# Harihar Rengan

> Harihar Rengan is a student machine-learning researcher at Dubai College (UAE) working on explainable and interpretable AI for healthcare. He has 11 papers (2026) at venues including IEEE COMPSAC, IEEE Healthcom, ACM ICMHI, IEEE CAISAIS, IEEE TALE and IEEE MIT URTC, holds US Patent 12,737,201 as sole inventor, founded EpicxAI, and co-founded Lock In and AlziDetect.

Key facts:

- Research: Student Research Lead, Explainable AI Lab, EECS, American University in Dubai (2025–present, supervised by Dr. Vinod Pangracious); Student Researcher, Department of Computing, Hong Kong PolyU (Mar 2026–present, supervised by Dr. Chi-wai Do and Dr. Eugene Yujun Fu); Research Intern, Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging (Jun 2026–present).
- Patent: US 12,737,201, "System and Method of Navigating a Digital Platform with a Customized Virtual Assistant", granted Sep 15, 2026.
- Ventures: EpicxAI (founder and CEO; AI navigation engine, 20,000+ users); Lock In (co-founder; study planner for schools, $10k Emergent Ventures grant, 550+ learners served); AlziDetect (co-founder and technical research lead; low-cost Alzheimer's screening, partnered with Alpha Clinic to reach 530+ seniors, 165 referred to GPs; Blue Ocean global top 0.1%).
- Leadership: Co-head, Dubai Computer Science Society (450+ members, 370+ students mentored worldwide).
- Selected honours: Blue Ocean global top 100 of 23,000+; Conrad Innovator Award; ACSL UAE rank 1 (2025); UKMT top 100 of 240,000+; AIME qualifier; Dubai Math Super League UAE rank 1 twice.
- Education: Dubai College (A-Levels in Mathematics, Further Mathematics, Physics, Computer Science; expected Jul 2027). SAT 1560.

## Profiles

- [Website](https://hariharrengan.com/): research papers, labs, projects, leadership and awards
- [Full profile for LLMs](https://hariharrengan.com/llms-full.txt): every paper, venture, role and award in plain text
- [Resume (PDF)](https://hariharrengan.com/Harihar_Rengan_Resume.pdf)
- [Google Scholar](https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=b2MSAaMAAAAJ)
- [ORCID 0009-0001-0704-2751](https://orcid.org/0009-0001-0704-2751)
- [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/harihar-rengan/)
- [GitHub](https://github.com/HariharRengan)

## Ventures

- [EpicxAI](https://epicx-ai.com)
- [Lock In](https://lockinplanner.com)
- [AlziDetect](https://www.alzidetect.com)
- [Dubai Computer Science Society](https://dubaicssociety.com)