Aditya Surendran

Maggie Gough Awardee • BSA CREST Gold Awardee • YSTE ’26

Applied Mathematics Machine Learning Distributed Systems

About

I build research-heavy systems with practical outputs. My work focuses on extracting reliable signal from constrained data, then turning that into tools or frameworks that are explainable, measurable, and deployable. Current tracks include adaptive Byzantine fault tolerance and machine learning pipelines for early decision support.

Projects (Deep Dive)

Smarter Cancer Staging: Using ML to Infer Stage

done

Problem

Can gene expression data alone provide enough signal to distinguish early vs late stage before full imaging/pathology completion?

What I Built

A constrained ML pipeline trained on public RNA-seq datasets with explicit exclusion of staging inputs to isolate pure molecular signal.

Methods / Stack

Python, Pandas, ML classification workflow, independent cohort validation, low-power inference demonstration.

Key Contribution

Not “max accuracy,” but quantifying the biological ceiling of gene-expression-only staging and compressing usable signal into smaller practical panels.

Outcome

Demonstrated limited but consistent stage-related signal suitable for early triage support. Awarded BSA CREST Gold and presented in YSTE 2026 context.

Problem

Traditional BFT designs can be communication-heavy and brittle under changing network behaviour.

What I Built

An adaptive BFT framework with signature aggregation and mode-aware operation (fast/slow paths) to preserve safety while reducing overhead.

Methods / Stack

Byzantine consensus simulation, BLS aggregation concepts, adversarial jitter testing, performance instrumentation.

Key Contribution

Exploring practical communication reduction and deterministic adaptation under stress conditions rather than static protocol tuning only.

Outcome

Won Best Project in the 2026 SciFest@School context and advanced to further showcase stages. Ongoing refinement for robustness and explainability.

Pareto-Optimal Urban Transport (Environmental/Health Externalities)

ongoing

Problem

Transport optimisation often ignores health and environmental externalities in objective design.

What I’m Building

A multi-objective optimisation framing for transport decisions balancing efficiency with cleaner-climate and public health constraints.

Current Status

Progressed through science-competition pathways and currently in showcase/final-track contexts.

Honors & Awards (Detailed)

SciFest@School ’26 — Best Project

Awarded for the adaptive Byzantine fault tolerance project focused on communication efficiency and resilience.

BSA CREST Gold Award — 2026

Highest CREST level for an extended independent ML research project on molecular signal-based cancer staging support.

IAMTA Regional Junior Problem Solving — 1st Place (2026)

Top regional team result with progression to national finals.

LWETB Junior Maths Competition — 1st Place (2025)

Top placement in regional ETB-level mathematics competition pathway.

ETB All-Ireland Junior Maths — Runner-up (2025), Finalist (2024)

National-level placements across consecutive years in junior maths finals.

IMTA Maggie Gough — 5th Overall (2024)

Placed 5th out of 15,000+ participants with 95% score in a high-difficulty national mathematics contest.

Regional Pi Quiz — 4th Place

Team placement in a competitive mathematics quiz setting.