Witsanupong Kolakul

About Me

My journey in Computer Engineering began in high school with C and C++ in a Science-Mathematics Program, sparking a passion for systems-level thinking that continues to drive my work today.

I'm currently developing flight software for the CUSAT-1 satellite bound for the ISS Kibo module, designing avionics PCBs for high-altitude rockets at CUHAR, and engineering backend platforms with FastAPI and Docker at CEDT Solution Club. Space technology is at the core of what I do.

Long-term, I want to work in the aerospace industry — building the reliable, mission-critical software that keeps things running in orbit.

Full Name

Witsanupong Kolakul

Nickname

Tetae

Contact

teverygood@gmail.com
github.com/itertius
linkedin.com/in/witsanupong-kolakul
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National Awards

10+

GitHub Projects

Research Papers

Experience

Backend Engineer

CEDT Solution Club

Chulalongkorn University · Bangkok, Thailand (Hybrid)

Sep 2026 – present

Engineered RESTful API endpoints and designed relational database schemas utilizing FastAPI and PostgreSQL for the CEDT Startup CO-OP platform. Architected backend logic to streamline cooperative education matching workflows connecting 4th-year students, university administrators, and academic lecturers. Deployed and maintained scalable microservices infrastructure employing Docker containerization, Git version control, and Huawei Cloud.

FastAPI PostgreSQL Docker REST API Huawei Cloud

Avionics Engineer

CU High Altitude Research Club (CUHAR)

Chulalongkorn University · Bangkok, Thailand (Hybrid)

Sep 2026 – present

Designed and fabricated custom printed circuit boards (PCBs) utilizing KiCad to support critical high-altitude rocket flight operations. Programmed embedded C/C++ flight software via STM32CubeIDE to process real-time sensor data, transmit telemetry, and trigger automated parachute ejection mechanisms. Executed comprehensive hardware-in-the-loop testing protocols to validate avionics reliability and subsystem integration prior to launch.

KiCad C/C++ STM32 PCB Design Telemetry

OBC & Flight Software Engineer

CU Satellite & Aerospace Technology Club (CUSAT)

Chulalongkorn University · Bangkok, Thailand (Hybrid)

Aug 2026 – present

Developed core flight software for the CUSAT-1 1U satellite Onboard Computer (OBC) to execute nationwide flood-observation missions utilizing an optical camera payload. Integrated concurrent inter-subsystem data pipelines across Electrical Power (EPS), Attitude Determination (ADCS), and Communications modules for orbital deployment via the ISS Kibo module. Implemented CCSDS 133.0-B space packetization, Reed-Solomon error-correction encoding, and telemetry data budget calculations to ensure robust orbital data transmission.

CCSDS Reed-Solomon Satellite OBC EPS / ADCS ISS Kibo

Projects

🏆 Best Failure & Deployment Awards

Sky's Line & Sky's Rift 2 — CanSat 2026

ESP32 · LoRa · Embedded Systems · Telemetry

Technical Advisor for two student teams through the full CanSat lifecycle. Sky's Line won the Best Failure Award, and Sky's Rift 2 won the Deployment Award for their reliable parachute system. Defined the architecture across ESP32-based subsystems with LoRa telemetry.

2 stars

AI for Thai - Exercise Form Analysis

MediaPipe · Pathumma LLM · VAJA TTS

Intelligent exercise form analysis system for Thai athletes. Integrates MediaPipe pose detection, Pathumma LLM, and VAJA Thai text-to-speech for real-time AI coaching feedback with 95% accuracy.

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2 stars

CartPole DQN from Scratch

PyTorch · Reinforcement Learning

Production-ready Deep Q-Learning implementation built entirely from scratch with PyTorch. Features experience replay, target networks, real-time training visualization, and comprehensive testing framework achieving 85% success rate.

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Outstanding AI

AI Builders 5 - Tomato Disease Classification

Mahidol University · Central Retail Digital

Developed Edge Contour Detection for plant separation addressing data imbalance and real-world noise. Received Outstanding AI Award for innovative approach to computer vision challenges.

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1 star

Subscription Hub - Payment Tracker

React · Node.js · GitHub Actions

Modern web application for comprehensive subscription payment management with real-time tracking, statistics dashboard, multi-currency support, and automated Docker deployment with CI/CD pipeline.

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1 star

AI Thai Learning Companions

NLP · LLM · Text-to-Speech

AI-powered Thai language learning application generating interactive exercises including vocabulary questions and sentiment analysis using state-of-the-art NLP and text-to-speech technology.

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Competitions & Awards

Best Failure & Deployment Awards

Thailand CANSAT - ROCKET Competition 2026

Team Sky's Line & Sky's Rift 2

Technical Advisor for two teams. Guided both teams through the full CanSat lifecycle — design, build, test, and flight. Sky's Line achieved the Best Failure Award, and Sky's Rift 2 won the Deployment Award for their highly reliable parachute deployment system.

Best Deployment in Thailand

Thailand CANSAT - ROCKET Competition 2025

NSM · Defence Technology Institute · 104 teams

Project Manager & Software Engineer. Developed comprehensive Ground Station, Flight Software, and Deployment Software. Won Deployment Award as the only team in Thailand with end-to-end system design.

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Consolation Award

Thailand CANSAT - ROCKET Competition 2024

NSM · Defence Technology Institute · 100 teams

Software Engineer & Systems Integration. Developed advanced flight control systems and communication protocols. Advanced to national finals as one of top teams in Thailand with innovative engineering solutions.

Silver Medal

Thailand AI Engineering Championship 2025

CMKL University · AST · 800+ participants

Advanced algorithms: KNN, K-Means Clustering, DAG Scheduling. Achieved 90/300 score through intensive 2-month preparation. Awarded Silver Medal by CMKL University.

1st Runner-Up

OIC InsureTech Award 2025

Center of InsureTech Thailand · 400+ teams

"InsureMate" - AI application for insurance literacy integrating ML and NLP/LLM features. Won 70,000 THB prize for innovative approach to insurance technology.

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1st Runner-Up

DeafTech Hackathon 2024

UNICEF Thailand

"ThaiSign Application" - innovative Thai sign language learning platform using MediaPipe + MobileNetV2. Designed with UX/UI accessibility focus for hearing-impaired users with comprehensive gesture recognition.

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Semi-Finalist

Thailand Metaverse Hackathon & Exhibition #1

Faculty of Engineering, Chulalongkorn University

Project Manager & Full-Stack Developer. Built VR app for OCD Exposure Therapy using Unity, React Native, and Node.js. Advanced to top 20 teams.

Semi-Finalist

Thailand Metaverse Hackathon & Exhibition #2

Faculty of Engineering, Chulalongkorn University

Project Manager. Developed immersive VR insurance learning simulation for training insurance professionals. Created realistic scenarios for risk assessment and policy understanding with advanced game mechanics.

Rank 23/130

SPU AI PROMPT Mini Hackathon 2025

SPU SIT · NECTEC · AiAT

Comprehensive EDA, data cleaning, and AutoGluon model training for prompt quest challenge. Achieved top quartile performance in competitive AI field with advanced optimization techniques.

Research & Publications

Workshop Paper · CVPR 2026

Perceptual Loss-Based Approaches to Personal Color Season Classification

CVPR 2026 · Non-archival Track (4 pages)

Extended workshop submission presenting practical applications and implementation details of UColor system for seasonal color analysis with perceptual awareness in computer vision tasks, achieving 13.4% accuracy improvement over baseline methods.

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Computer Vision Color Science Workshop Non-archival Implementation

Conference Paper · CVPR 2026

Advanced Seasonal Color Analysis for Perceptually-Aware Image Classification

CVPR 2026 · Full Paper

UColor addresses a fundamental gap in Computer Vision: current models perceive color in RGB without understanding human color perception. The project proposes a two-stage architecture using FaRL backbone with a hybrid perceptual loss (Cross-Entropy + CIEDE2000) to classify Seasonal Colors in a perceptually-aware manner, reducing cross-undertone errors by 4.2%.

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Computer Vision Color Science FaRL CIEDE2000 CIELAB PyTorch Perceptual Loss

Internship · Dec 2025 - Apr 2026

AI Research Assistant

Uphasia Artificial Intelligence Co., Ltd.

Researched and developed Computer Vision and Color Analysis models. Applied Color Science principles: CIELAB color space and CIEDE2000 metric. Developed Deep Learning models for Seasonal Color classification and designed perceptual-aware loss functions.

Deep Learning Color Analysis CIELAB Loss Function Design Research Documentation

Skills & Technologies

Machine Learning

PyTorch

TensorFlow

Scikit-learn

AutoGluon

Optuna (HPO)

XGBoost

Computer Vision

FaRL · CLIP

OpenCV

Mediapipe

EasyOCR

Tesseract

Pillow · ImageIO

Languages & Frameworks

Python

C / C++

FastAPI

React · Vue.js

Node.js

NumPy · Pandas

Matplotlib · Plotly

Tools & Platforms

Docker

PostgreSQL

Google Colab

Kaggle

Git · GitHub

KiCad · Arduino

Unity · Android Studio

LaTeX

NLP & LLMs

Thai NLP · BM25 · TF-IDF

RAG Pipelines

Typhoon · OpenThaiGPT

Pathumma · VAJA TTS

UX / UI Design

Figma

Web Design

Languages

Thai (Native)

English (Professional Working Proficiency)

Soft Skills

Communication

Leadership

Networking

Problem Solving · Time Management

Volunteer & Leadership

President of Yellow House (President)

Saraburi Wittayakhom School · Academic Year 2567

Managed 1 of 4 houses with 1000+ members. Led house to victory as best house during SBW games week, demonstrating leadership and organizational skills.

Teaching Assistant · Computer Olympiad (TA)

Computer Olympiad Training Camp

Teaching assistant for Computer Olympiad Camp - mentoring students in algorithms, data structures, and competitive programming using C++ with advanced teaching methodologies.

Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC)

Military Service Volunteer Activities

Participated in national reserve officer training activities, contributing to community service and civic engagement programs with demonstrated commitment to national service.

Team Mentor & Advisor · Sky's Line & Sky's Rift 2

Thailand CANSAT-ROCKET Competition 2026 Finalists

Volunteer mentor, advisor, and project manager for two finalist teams in Thailand CANSAT-ROCKET Competition 2026. Provided technical guidance, project Management expertise, and strategic support throughout the competition with exceptional leadership and mentoring capabilities.

Guest Speaker · OIC International Insurance Symposium 2025

OIC International Insurance Symposium 2025

Invited speaker at international insurance symposium, sharing insights on AI applications in insurance technology and innovation.

Teaching Assistant · Water Rocket (TA)

Science Activity Volunteer

Teaching assistant for water rocket workshop - mentoring younger students in hands-on STEM learning activities with effective teaching strategies and practical guidance.

Open Source · GitHub Projects

github.com/itertius

Actively contributing to open source projects and maintaining a public GitHub profile with various AI/ML implementations, tools, and research code, demonstrating commitment to collaborative development and knowledge sharing.

Technical Writing · Medium Blog

medium.com/@itertius

Writing technical articles and tutorials on AI, machine learning, and software development to share knowledge with the developer community, establishing expertise in emerging technologies and best practices.

About Me

Education

Chulalongkorn University

Saraburi Wittayakhom School

Experience

Projects

Sky's Line & Sky's Rift 2 — CanSat 2026

AI for Thai - Exercise Form Analysis

CartPole DQN from Scratch

AI Builders 5 - Tomato Disease Classification

Subscription Hub - Payment Tracker

AI Thai Learning Companions

Competitions & Awards

Thailand CANSAT - ROCKET Competition 2026

Thailand CANSAT - ROCKET Competition 2025

Thailand CANSAT - ROCKET Competition 2024

Thailand AI Engineering Championship 2025

OIC InsureTech Award 2025

DeafTech Hackathon 2024

Thailand Metaverse Hackathon & Exhibition #1

Thailand Metaverse Hackathon & Exhibition #2

SPU AI PROMPT Mini Hackathon 2025

Research & Publications

Perceptual Loss-Based Approaches to Personal Color Season Classification

Advanced Seasonal Color Analysis for Perceptually-Aware Image Classification

AI Research Assistant

Skills & Technologies

Machine Learning

Computer Vision

Languages & Frameworks

Tools & Platforms

NLP & LLMs

UX / UI Design

Languages

Soft Skills

Volunteer & Leadership

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