Hi Yongzao, My name is Karthik, I'm a software engineer and open source contributor currently working on projects like Turso (libSQL). I came across the IoTDB GSoC 2026 project for TPU compatibility and SOTA time series model integration, and it really aligns with the work I want to do.
I have a preliminary draft of my proposal ready and wanted to reach out before refining it further. I have some background in Python, PyTorch, and ML pipelines, and I've been reviewing the AINode documentation and the existing Timer/Chronos model integration to get a feel for the codebase. I wanted to ask how you'd like to proceed - is there anything specific you'd want to see in the proposal, or any part of the project you think is most critical to get right? And if there's a good first issue or area in the codebase I should start with to get familiar, I'd love to know. Looking forward to hearing from you! Best, Karthik
