CV

Education

• M.Sc. in Computer Science, Oregon State University, 2018–21
• B.Tech. in Computer and Communication Engineering, Manipal Institute of Technology, 2013–17

Work experience

• 2021 – present: UX Researcher
  • Microsoft (Cloud + AI)
  • AI Experiences (horizontal) team
  • Conducted research across product and design teams to improve and incorporate AI features and capabilities seamlessly and responsibly.
• 2019 – 2021: Graduate Research Assistant
  • Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR
  • Research on producing sound and interpretable explanations for Reinforcement learning systems (such as RTS games, Atari breakout)
  • Conducting qualitative and quantitative user studies to evaluate XAI systems.
  • Project is funded by DARPA, under the XAI project.
• 2018 – 2019: Graduate Teaching Assistant
  • Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR
  • CS 565 (Human Computer Interaction), CS 352 (Usability Engineering), CS 361 (Software Engineering), CS 290 (Web Development)
• Summer 2018: Artificial Intelligence Engineer
  • Digital Product School, UnternehmerTUM, Munich
  • Solved the problem space of collecting air data, and predicting local air quality in Munich by using mobile vehicles mounted with Pycom sensors.
• 2017 – 2018: Machine Learning Engineer
  • Aitoe Labs, Mumbai, India
  • Led the team for developing aiRide, a product for the safety of car drivers.aiRide detects drowsiness and inattention of the driver, using Computer vision techniques.
  • Developed the front-end of ‘SmartEncoder’, a product which packaged our Computer vision capabilities into a deployable unit.
• Spring 2017: Intern
  • Novartis, Hyderabad, India
  • Created a Pharmaceutical keyword extraction tool for clinical research.
• Summer 2016: Intern
  • Wipro, Bengaluru, India
  • Worked on Object detection and tracking of objects on the road for autonomous vehicles.

Skills

• Frameworks: TensorFlow, Keras, OpenCV, Hadoop, MEAN Stack,React, Angular, Matlab, Latex, Git
• Languages: Python, C++, Java, JavaScript, SQL, Bash, Assembly
• Work: Design Thinking, Agile, Lean, AI Product management, Risk validation, Interdisciplinary and cross-functional teamwork

Service

• Paper Reviewer for PacificVis 2021
• Paper Reviewer for IUI 2021
• Paper Reviewer for AAAI 2021
• Paper Reviewer for CSCW 2020