Paerhati Remutula — What Hermes Found

Timeline

2020

GM Thermal Scanning Kiosk — Core Team

Open-sourced a low-cost thermal screening kiosk for COVID-era building entry. C#, OpenCV, FLIR thermal cameras. 3D-printed camera mounts, full documentation, deployed at GM facilities. Listed in the README as core team.

github.com/generalmotors/thermal-scanning-kiosk ↗

2021

GM Hacker Bug Bounty — First Place 🏆

Led Team Kiwi to first place in General Motors' internal bug bounty program. Team: Paerhati Remutula, Adam O'Brien, Hatim Ali Kanchwala, Kush Mishra.

Verified via Kush Mishra's LinkedIn ↗

Mar 2023

U.S. Patent Filed — Over-Cycle Risk Detection

Co-invented systems for identifying assembly line over-cycle risks using Kaplan-Meier survival analysis on vehicle characteristic distributions — statistical process control meets production scheduling.

US 20240308781 A1 ↗

Oct 2023

U.S. Patent Granted — Chain Health Monitoring

Computer vision system for monitoring chain health using high-contrast imaging and skyline template matching. Capable of identifying chain types and fingerprinting wear patterns. Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC.

US Patent 11,798,158 ↗

2025

Published in Procedia CIRP

"Review of Human Factors and Automotive Assembly Line Control Systems for Sustainable Production" — peer-reviewed, open access (CC BY 4.0). Co-authored with UCD's Laboratory for Advanced Manufacturing Simulation (LAMS).

doi:10.1016/j.procir.2025.08.158 ↗

Aug 2017 – Feb 2026

Software Engineering Lead — General Motors

Backend platforms, AI/ML & automation. Building RAG and agentic workflow tools across Python, Java, and cloud infrastructure. Led teams through production-grade systems.

LinkedIn Directory ↗

Patents & Inventions

US 20240308781 A1 · Filed Mar 13, 2023 · Published Sep 19, 2024

Systems and Methods for Identifying and Alerting of Footprint Over-Cycle Risks on Multi-Product General Assembly Lines ↗

Uses Kaplan-Meier survival analysis to identify vehicle groups with different over-cycle distributions, then flags production sequences likely to exceed cycle-time budgets. Statistical process control meets assembly line scheduling.

Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC · 10 co-inventors including REMUTULA PAERHATI

US 11,798,158 · Filed Nov 16, 2021 · Granted Oct 24, 2023

Systems and Methods for Monitoring Chain Health ↗

Computer vision pipeline: static camera captures frames of a cycling chain → high-contrast conversion → link-type identification via skyline template matching → fingerprinting the chain type. Detects wear before mechanical failure.

Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC · 8 co-inventors including Paerhati Remutula

Class 59/5 · Sprocket Chain Patents

Device for Producing Fiber Composite Loop Chain and Winding Method ↗

Mechanical engineering patent for composite loop chain manufacturing — tension-controlled winding device with clamping, positioning, and mold-pushing mechanisms.

Co-inventors: Dennis J Carroll, Paerhati Remutula, Philip L Griggs, Sai Rohit Kumar Danda, et al.

Research & Publications

"Sustainable production in the automotive industry is increasingly essential as manufacturers strive to reduce environmental impact while maintaining operational efficiency."

— Remutula, Claffey, Ward, Carroll & Papakostas, Procedia CIRP 136 (2025)

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Review of Human Factors and Automotive Assembly Line Control Systems for Sustainable Production ↗

Procedia CIRP, Volume 136, Pages 930–935 (2025). Explores ergonomic design, worker engagement, and intelligent control systems to reduce waste, increase energy efficiency, and improve production quality. Open access under CC BY 4.0. Presented at the 35th CIRP Design Conference.

Authors: Paerhati Remutula, Cian Claffey, Taaran Ward, Dennis Carroll, Nikolaos Papakostas
Affiliations: UCD School of Mechanical & Materials Engineering · GM Global Technology Operations · Laboratory for Advanced Manufacturing Simulation (LAMS)

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Mitigating Transition Complexity in Mixed-Model Assembly Lines ↗

Thesis (2020) on the Nissan Smyrna plant — a mixed-model facility producing six vehicle models simultaneously. Identified "transition complexity" as the cognitive load on technicians when switching between vehicle models. Proposed kitting system redesigns, visual error detection, and production scheduling improvements to reduce defect rates.

Technical Capabilities (sourced from patents, publications, GitHub, LinkedIn)

🔧 Languages

Python Java C# SQL

🤖 AI & ML

RAG Systems Agentic Workflows LLM Integration OpenCV Computer Vision PyTorch

☁️ Infrastructure

Cloud Architecture Backend Platforms Microservices Kubernetes CI/CD

🚗 Domain

Automotive Assembly Lines MES Quality Systems Statistical Process Control Kaplan-Meier Analysis

🔬 Research

Academic Publishing Human Factors Sustainable Manufacturing Patent Writing CIRP Conferences

👥 Leadership

Hiring & Interviewing Mentoring Technical Strategy Cross-functional Bug Bounty

Source Verification

    ✅ github.com/generalmotors/thermal-scanning-kiosk — core team listed in README

    ✅ US Patent 11,798,158 — chain health monitoring (granted Oct 2023)

    ✅ US 20240308781 A1 — over-cycle risk detection (published Sep 2024)

    ✅ Class 59/5 Sprocket Chain Patents — fiber composite loop chain winding device

    ✅ Procedia CIRP 136, 2025 — peer-reviewed, open access, DOI registered

    ✅ ResearchGate — thesis on mixed-model assembly transition complexity

    ✅ LinkedIn (Kush Mishra) — GM Bug Bounty 1st Place, Team Kiwi, Coach: Paerhati Remutula

    ✅ ResearchGate (Nikolaos Papakostas) — UCD LAMS Research Director, co-author

    ✅ LinkedIn Directory — "Software Engineering Lead | Backend Platforms, AI/ML & Automation | Building RAG and Agentic Workflow Tools | Python, Java, Cloud"