Smart Computing student graduating August 2026, with a consistent focus on one question across all my work:

Where should computation happen — and how does that decision affect system behavior?

That question has driven me from building distributed mobile platforms, to benchmarking edge-vs-cloud latency with real IoT hardware deployed across three live classrooms (published, KCI-indexed), to evaluating on-device ML inference as an architectural decision in mobile systems. Three peer-reviewed publications across embedded systems, fog computing, and distributed learning environments — all grounded in deployed systems and real measurements.

Actively applying to research-focused master's programs in South Korea, targeting Edge Computing, Mobile Systems, and Distributed Systems.

[1] Gyawali, A., Al-Absi, A. A., Abukhalifeh, A. N., Al-Absi, M. A. "EcoSense: Edge vs. Cloud Computation Placement for Real-Time IAQ Monitoring in University Campus Environments: A Pipeline Latency Analysis." International Journal of Advanced Smart Convergence (IJASC), Vol. 15, No. 2, pp. 282–296, June 2026. KCI-indexed. 🔗 ResearchGate · doi.org/10.7236/IJASC.2026.15.2.282

First-authored. 5,317 readings across 3 real classrooms. Edge median 715 µs vs. cloud 6 ms — full statistical separation (Mann-Whitney U=0, Cliff's δ=1.0). Dataset released on Zenodo.

[2] Gyawali, A., Bhandari, K. S., Al-Absi, A. A. "On-Device LLM Reasoning for IoT Anomaly Detection in Fog Computing Environments." Environment-Behaviour Proceedings Journal (E-BPJ), 11(37), pp. 165–172, June 2026. DOAJ-indexed; WoS indexing under evaluation. 🔗 doi.org/10.21834/e-bpj.v11i37.7945 · Oral presenter, AicE-Bs2026Sokcho · Overall rank 7/36 · Best Paper rank 5/26

[3] Gyawali, A., Al-Absi, A. A., Al-Athwari, B. "Physical Learning Environments and AI-Powered Personalized Learning in Higher Education: A Systematic Literature Review." Environment-Behaviour Proceedings Journal (E-BPJ), 11(37), pp. 30–46, June 2026. DOAJ-indexed; WoS indexing under evaluation. 🔗 doi.org/10.21834/e-bpj.v11i37.7897 · Oral presenter, AicE-Bs2026Sokcho · Overall rank 15/36 · Best Paper rank 9/26

[4] Gyawali, A., Al-Athwari, B. "Deploying a University Social Platform on Free-Tier Serverless Infrastructure: Performance Characterisation and Cold-Start Source Isolation." ResearchGate, 2026. 🔗 View on ResearchGate

[5] Gyawali, A. "From PWA to Native: A Case Study in Migrating a React/TypeScript Application to Flutter." ResearchGate, 2026. 🔗 View on ResearchGate

[6] Gyawali, A. "Comparative Evaluation of Lightweight Face Detection Models Under Programmatic Degradation: A Controlled Pilot Study with WIDER FACE Benchmark Validation." ResearchGate, June 2026. 🔗 doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.29797.36328

🏆 Best Poster Award — Smart Computing & AI Implementation Category KDU Global Research & Innovation Fair, Spring 2026 · Graduate-Undergraduate Research Programme (GURP) Paper selected for publication in IJASC (KCI-indexed)

Languages

Mobile & Systems

Web & Backend

Tools

Undergraduate research project under KDU's Graduate-Undergraduate Research Programme (GURP), Spring 2026. ESP32 WROOM-32D with four sensors (DHT22, MH-Z19C, MQ-135, DFR0034) connected to a Flutter Android dashboard via BLE, with opportunistic Firebase Realtime Database sync.

Research question: does local edge processing produce lower end-to-end latency than cloud offloading under real campus network conditions? Yes — 8.4× faster: edge median 715 µs vs. cloud 6 ms across 5,317 readings in three classrooms. Distributions fully separated (Mann-Whitney U=0, Cliff's δ=1.0). Published in IJASC (KCI-indexed), June 2026. Dataset on Zenodo. Won Best Poster Award at KDU Research & Innovation Fair.

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Full-stack campus social platform built after observing international students at KDU struggling with Korean-only interfaces. Features campus feed, file sharing, group discussions, and a pseudo-anonymous cookie-based identity system — no registration required.

Key engineering contributions: (1) httpOnly cookie-based anonymous persistent identity via UUID; (2) upload intent validation workflow preventing presigned URL path injection. Three-tier architecture: React 18 + TanStack Query frontend, Express.js backend (35 REST endpoints), Neon PostgreSQL with Drizzle ORM + Multer disk storage, deployed on Render.

Serverless cold-start characterisation on live infrastructure: container wake-up isolated at mean 52.4 s vs. database resume at 621 ms — two orders of magnitude apart. Validated under concurrent load: zero errors across 10,584 requests at 100 VUs, p95 < 800 ms. Co-authored preprint with Dr. Baseem Al-Athwari.

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Native mobile rebuild of LevelUp. Evaluates on-device versus cloud inference as a systems architecture decision: where should ML computation run in a resource-constrained mobile environment? On-device ML Kit image labelling for habit photo verification — no image leaves the device. Offline-first architecture via SyncService + NetInfo with conflict-aware background sync to Firebase. Anti-cheat telemetry engine with 7 heuristic rules (Haversine GPS, accelerometer variance, step-to-distance ratio, speed variance). Jest test suite covering XP calculation, streak risk, and anti-cheat validation.

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Gamified habit tracker built around RPG progression — XP, levelling, stat attributes, streaks, and a credit economy. Hit fundamental web limitations (no camera, no background processing, no push notifications) that motivated a full native mobile rebuild as System Override.

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Freelance project: production website for a beauty training institute in Kathmandu, Nepal. SEO-optimised (semantic HTML, core web vitals), localization-ready architecture (English/Nepali dictionary pattern), animated responsive components.

🌐 Live Site

Role-based academic management system with separate professor and student dashboards, class scheduling, grading, and file management. Built after observing administrative fragmentation at KDU. CSRF protection and policy-layer access control throughout.

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