Prajith Pillai, a Mechanical Engineer from the Indian Institute of Technology Madras. His responsibilities within ENCODING include:

1. Formulating novel feature extraction algorithms capable of classifying and parameterizing different processes within combustion systems.
2. Developing approaches to optimize and regularize low-dimensional manifolds, employing data-driven modal decomposition methods such as Principal Component Analysis (PCA), Proper Orthogonal Decomposition (POD), Dynamic Mode Decomposition (DMD), High-Order DMD, and Spatio-Temporal Koopman Decomposition.
3. Integrating feature extraction processes with sampling techniques and non-linear scaling using kernel methods.
4. Deriving hybrid methods that combine data-based and first principle approaches for combustion diagnostics, enhancing the discovery potential and applicability of data-based techniques while optimizing the parameterization of turbulent combustion systems.