Curriculum Vitae
Work Experience
Research Scientist, Machine Learning
Google AR/VR
Nov 2024 - Present
- Google AR/VR
Associate Research Scientist
Digital Humans Group, Disney Research|Studios
June 2022 - Nov 2024
- Digital Humans Group, Disney Research|Studios
Senior Associate Engineer
Caterpillar Inc.
July 2013 - August 2016
- Role: Embedded Electronics Engineer
Internships
Research Intern
Digital Humans Group, Disney Research|Studios
March 2017 - Feb 2018
- Digital Humans Group, Disney Research|Studios
- Topic: Geometry Processing
- Supervisor(s): Dr. Thabo Beeler, Dr. Derek Bradley
Research Intern
IIT Madras
Summer 2012
- Indian Institute of Technology Madras
- Visualization and Perception Lab
- Topic: Content Based Video Retrieval
- Supervisor(s): Prof. Dr. Sukhendu Das
Education
Ph.D
ETH Zurich, Switzerland
2023
D-INFK, Computer Graphics Lab
M.Sc
ETH Zurich, Switzerland
2018
D-ITET
B.E. in Electronics and Communications Engineering
Anna University, Chennai, India
2013
Skills & Competencies
Programming Languages
Python, C++, C
ML frameworks
pytorch, tensorflow, jax
Languages
English (Fluent), French (A2), German (A1), Tamil (Mother Tongue), Hindi and Sanskrit (Basic Proficiency)
Selected Publications
Featured Shape modeling Face capture & animation Neural representations
Representing 3D Faces with Learnable B-spline Volumes
Featured Face capture & animation AI and Machine learning
Infinite 3D Landmarks: Improving Continuous 2D Facial Landmark Detection
Featured Shape modeling Generative models Neural representations
Shape Transformers: Topology-Independent 3D Shape Models Using Transformers
Featured Neural rendering Generative models AI and Machine learning
Adaptive Convolutions for Structure-Aware Style Transfer
Patents
Inventor on 28 granted and pending patents spanning digital human capture, facial performance animation, neural rendering, and geometric modeling.
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