<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Darshan Nere</title><description>Welcome to my portfolio and blog .</description><link>https://darshannere.com/</link><item><title>Open-Sourcing ObservAgent: Making Claude Code Sessions Actually Observable</title><link>https://darshannere.com/projects/07-observagent-opensource/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://darshannere.com/projects/07-observagent-opensource/</guid><description>I built ObservAgent to make Claude Code runs easier to understand in real time, with live logs, cost tracking, subagent filtering, and repo-level session history with export.</description><pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Running OpenClaw Safely with Docker (Without Letting It Loose on Your Laptop)</title><link>https://darshannere.com/projects/06-openclaw-docker/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://darshannere.com/projects/06-openclaw-docker/</guid><description>A practical walkthrough of running OpenClaw inside Docker—containerizing an autonomous AI agent for safe experimentation, transparent monitoring, and easy cleanup.</description><pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Medical Chain-of-Thought Reasoning with GRPO</title><link>https://darshannere.com/projects/project-11/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://darshannere.com/projects/project-11/</guid><description>A medical reasoning system that enhances LLMs with Chain-of-Thought reasoning using Group Relative Policy Optimization, achieving +11% accuracy over supervised fine-tuning baselines across three medical QA datasets.</description><pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>AgentWatch: Production-Grade Observability for AI Agents</title><link>https://darshannere.com/projects/project-12/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://darshannere.com/projects/project-12/</guid><description>A lightweight, self-hosted monitoring platform for AI agents that tracks token usage, latency, error rates, and cost per task in real-time — with zero-code integration and no vendor lock-in.</description><pubDate>Mon, 09 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>FlexGuard (arXiv:2509.18662): Designing On-Body Feedback to Prevent Injuries in Strength Training</title><link>https://darshannere.com/projects/04-flexgaurd/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://darshannere.com/projects/04-flexgaurd/</guid><description>A practical design space for building wearable feedback systems that help lifters stay safe—grounded in co-design workshops, speed-dating evaluations, and a proof-of-concept prototype.</description><pubDate>Fri, 30 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>A Cross-Layer Survey of Security for Large Language Models: From Jailbreaks to Multi-Agent Systems</title><link>https://darshannere.com/projects/05-agents_security/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://darshannere.com/projects/05-agents_security/</guid><description>A  survey-style report that organizes LLM security into three layers—inference-time jailbreaks &amp; privacy, secure fine-tuning, and multi-agent systems—highlighting recurring vulnerabilities, defense trade-offs, and open research gaps.</description><pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>GRPO vs DPO: Mathematical Reasoning in Small-Scale LLMs</title><link>https://darshannere.com/projects/project-10/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://darshannere.com/projects/project-10/</guid><description>A comparative study of Group Relative Policy Optimization (GRPO) and Direct Preference Optimization (DPO) for enhancing mathematical reasoning in the Qwen2.5-3B model, achieving 71% accuracy on GSM8K with 33% lower VRAM usage.</description><pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Dev Chat Room using WebSockets: Real-Time Communication Made Simple</title><link>https://darshannere.com/projects/project-6/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://darshannere.com/projects/project-6/</guid><description>Developed a chat room for implementing a websocket application in which multiple people can connect and get notification of the joinning and leaving</description><pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Video-Based Injury Classification and Prevention in Football using Machine Learning</title><link>https://darshannere.com/projects/project-5/indes/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://darshannere.com/projects/project-5/indes/</guid><description>Developed a machine learning system to predict football player injuries from video analysis using advanced pose estimation and classification algorithms.</description><pubDate>Wed, 20 Nov 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>CNN-Transformer Deep Learning Approach for Enhanced Network Intrusion Detection</title><link>https://darshannere.com/projects/project-7/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://darshannere.com/projects/project-7/</guid><description>A hybrid CNN-Transformer model aimed at improving the effectiveness of network intrusion detection systems by leveraging deep learning to detect and prevent sophisticated cyber-attacks.</description><pubDate>Fri, 11 Oct 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Hybrid CNN-ORB Image Feature Extraction and Image Retrieval</title><link>https://darshannere.com/projects/project-8/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://darshannere.com/projects/project-8/</guid><description>A hybrid approach to image feature extraction using CNNs for global features and ORB for local features to improve the accuracy of image retrieval systems.</description><pubDate>Wed, 09 Oct 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>My VT Hacks 12 Experience: Building, Learning, and Collaborating</title><link>https://darshannere.com/projects/03-vthacks/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://darshannere.com/projects/03-vthacks/</guid><description>An exciting weekend at VT Hacks 12, where I had the chance to collaborate, innovate, and build a real estate co-ownership platform, HomeRun.</description><pubDate>Sun, 15 Sep 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>HomeRun: A Real Estate Co-Ownership Platform for Accessible Investment</title><link>https://darshannere.com/projects/project-9/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://darshannere.com/projects/project-9/</guid><description>HomeRun is a real estate co-ownership application built to make property investment more accessible and collaborative, allowing users to scout and invest in properties with ease.</description><pubDate>Sun, 15 Sep 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Masters in Computer Engineering</title><link>https://darshannere.com/projects/02-starting-masters-vt/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://darshannere.com/projects/02-starting-masters-vt/</guid><description>Starting Masters in Computer Engineering at Virginia Tech</description><pubDate>Tue, 13 Aug 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Text to SQL Query Generation using LLM</title><link>https://darshannere.com/projects/project-2/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://darshannere.com/projects/project-2/</guid><description>Developed a text-to-SQL query generator and conversational chatbot using advanced language models to enhance query accuracy and efficiency.</description><pubDate>Thu, 20 Jun 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Undergraduate Passing</title><link>https://darshannere.com/projects/01-undergraduate-passing/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://darshannere.com/projects/01-undergraduate-passing/</guid><description>Finishing Electronics and Telecommunications Engineering from VIT Pune </description><pubDate>Fri, 31 May 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>3D Obstacle Detection Camera and Lidar Fusion</title><link>https://darshannere.com/projects/project-4/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://darshannere.com/projects/project-4/</guid><description>Implemented a high-precision obstacle detection system by fusing camera and LIDAR data, achieving a 96% precision rate in obstacle detection.</description><pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Smart Traffic Management System using Computer Vision</title><link>https://darshannere.com/projects/project-3/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://darshannere.com/projects/project-3/</guid><description>Developed a dynamic traffic management system using computer vision to optimize traffic flow and ensure adherence to traffic signals.</description><pubDate>Fri, 30 Sep 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>