About me

Hello there!

I build systems that observe the world using all kinds of signals and then act meaningfully on what they observe. I earned my Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University in 2020, where I worked on wireless sensing and networking at WiSELab.

Currently, I am a Senior Software Developer at Apple, where I lead technical efforts on technologies to observe proximity such as vision, wireless sensors and motion sensors. My work spans ML systems, ultra-wideband (UWB) technologies, and vision-based sensing algorithms. I’ve led teams developing secure vision algorithms for next-generation Apple devices and led the software bring-up for Apple’s 2nd generation UWB chip.

My work had led to 3 granted US patents, systems and code shipping on ~1.5 billion devices, and academic recognition like best paper awards at IPSN 2018 and RTAS 2017. I’m passionate about bridging the gap between cutting-edge research and production systems, with expertise in wireless sensing, computer vision, and embedded systems. You can find more about my work and publications in the research section.

My PhD research focused on distributed reception architectures for low-power wide-area networks, including the development of OpenChirp, an open-source platform for managing IoT devices. Our work on LoRa networks and wireless synchronization earned a best paper award and was recognized for advancing coherent combining techniques in wireless systems.

During my PhD, I also worked on the DARPA Subterranean Challenge as part of the CMU-Oregon State explorer team, which placed 4th overall, won the tunnel circuit stage and was the runner-up in the urban stage.

Before graduate school, I completed my B.Tech. in Engineering Physics at the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay in 2014, where I built detectors for physics experiments and developed electronic systems for the IIT-Bombay Racing Team’s electric race car. I also spent one summer at Forschüngzentrum Jülich working on the PANDA experiment and another summer at the Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics working on the GEO-600 gravitational wave detector.

You can find my detailed resume here.