Vivek Chaudhuri
Research • Ventures • Impact
Building tools that help people think, learn, and thrive.
About Me
I am a student researcher and builder drawn to problems that matter beyond the classroom or lab. I like taking a “what if?” and turning it into something people can actually use.
Can GenAI outputs become visual knowledge maps that reflect how the brain connects ideas? MindStringAI. Can a smart wearable flag early signs of neurological decline before they become obvious? SoleMate. Can physics informed machine learning help make real-time asteroid deflection possible? My planetary-defense work.
I care deeply about building technology that broadens access and helps young people succeed. Through SafeTeens Online, I connect directly with students and help expand digital safety education to 5M+ young people. I built ColorHub to make design exploration more accessible for people with color vision deficiency, artists, and developers.
My current work brings that same commitment into the GenAI era: turning fragmented youth signals from an AI-integrated world into clearer insight into young people’s mental health, wellbeing, and digital safety. I also advocate for my generation and bring a student perspective into state and national conversations about technology design, responsible innovation, and policy.
The future I want to help build is human-centered: one that helps young people thrive while strengthening human cognition, creativity, and connection.
Core Projects
MindStringAI
MindStringAI transforms linear GenAI outputs into structured visual knowledge maps, helping users explore connected ideas through relationships, hierarchies, and discovery—mirroring how the human brain navigates knowledge spaces rather than linear text.
Awards & Recognition
- 🎗️ International Conference on Computing and Artificial Intelligence (ICCAI), Okinawa, Japan — April 2026: Oral Presentation & Best Presenter Award — Generative AI
- Selected as the only high school student to present a peer-reviewed paper at ICCAI 2026
, an international conference convening leading experts and scholars in computing and artificial intelligence from around the world. Received the Best Presenter Award in the Generative AI category. (Award link) - 🎗️ First-Author Peer-Reviewed Paper
- First-author peer-reviewed paper, accepted for publication by the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), with publication expected in Q4 2026.
- "From Linear Prompting to Structural Discovery: MindString and the Orchestration of Hierarchical Knowledge Graphs for LLM-Based Exploration"
- Co-authored with Dr. Venkata Duvvuri and researchers from Northeastern University and UC Santa Cruz Silicon Valley Extension.
SoleMate
SoleMate is a smart insole-based wearable system that uses predictive gait analysis to identify early neurological health indicators.
Awards & Recognition
- 🎗️ Blue Ocean Student Entrepreneur Competition (2025):
1st Place North America; 🌏Global Top 10 among 4,000+ teams and 12,700+ participants. (award) - Blue Ocean is the world's largest and most prestigious virtual pitch competition for high school innovators.
- 🎗️ JSHS 2025 Regional Symposium: Team of 2, Regional Finalist. Topic: "Low-Cost, Integrated Sensor for Comprehensive 3D Measurement of Spatiotemporal Gait Parameters." (certificate)
ColorHub
An all-in-one color discovery and matching platform for designers, developers, artists, and users with color-vision challenges, combining color-blindness simulation, brand color search, image color discovery, art exploration, and digital-to-paint matching.
Awards & Recognition
- 🎗️ Product Hunt
- Top 10 Product of the Day, Aug 2024 - - Reached the Top 10 Products of the Day on Product Hunt within a 24-hour launch window, competing against established teams and companies. ColorHub was the only solo-developer product among that day's Top 10.
- - Product Hunt is a leading Silicon Valley product-discovery platform and curator of technology innovation, where makers introduce new products to early adopters, builders, and technology enthusiasts.
Standalone Research
Youth Digital Paradox: Dynamic Knowledge Engine for an AI-Integrated World
A GenAI-enabled, human-governed knowledge platform that transforms fragmented youth digital, social, and GenAI signals into structured evidence, relationship maps, and personalized risk/resilience insights for young people growing up in an AI-integrated world.
Ounce of Prevention: Youth Digital Readiness & Mental Health Risk
An award-winning research study using literature synthesis and student survey analysis to examine how youth digital readiness, cyber-risk awareness, and digital/social participation relate to mental-health risk and resilience.
Seconds, Not Years: Algorithmic Asteroid Deflection for Rapid Decision-Making
A physics-informed machine learning model that uses impact simulations and scaling laws to predict optimal kinetic impactor designs for rapid asteroid deflection.