Positions Held
Mississippi State University -- Jan'22 to Present-- Postdoctoral Researcher-- ML applications to Biology
Tata Consultancy Services -- Nov'16 to Jan'21-- Assistant. Consultant -- Radar DSP & ML for autonomous driving
University of Waterloo -- Jun’15 to Aug’16 -- Postdoctoral Researcher (hosted by Profs. C. Rosenberg & R. Mazumdar) -- Optimization problems in HetNets
Indian Statistical Institute -- Jun’14 to Apr’15 -- Postdoctoral visitor (hosted by Prof. R. Roy) -- Statistical learning from neighbors
IIT Bombay -- Jun'04 to Jun'05 -- Research Assistant (hosted by Prof. P. Rao) -- HMM based Isolated Word Recognition system
CEN @ Amrita University -- Jun'03 to May 04 -- Research Assistant (hosted by Profs. K. P. Soman & K. I. Ramachandran) Numerical Solutions to PDEs
Voluntary Services
Web co-chair for Comsnets 2011
Ph. D. Thesis title: Connectivity and Coverage Problems in Random Networks. Advisors: Prof. D. Manjunath & Prof. Bikash Kumar Dey
Electrical Engineering Department, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India. Jul 2008 - May 2014 (Thesis Submission)/Mar 2015 (Degree conferred).
Master of Technology (M. Tech.) [Specialization: Communication & Signal Processing] CPI: 9:51/10 Advisors: Prof. S. N. Merchant & Prof. U. B. Desai
Electrical Engineering Department, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India Jul 2005 - Jun 2008
Thesis title: Cross-Layer optimization for Wireless Video Streaming
Bachelor of Engineering (B. E.) [Specialization: Electronics & Communication] Score 87:72% Advisors: Prof. K. P. Soman & Prof. E. P. Sumesh
Bharathiar University, India, ECE @Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham Jul 1999 - Jun 2003
Award: University 4th Rank
Thesis title: Wavelet and Galerkin based solutions to PDEs
Talks (to be updated)
Volunteer activities:
Conducted DSP and ML mini-courses as a part of TCS' outreach program to a few colleges in Karnataka from Jan 2018.
Mentored students for Masters and Bachelor thesis on relevant problems since July 2018.
Mentor students for Math Olympiads since June 2020, see current efforts at Starkville-Matheletes-link.