Ivan Pupkin

Born and raised in Buenos Aires, Argentina, I'm obsessed with harnessing energy in different forms and manipulating it to form something new. Something that helps us think and create.

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Software

Backend systems, MLOps, and the odd audio DSP tool.

Acoustics

Impulse-response processing, leak detection, room measurement.

Photography

Street, nature, abstract, architecture — shot in Buenos Aires and beyond.

Companies I've engineered for

Featured photos

Waves break at the base of a towering rock formation carved with a natural arch and sea caves

A boat window reflects gear on deck while two seated women are visible faintly through the glass

People walk along a stone breakwater above jumbled concrete tetrapods at the waterline

Girl watching lake and mountains over a ferry's handrail

Latest project

Christmas tree valves at an oil wellhead

AcousticsJune 12, 2025

Ultrasonic acoustic-emission leak detection for wellhead valves

MSc thesis (2024): DSP and machine learning on ultrasonic acoustic-emission signals to detect leaks in wellhead valves, end-to-end from research to a working proof of concept, R&D at Mecantronic.

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acoustics
signal-processing
machine-learning