Rohit Nambiar

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Hello :wave:! I am a Research Software Engineer at Apple where I work on spatial computing and machine learning. Prior to this, I was a CVML Research Engineer at Tangible Play (Osmo) where I worked on building interactive educational games powered by computer vision and machine learning. I finished my Masters in Robotics from the University of Maryland, College Park in 2019 where I was working in the RCPS Lab with Dr. Yasser Shoukry.

I enjoy building products at the intersection of computing, computer vision and deep learning especially on resource constrained environments. I am also passionate about teaching and making AI more accessible.

Experience

  • Jan'24 - Present
    Research Software Engineer
    Apple
    • Building fun stuff on the  Vision Pro
  • Jul'19 - Dec'23
    CVML Research Engineer II
    Tangible Play (Osmo)
    • Building interactive educational games using computer vision and machine learning for kids. Some of the math games that I worked on can be found here on Amazon.
    • Our work on "Gamifying Math Education using Object Detection" was presented at the NeurIPS 2021 workshop on Math AI for Education (MATHAI4ED)
    • Led the development efforts for our core C++ vision library and prototyped new camera hardware devices.
  • Summer 2018
    Machine Vision Automation Intern
    Magic Leap
    • Researched and developed a deep learning based image recognition and image comparison framework using tensorflow and python. Improved accuracy for scene and image classification tests.
    • Implemented end-to-end transfer learning on the VGG-19 network by creating a new dataset for image classification and compared different feature detection and triplet based learning algorithms for image similarity.
  • Feb'18 - May'19
    Graduate Research Assistant
    RCPS Lab, UMD
    • Research on creating a motion-planning framework using Tensorflow. Implemented the QuickXplain algorithm in Python used for constrained optimization.
    • Implemented multi-robot motion planner in adversarial environments using temporal logic for mobile robots. Published in ICRA 2019.

Education

  • 2017 - 2019
    Master's of Engineering in Robotics
    University of Maryland, College Park
  • 2012 - 2016
    Bachelor of Engineering in Electronics and Telecommunications
    University of Pune, India

Publications & Patents