Notable Contributions
2024: Project iRASTE - applying Artificial Intelligence (AI) for Road Safety [India wins global award for iRASTE - Video]
2018: India Driving Dataset (IDD) - Open dataset for AD/AI/ML with unstructured-driving conditions [Video]
2010: Depth cameras - hand-pose & human-pose recognition, gestural interaction in AR/video conferencing
2006: Omni-directional (360°) vision system for the world's first autonomous boat
Expertise & Interests
Computer vision, applied AI, machine learning, deep learning
Autonomous driving, geo-spatial data analysis, hyperspectral imaging
Work
2020- Principal Engineer, Intel
2021-24 Mobility Lead, INAI - Applied AI Research Center, IIIT-Hyderabad
2013-20 Lead Architect, Intel
2010-13 Senior Research Scientist, Hewlett-Packard Labs
2006-10 Research Scientist, Hewlett-Packard Labs
2005-06 Postdoctoral Associate, Virginia Tech
2001 Member of Technical Staff (Intern), Rockwell Scientific
1999-2005 Graduate Research/Teaching Assistant, Virginia Tech
1996-99 Software Engineer, IBM
Education
2005: Ph.D. Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA
2001: M.S. Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA
1996: B.E. Bharathiar University (Coimbatore Institute of Technology), Coimbatore, India
Patents
10
Publications
Service
Adjunct Faculty, IIIT Hyderabad (2024 - )
Co-chair. AutoNUE workshops - ECCV 2018, ICCV 2019, CVPR 2021
Co-organizer, International/National Data Challenges
INAI Data Analytics Challenge on Road Safety, CTRG 2023
Categorizing Missing Traffic Signs from Contextual Cues (C4MTS), NCVPRIPG 2023
IDD Challenge, NCVPRIPG 2019
Co-instructor, Applying Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Road Safety and Traffic Engineering, CTRG 2023
Invited talks - SPCOM 2020, STAS 2021, ITSIVUE 2021
Awards/Honors
2022: Distinguished Alumni of 1996, Coimbatore Institute of Technology
2005: Outstanding Research Achievement, Annual Graduate Research Symposium, Virginia Tech
2005, 2001: Honorable Distinction for Innovation in Research, Annual Graduate Research Symposium, Virginia Tech - 2005 (PhD) & 2001 (MS)
1996: Best Outgoing Student, Dept. of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Coimbatore Institute of Technology
Post-doctoral and Graduate Research
Past (pre-2007) research work can be seen on this archived webpage.
Others/Interests
Senior Member, IEEE - 2010
Black belt - Tae Kwon Do (Moo Duk Kwan)
Past research at Virginia Tech (2006) Really old homepage (1999)