Skills

• extensive computer-vision, signals and systems, and robotics background, strong experience with
  algorithms and compiler design, visual perception, machine learning, cognitive science, haptics,
  automatic-differentiation, stochastic and non-deterministic programming languages,
  functional, logic, and constraint programming
• Languages
  C/C++, Scheme, Lisp, MATLAB, Java, Python, Prolog, VHDL, Verilog
  DSP(AD Blackfin) assembly, microcontroller assembly, x86 assembly
  native English, Tamil, and Hindi

Education

• PhD student, Artificial Intelligence		2008 – present
  Purdue University, Jeffrey Mark Siskind

  • cognitive robotics, grounding language in vision and robotic manipulation
  • high-level reasoning to solve inverse problems in vision and motor control
  • segmentation and tracking of objects in video with semantic priors
  • nondeterministic programming for solving constraint-satisfaction problems
  • stochastic modeling via probabilistic programming
  • http://iffsid.com/research

• Bachelor of Engineering - Electronics and Communication		2004 – 2008
  Anna University, India

  • Image Processing, Speech Processing, Computer Vision
  • Communication Systems, Embedded Systems (Robotics)

Publications / Posters

• A Visual Language Model for Estimating Object Pose and Structure in a Generative Visual Domain		May 2011
  Siddharth Narayanaswamy, Andrei Barbu, and Jeffrey Mark Siskind		Paper
  Proceedings of 2011 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation(ICRA)
  http://iffsid.com/icra2011

• Learning Physically-Instantiated Game Play Through Visual Observation		May 2010
  Andrei Barbu, Siddharth Narayanaswamy, and Jeffrey Mark Siskind		Paper
  Proceedings of 2010 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation(ICRA)
  http://iffsid.com/icra2010

• Design of a Do-It-Yourself VR Based Laparoscopic Simulator		Jan. 2009
  Siddharth.N, Manivannan.M, Suresh Devasahayam, and George Mathew		Poster
  Medicine Meets Virtual Reality (MMVR17)

Employment History

• Research Assistant		Aug. 2008 – present
  Jeffrey Mark Siskind		Purdue University, USA

  • designed and built custom robots for general manipulation tasks
  • solved vision and robotic manipulation problems using AD-based optimization
  • implemented closed-loop visual-servoing mechanism to drive motor control
  • implemented CSP-based algorithms to evaluate physical stability of structures derived from visual input

• Part-Time Instructor		Oct. 2007 – Aug. 2008
  The Princeton Review(Manya Education Pvt.Ltd.)		Chennai, India

  • handled the GRE and GMAT standardized exams
  • taught 250 students over a 10 month period

• Undergraduate Research Intern		May 2007 – Sept. 2007
  Doors and Gates Pvt.Ltd.		Chennai, India

  • implemented a range of IR control mechanisms for controller operations
  • tested and used implemented mechanisms successfully in robots during competitions
  • designed hybrid control mechanism for non-line-of-sight applications that included switching between multiple modes of operation autonomously

This document was translated from L^AT_EX by H^EV^EA.