About Me
I am currently an Assistant Professor of Computer Science at the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) since Fall 2022. After finishing my PhD in Computer Science from the University of Texas at Dallas (UTD) in May 2019, I joined UTSA as a non-tenure track assistant professor of instruction with the CS department.
My research interest and expertise are interdisciplinary with the main focus in the fields of Computer Vision and Immersive (Virtual / Augmented / Mixed) Realities with applications in the domains of healthcare, rehabilitation, virtual training, and serious gaming, with a focus on improving the quality of human life. My research has been supported through various grants. Specifically, I have received the prestigious CISE Research Initiation Initiative (CRII) award from the National Science Foundation (NSF). I am also part of two NSF Medium awards, one NSF Small award, and other local / internal grants.
Research Interests
- Computer Vision - 3D Human Pose and Shape Estimation, 3D Reconstruction (Depth Es-timation, Neural Rendering)
- Immersive Realities (Mixed / Virtual / Augmented Reality)
- Medical Image Analysis - Segmentation, Classification
- Application Domains - telehealth, tele-rehabilitation, virtual STEM education, virtual train-ing and other serious game applications
Work Experience
- Assistant Professor, UTSA (Aug 2022 - Present)
- Assistant Professor of Instruction, UTSA (Sept 2019 - July 2022)
- Research Scientist, Mobiweb Inc. (Jun 2019 - Aug 2019)
- Graduate Research Assistant, Multimedia Systems Lab, The University of Texas at Dallas (May 2014 - May 2019)
- Interaction & Experiences Research Intern, Facebook Reality Labs - Oculus Research (May 2018 - Aug 2018)
- Visual Experience - Display Engineering Intern, Apple Inc. (Jan 2017 - May 2017)
- Software Engineer Intern, Samsung India Electronics Pvt. Ltd. (Dec 2012 - May 2013)
Education
- Ph.D. in Computer Science, University of Texas at Dallas, 2019
- M.S. in Computer Science, University of Texas at Dallas, 2015
- B.T. in Computer Science & Engineering, Nirma University, 2013
Awards
- Nominated for Service Excellence Award, UTSA University Excellence Faculty Awards, 2025.
- Outstanding Teaching Award, UTSA Computer Science Department, 2022.
- Nominated for Teaching Excellence Award, UTSA President’s Distinguished Faculty Awards, 2022.
- Nominated for Rising Star Award, UTSA University Excellence Staff Awards, 2022.
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