable, equitable, and democratized.
+
+
+## SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:
+*Coming soon.*

content/authors/harikrishna-kuttivelil/avatar.png

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 title: "Network Simulation Bridge • Enabling Interactive Network Models"
-authors: [Harikrishna Kuttivelil]
+authors: [harikrishna-kuttivelil]
 author_notes: ["PhD Candidate, CSE, UC Santa Cruz"]
 tags: ["osre26", "uc", "networking", "simulation", "iot", "software engineering"]
 date: 2026-01-28