Karthik Vaidhyanathan
Assistant Professor
University of L'Aquila
Karthik Vaidhyanathan is an Assistant Professor at the Software Engineering Research Center, IIIT-Hyderabad, India where he is also associated with the leadership team of smart city living lab. He obtained his Ph.D. from the Gran Sasso Science Institute, Italy and did his postdoc at the University of L’Aquila, Italy. His main research interests lie in the intersection of software architecture and machine learning with a specific focus on building sustainable software systems. His research focuses on how machine learning techniques can be leveraged to better architect self-adaptive systems and further how to better define architecting practices for developing Machine Learning-enabled software systems. As a part of his research activities, he serves as a reviewer/organizing committee member in various workshops, conferences, and journals.
Karthik also poses more than 5 years of industrial experience as an employee and as a consultant in building and deploying ML products/services.
Publications
- From Enterprise Backbone to Developer Workbench: Engineering Rigor in the Age of AI.on June 30, 2026 at 11:00 pm
Karthik Vaidhyanathan:From Enterprise Backbone to Developer Workbench: Engineering Rigor in the Age of AI. IEEE Softw. 43(4): 122-126 (2026)
- Watts and Debts of Agentic Frameworks: An Empirical Study (Registered Report).on May 31, 2026 at 11:00 pm
Aneetta Sara Shany, Chandrasekar S, Karthik Vaidhyanathan:Watts and Debts of Agentic Frameworks: An Empirical Study (Registered Report). CoRR abs/2606.10702 (2026)
- Architecture in Practice: Scale, Latency, Decisions, and Change: A Multi-Episode SE Radio Digest.on April 30, 2026 at 11:00 pm
Karthik Vaidhyanathan:Architecture in Practice: Scale, Latency, Decisions, and Change: A Multi-Episode SE Radio Digest. IEEE Softw. 43(3): 111-116 (2026)
- A Research Agenda on Agents and Software Engineering: Outcomes from the Rio A2SE Seminar.on April 30, 2026 at 11:00 pm
Davide Taibi, Henry Muccini, Karthik Vaidhyanathan, Marcos Kalinowski, Michele Albano, Antonio Pedro Santos Alves, Renato Cerqueira, Mateus Devino, Matteo Esposito, Rodrigo Falcão, Vinicius Henning, Foutse Khomh, Valentina Lenarduzzi, Qinghua Lu, Matías Martínez, Henrique Mello, Daniel Méndez, Lucas Cordeiro Romão:A Research Agenda on Agents and Software Engineering: Outcomes from the Rio A2SE Seminar. CoRR abs/2605.11720 (2026)
- EnCoDe: Energy Estimation of Source Code At Design-Time.on April 30, 2026 at 11:00 pm
Shailender Goyal, Akhila Matathammal, Karthik Vaidhyanathan:EnCoDe: Energy Estimation of Source Code At Design-Time. CoRR abs/2605.00504 (2026)
- Context Matters: Evaluating Context Strategies for Automated ADR Generation Using LLMs.on March 31, 2026 at 11:00 pm
Aviral Gupta, Rudra Dhar, Daniel Feitosa, Karthik Vaidhyanathan:Context Matters: Evaluating Context Strategies for Automated ADR Generation Using LLMs. CoRR abs/2604.03826 (2026)
- Can AI Agents Generate Microservices? How Far are We?on February 28, 2026 at 11:00 pm
Bassam Adnan, Matteo Esposito, Davide Taibi, Karthik Vaidhyanathan:Can AI Agents Generate Microservices? How Far are We? CoRR abs/2603.09004 (2026)
- ArchBench: Benchmarking Generative-AI for Software Architecture Tasks.on February 28, 2026 at 11:00 pm
Bassam Adnan, Aviral Gupta, Sreemaee Akshathala, Karthik Vaidhyanathan:ArchBench: Benchmarking Generative-AI for Software Architecture Tasks. CoRR abs/2603.17833 (2026)
- LLM-based Automated Architecture View Generation: Where Are We Now?on February 28, 2026 at 11:00 pm
Sathvika Miryala, Rudra Dhar, Karthik Vaidhyanathan:LLM-based Automated Architecture View Generation: Where Are We Now? CoRR abs/2603.21178 (2026)
- The Agentic Shift: A Four-Episode Journey into Tool-Using LLMs, Secure Context, and AI-Driven Engineering.on February 28, 2026 at 11:00 pm
Karthik Vaidhyanathan:The Agentic Shift: A Four-Episode Journey into Tool-Using LLMs, Secure Context, and AI-Driven Engineering. IEEE Softw. 43(2): 144-148 (2026)
- LEAF: A Layered Emission Assessment Framework for Cloud Deployments.on February 28, 2026 at 11:00 pm
Prakhar Singhal, Shaunak Biswas, Karthik Vaidhyanathan, Akhila Matathammal, Ch Pavan Harshit, Ravi Kappagantu, Srinivas V. Katakam, Jitendra Chougala:LEAF: A Layered Emission Assessment Framework for Cloud Deployments. IEEE Softw. 43(2): 51-60 (2026)
- CALM: A Self-Adaptive Orchestration Approach for QoS-Aware Routing in Small Language Model based Systems.on January 31, 2026 at 11:00 pm
Hemang Jain, Divyansh Pandey, Karthik Vaidhyanathan:CALM: A Self-Adaptive Orchestration Approach for QoS-Aware Routing in Small Language Model based Systems. CoRR abs/2602.03632 (2026)
- AgenticAKM : Enroute to Agentic Architecture Knowledge Management.on January 31, 2026 at 11:00 pm
Rudra Dhar, Karthik Vaidhyanathan, Vasudeva Varma:AgenticAKM : Enroute to Agentic Architecture Knowledge Management. CoRR abs/2602.04445 (2026)
- CALM: A Self-Adaptive Orchestration Approach for QoS-Aware Routing in Small Language Model based Systems.on December 31, 2025 at 11:00 pm
Hemang Jain, Divyansh Pandey, Karthik Vaidhyanathan:CALM: A Self-Adaptive Orchestration Approach for QoS-Aware Routing in Small Language Model based Systems. SEAMS@ICSE 2026: 176-187
- From AI Assistants to Secure by Design: A Multi-Episode SE Radio Digest.on December 31, 2025 at 11:00 pm
Karthik Vaidhyanathan:From AI Assistants to Secure by Design: A Multi-Episode SE Radio Digest. IEEE Softw. 43(1): 139-143 (2026)
- Beyond Task Completion: An Assessment Framework for Evaluating Agentic AI Systems.on December 31, 2025 at 11:00 pm
Sreemaee Akshathala, Bassam Adnan, Mahisha Ramesh, Karthik Vaidhyanathan, Basil Muhammed, Kannan Parthasarathy:Beyond Task Completion: An Assessment Framework for Evaluating Agentic AI Systems. AGENT@ICSE 2026: 9-17
- SWEnergy: An Empirical Study on Energy Efficiency in Agentic Issue Resolution Frameworks with SLMs.on December 31, 2025 at 11:00 pm
Arihant Tripathy, Ch Pavan Harshit, Karthik Vaidhyanathan:SWEnergy: An Empirical Study on Energy Efficiency in Agentic Issue Resolution Frameworks with SLMs. AGENT@ICSE 2026: 104-111
- Can AI Agents Generate Microservices? How Far are We?on December 31, 2025 at 11:00 pm
Bassam Adnan, Matteo Esposito, Davide Taibi, Karthik Vaidhyanathan:Can AI Agents Generate Microservices? How Far are We? ICSA 2026: 13-24
- Toward self-coding information systems.on December 31, 2025 at 11:00 pm
Rodrigo Falcão, Frank Elberzhager, Karthik Vaidhyanathan:Toward self-coding information systems. CoRR abs/2601.14132 (2026)
- LLM-based Automated Architecture View Generation: Where Are We Now?on December 31, 2025 at 11:00 pm
Miryala Sathvika, Rudra Dhar, Karthik Vaidhyanathan:LLM-based Automated Architecture View Generation: Where Are We Now? ICSA 2026: 245-256
- Harmonica: A Self-Adaptation Exemplar for Sustainable MLOps.on December 31, 2025 at 11:00 pm
Ananya Vishal Halgatti, Shaunak Biswas, Hiya Bhatt, Srinivasan Rakhunathan, Karthik Vaidhyanathan:Harmonica: A Self-Adaptation Exemplar for Sustainable MLOps. CoRR abs/2601.11926 (2026)
- Architecting AgentOps Needs CHANGE.on December 31, 2025 at 11:00 pm
Shaunak Biswas, Hiya Bhatt, Karthik Vaidhyanathan:Architecting AgentOps Needs CHANGE. CoRR abs/2601.06456 (2026)
- Harmonica: A Self-Adaptation Exemplar for Sustainable MLOps.on December 31, 2025 at 11:00 pm
Ananya Vishal Halgatti, Shaunak Biswas, Hiya Bhatt, Srinivasan Rakhunathan, Karthik Vaidhyanathan:Harmonica: A Self-Adaptation Exemplar for Sustainable MLOps. SEAMS@ICSE 2026: 265-269
- POLARIS: Is Multi-Agentic Reasoning the Next Wave in Engineering Self-Adaptive Systems?on December 31, 2025 at 11:00 pm
Divyansh Pandey, Vyakhya Gupta, Prakhar Singhal, Karthik Vaidhyanathan:POLARIS: Is Multi-Agentic Reasoning the Next Wave in Engineering Self-Adaptive Systems? SEAMS@ICSE 2026: 188-193
- LLMs for Architectural Refactoring: An Exploratory Study on Monoliths to Microservices.on December 31, 2025 at 11:00 pm
Aneesh Sambu, Roberta Capuano, Eoan O’Dea, Karthik Vaidhyanathan, Henry Muccini:LLMs for Architectural Refactoring: An Exploratory Study on Monoliths to Microservices. ICSA 2026: 268-279
- Agentic AI Frameworks Under the Microscope: What Works, What Doesn’t.on December 31, 2025 at 11:00 pm
Karthik Vaidhyanathan, Davide Taibi:Agentic AI Frameworks Under the Microscope: What Works, What Doesn’t. IEEE Softw. 43(1): 133-138 (2026)
- Generative AI for software architecture. Applications, challenges, and future directions.on December 31, 2025 at 11:00 pm
Matteo Esposito, Xiaozhou Li, Sergio Moreschini, Noman Ahmad, Tomás Cerný, Karthik Vaidhyanathan, Valentina Lenarduzzi, Davide Taibi:Generative AI for software architecture. Applications, challenges, and future directions. J. Syst. Softw. 231: 112607 (2026)
- POLARIS: Is Multi-Agentic Reasoning the Next Wave in Engineering Self-Adaptive Systems?on November 30, 2025 at 11:00 pm
Divyansh Pandey, Vyakhya Gupta, Prakhar Singhal, Karthik Vaidhyanathan:POLARIS: Is Multi-Agentic Reasoning the Next Wave in Engineering Self-Adaptive Systems? CoRR abs/2512.04702 (2025)
- SWEnergy: An Empirical Study on Energy Efficiency in Agentic Issue Resolution Frameworks with SLMs.on November 30, 2025 at 11:00 pm
Arihant Tripathy, Ch Pavan Harshit, Karthik Vaidhyanathan:SWEnergy: An Empirical Study on Energy Efficiency in Agentic Issue Resolution Frameworks with SLMs. CoRR abs/2512.09543 (2025)
- Beyond Task Completion: An Assessment Framework for Evaluating Agentic AI Systems.on November 30, 2025 at 11:00 pm
Sreemaee Akshathala, Bassam Adnan, Mahisha Ramesh, Karthik Vaidhyanathan, Basil Muhammed, Kannan Parthasarathy:Beyond Task Completion: An Assessment Framework for Evaluating Agentic AI Systems. CoRR abs/2512.12791 (2025)
- APDT: A Digital Twin for Assessing Access Point Characteristics in a Network.on October 31, 2025 at 11:00 pm
D. Sree Yashaswinee, Gargie Tambe, Y. Raghu Reddy, Karthik Vaidhyanathan:APDT: A Digital Twin for Assessing Access Point Characteristics in a Network. CoRR abs/2511.23009 (2025)
- Dissecting Transformers: A CLEAR Perspective towards Green AI.on September 30, 2025 at 11:00 pm
Hemang Jain, Shailender Goyal, Divyansh Pandey, Karthik Vaidhyanathan:Dissecting Transformers: A CLEAR Perspective towards Green AI. CoRR abs/2510.02810 (2025)
