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| known_for = Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Research | | known_for = Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Research | ||
| education = Royal Global School, Guwahati | | education = Royal Global School, Guwahati | ||
| notable_works = "ML-Based Prediction of Phycocyanin Purity" | | notable_works = "ML-Based Prediction of Phycocyanin Purity", "Seq2Seq Reconstruction of Sanskrit Phonology", "desicodes" | ||
| website = | | website = www.desicodes.com | ||
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'''Huma Abia Kanta''' (born 24 May 2009) is an Indian student researcher and | '''Huma Abia Kanta''' (born 24 May 2009) is an Indian artificial intelligence student researcher, high-school scholar, and founder of a youth-led coding startup from Guwahati, Assam. She is known for her peer-reviewed research on machine learning applications to bio-resources and computational linguistics, and for building community-focused technology solutions in Northeast India. In 2025, she presented full, peer-reviewed AI and natural language processing papers at international conferences, becoming one of the youngest Indians to do so. She is the founder of ''desiCodes'', a youth-led platform developing Indian-language programming tools, including ''asPy'', an Assamese–Python transpiler. She currently attends Royal Global School, where she has received the Chairman’s Medal for Academic Excellence. | ||
==Early life and education== | ==Early life and education== | ||
Huma grew up in Guwahati, Assam, and attended Royal Global School, where she consistently ranked among the top 2% of her cohort and received the Chairman’s Medal for Academic Excellence. She has maintained a record of high academic performance, achieving above 93% each year from | Huma grew up in Guwahati, Assam, and attended Royal Global School, where she consistently ranked among the top 2% of her cohort and received the Chairman’s Medal for Academic Excellence. She has maintained a record of high academic performance, achieving above 93% each year from early Grades. | ||
==Research and publications== | ==Research and publications== | ||
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=== ML-Based Prediction of Phycocyanin Purity === | === ML-Based Prediction of Phycocyanin Purity === | ||
She presented her study on predicting the purity of phycocyanin using machine learning at an international conference organized by Nakhchivan Technical University in collaboration with five other universities in October 2025. Her research compared six regression models—Ridge, XGBoost, Support Vector, Linear, and Random Forest—and achieved an average absolute error of 0.058, demonstrating the potential of ML models in forecasting pigment purity for sustainable bio-resource industries. | She presented her study on predicting the purity of phycocyanin using machine learning at an international AI/ML conference organized by Nakhchivan Technical University in collaboration with five other universities of Azerbaijan in October 2025. Her research compared six regression models—Ridge, XGBoost, Support Vector, Linear, and Random Forest—and achieved an average absolute error of 0.058, demonstrating the potential of ML models in forecasting pigment purity for sustainable bio-resource industries. | ||
=== Seq2Seq Reconstruction of Sanskrit Phonology === | === Seq2Seq Reconstruction of Sanskrit Phonology === | ||
She presented an advanced artificial intelligence–driven study on Sanskrit–Chinese phonology at RegICON 2025, the Regional International Conference on Natural Language Processing organised by the Department of Information Technology, Gauhati University, where her full paper was featured alongside work by faculty and researchers from leading institutions across India and abroad. | |||
She has co-authored additional studies that are currently awaiting approval for | She has co-authored additional studies that are currently awaiting approval for publications. | ||
==Entrepreneurship== | ==Entrepreneurship== | ||
In 2025, Huma founded | In 2025, Huma founded ''desiCodes'', a youth-led programming education initiative focused on making coding more inclusive across Indian languages. The venture is developing a suite of indigenous-language programming tools. Its early project, ''asPy'', enables Python programming using Assamese syntax to support broader digital literacy in Northeast India. | ||
== Community work == | |||
Huma has worked on several student-led impact initiatives. As a STEM outreach leader, she organised workshops for students in rural schools to promote hands-on science learning. She taught computer literacy to children in relief camps for communities affected by violence in Manipur, and taken part in native-sapling plantation activities during Majuli reforestation drives by Balipara Foundation. | |||
==Awards and recognition== | ==Awards and recognition== | ||
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| Born | May 24, 2009 |
| Place of Birth | Guwahati, Assam, India |
| Occupation | Student Researcher |
| Notable Works | "ML-Based Prediction of Phycocyanin Purity", "Seq2Seq Reconstruction of Sanskrit Phonology", "desicodes" |
| Website | www.desicodes.com |
Huma Abia Kanta (born 24 May 2009) is an Indian artificial intelligence student researcher, high-school scholar, and founder of a youth-led coding startup from Guwahati, Assam. She is known for her peer-reviewed research on machine learning applications to bio-resources and computational linguistics, and for building community-focused technology solutions in Northeast India. In 2025, she presented full, peer-reviewed AI and natural language processing papers at international conferences, becoming one of the youngest Indians to do so. She is the founder of desiCodes, a youth-led platform developing Indian-language programming tools, including asPy, an Assamese–Python transpiler. She currently attends Royal Global School, where she has received the Chairman’s Medal for Academic Excellence.
Early life and education
Huma grew up in Guwahati, Assam, and attended Royal Global School, where she consistently ranked among the top 2% of her cohort and received the Chairman’s Medal for Academic Excellence. She has maintained a record of high academic performance, achieving above 93% each year from early Grades.
Research and publications
Huma focuses on AI applications in sustainability, socio-technological modeling, and computational linguistics.
ML-Based Prediction of Phycocyanin Purity
She presented her study on predicting the purity of phycocyanin using machine learning at an international AI/ML conference organized by Nakhchivan Technical University in collaboration with five other universities of Azerbaijan in October 2025. Her research compared six regression models—Ridge, XGBoost, Support Vector, Linear, and Random Forest—and achieved an average absolute error of 0.058, demonstrating the potential of ML models in forecasting pigment purity for sustainable bio-resource industries.
Seq2Seq Reconstruction of Sanskrit Phonology
She presented an advanced artificial intelligence–driven study on Sanskrit–Chinese phonology at RegICON 2025, the Regional International Conference on Natural Language Processing organised by the Department of Information Technology, Gauhati University, where her full paper was featured alongside work by faculty and researchers from leading institutions across India and abroad.
She has co-authored additional studies that are currently awaiting approval for publications.
Entrepreneurship
In 2025, Huma founded desiCodes, a youth-led programming education initiative focused on making coding more inclusive across Indian languages. The venture is developing a suite of indigenous-language programming tools. Its early project, asPy, enables Python programming using Assamese syntax to support broader digital literacy in Northeast India.
Community work
Huma has worked on several student-led impact initiatives. As a STEM outreach leader, she organised workshops for students in rural schools to promote hands-on science learning. She taught computer literacy to children in relief camps for communities affected by violence in Manipur, and taken part in native-sapling plantation activities during Majuli reforestation drives by Balipara Foundation.
Awards and recognition
- Gems of Northeast Award (2025) – Times Now, Guwahati
- Voice of the Youths Award (2025) – Radio Gup-Shup 94.3 FM
- Young Engineering Mind of the Year (2024) – SPM & Lalan
- Best Speaker, JEDI Debate (2023) – The Doon School, Dehradun