About me

I am a Principal Research Scientist in the Computer Vision group at MERL. I joined MERL in 2020 after my PhD.

I finished my PhD in Electrical Engineering at Arizona State University in 2019. My PhD advisor was Prof. Pavan Turaga in the Geometric Media Lab.

My main research interests are in deep learning, computer vision and artificial intelligence. I have experience in high-level inference problems like visual reasoning, object detection, action recognition, and inverse problems like image restoration. I design algorithms for these applications primarily using deep learning and sometimes using cooler tools like group theory and Riemannian geometry.

Recently I have been working on estimating vital signs (like heart rate) directly from videos, detecting objects in lidar scenes, and abstract visual+linguistic reasoning working towards data- and parameter-efficient general intelligence.