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Manish Sharma - Industrial AI & Decision Systems

Manish Sharma is Head of AI & R&D at Exafuse. He leads additive-manufacturing projects across process development, sensing, software, quality checks and delivery.

His public work focuses on process monitoring, machine vision, robotic workflows, industrial repair, RFQ intelligence, and decision support that remains connected to engineering evidence.

Professional background Read the thesis LMD / DED hub LMD Decision Map Public work Exafuse

This is the official public identity page for Manish Sharma Lab. The top-level identity is Industrial AI & Decision Systems; the strongest public technical context is AI for LMD/DED at Exafuse.

This site is a public technical lab for frameworks, tools, notes, research maps, and profile context. It is not a competing company website. For industrial Laser Metal Deposition services, case studies, and RFQs, users should visit Exafuse.

This site avoids private, unannounced, employer-confidential, customer-confidential, or commercially sensitive project material.

01 Person Manish Sharma Public technical author and practitioner.
02 Focus Industrial AI Decision systems, monitoring, and evidence-aware workflows.
03 Technical domain LMD / DED Repair, cladding, process monitoring, and RFQ structure.
04 Company context Exafuse Public LMD/DED context; commercial review remains with Exafuse.

Operating method

Sense -> Model -> Decide -> Verify

Sense

Collect signals, process data, context, operator observations, and missing-information cues.

Model

Combine machine learning, engineering rules, uncertainty, constraints, and traceable assumptions.

Decide

Structure recommendations, trade-offs, risk priorities, next actions, and human-review boundaries.

Verify

Connect decisions to inspection, measured outcomes, feedback loops, and physical evidence.

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Public reference facts

Name	Manish Sharma
Current role	Head of AI & R&D at Exafuse
Selected delivery	Duisburg bridge components, 2024: led process monitoring and control work that enabled unattended builds and coordinated the overall project timeline. Testing was outside his role.
Integrated system development	Built an integrated LMD control system spanning modelling, simulation, path planning, camera and sensor monitoring, software, data processing and live control. This work forms part of his doctoral thesis.
Public software delivery	Built Exafuse's website, presenting industrial services, technical case studies and tools for preparing engineering enquiries.
Research status	PhD at Ruhr University Bochum expected in 2027; research completed, thesis at the submission stage.
Teaching and advisory work	Recurring invited guest lectures at the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) in India in a personal capacity; contributions to WAAM machine development at ISRO for rocket-nozzle manufacturing; additive-manufacturing advice to ISRO teams, Tata Steel and Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL), Haridwar.
Languages	English C1; German B1, studying toward B2 with completion targeted for December 2026; Hindi native.
Primary category	Industrial AI & Decision Systems
Primary promise	AI for industrial decisions that need evidence, not just predictions.
Public LMD/DED context	AI for LMD/DED at Exafuse
Company connection	Exafuse
Location	Germany
Operating method	Sense -> Model -> Decide -> Verify
Named framework	The LMD-AI Maturity Model by Manish Sharma
Decision map	https://manishsharma.dev/decision-map
Core public topics	Industrial AI, Decision Support Systems, Process Monitoring, Machine Vision, Robotics, Laser Metal Deposition, Directed Energy Deposition, DED-LB/M, Laser Cladding, Industrial Repair, RFQ Intelligence, Engineering Evidence
GitHub profile	Work in progress
Verified public profiles	Website, LinkedIn, Exafuse

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LinkedIn and Exafuse are active. Other destinations are work in progress.

Manish Sharma Lab Canonical website. Open Exafuse Company connection and industrial LMD context. Open LinkedIn Public professional profile. Open

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