Gauraang Malik.
PhD researcher at Concordia University (Building Engineering) applying Machine Learning and AI to built-environment challenges. Founder of Le Laboratoire Kalkin, an AI consultancy specialising in multi-agent LLM systems, RAG pipelines, and financial forecasting. Speaker and organiser at The AI Collective, Montréal's applied AI community.
// AI Philosophy
AI systems should augment human judgment without harvesting data. On-premises deployment and local LLMs aren't limitations — they're design choices.
Infrastructure that runs on your hardware keeps you in control. Cloud dependency is a liability; reproducibility and ownership matter.
RAG retrieves. Agents reason. Most real-world problems need both working in concert, with hard guardrails against hallucination at every node.
Over-promising, under-constraining, and ignoring domain knowledge. Good AI is 20% model and 80% pipeline, data quality, and human oversight.
Technical Skills
Project Management
Soft Skills
Research on LLM-Agent Architecture – McGill University
- Literature Review (May–Aug 2024): In-depth study of encoder/decoder transformer models, AI hallucination causes, detection, and mitigation via LLM agents and RAG systems.
- Implementation (Jan 2025–Jun 2026): Prototyping multi-agent architectures in SmolAgents, LangChain, and AutoGen; evaluating performance and hallucination reduction.
PhD Researcher – Concordia University · Building Engineering
- Supervisor: Prof. Bruno Lee. Research on ML and AI applications for energy optimization in the built environment.
- Collaborating with Volt Age on applied energy intelligence, bridging simulation-based building models with real-world deployment.
Speaker & Organizer – The AI Collective (AIC)
- Speaker: Cracking the Formula for AI & ML — The AI Collective × McHacks & Plotly, McGill University; ML, LLMs, RAG & AI Agents — Simply Voting Inc.
- Organiser: AIC × Deck Meetup (April 2026); The AI Collective MTL. Topics: LLMs, RAG, multi-agent systems, hallucination mitigation.
Project Manager – Schlesinger Group
- Delivered multiple B2B and B2C quantitative research projects, providing actionable insights.
- Managed end-to-end research functions — data collection, processing, programming, and tabulation.
Associate Project Manager – Progresso Research
- Oversaw 30+ B2B and B2C quantitative projects monthly, maintaining on-time delivery.
- Led RFQ and bidding processes; monitored survey quotas and cost per respondent.
Magento & WordPress Developer – Digital Empowerment Foundation
- Developed and launched Digikargha.in, a handloom e-commerce site using Magento.
- Integrated secure payment gateway solutions for Magento and WordPress platforms.
PhD in Building Engineering – Concordia University
- Supervisor: Prof. Bruno Lee. Research focus: ML and AI applications for HVAC energy optimization in the built environment.
- Industry collaboration with Volt Age on real-world energy intelligence deployment.
Masters of Information Studies – McGill University
- Coursework: Artificial Intelligence, Data Science, Data Mining, Information Architecture, Research Principles, Information Security.
- Independent research on LLM hallucination mitigation as part of thesis project.
BSc in Information Technology – Amity University
- Coursework: Programming (C++, PHP), RDBMS, Web Development (HTML, CSS, JavaScript), Network Fundamentals.
- Final Year Project: Web-based inventory management system.