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