Experience

  1. Junior Researcher (HiWi)

    August-Wilhelm Scheer Institute

    Responsibilities include:

    • Worked on several applied research projects, including MediHopps, iperMö, FläKI and VuLCAn.
    • Implemented advanced deep learning methods for human action recognition (HAR) and body pose estimation (HPE), and delivered detailed performance evaluations of these models, along with a trained HAR model (ST-GCN++) for custom rehabilitation exercise data captured in the lab using Meat Quest VR Headset.
    • Systematic Literature Research and Reviews, Project Proposals and Scientific Literature Writing.
    • Generally worked on computer vision, computer graphics, and machine/deep learning tasks like human pose estimation, human action recognition, and some XR tasks.
    Reference Letter - Dr. Dirk Werth Reference Letter - Ms. Nanna Dahlem
  2. Research Assistant

    Max Planck Institute for Informatics - AIDAM Group

    Responsibilities include:

    • Worked on Radiance Field methods for Novel View Synthesis of structural color objects created by laser markings.
    • Benchmarked SOTA radiance methods for synthetic scene involving Structural Color Object created in Blender.
    • Developed capture setup to capture highly reflective and shiny structural color paintings on metal substrates.
    • Improved the scene optimization using geometric prior and Anisotropy Regularizer in 3D Gaussian-Splatting method.
    • Presented comprehensive experiments to demonstrate methods for simulating structural color objects before printing them using only captured images of laser-printed primaries.
    • Facilitated interactive visualization of view dependent structural colors of laser-printed images and paintings on metal substrates in web viewer.
  3. Computer Vision Intern

    BASF-Coatings GmbH

    Responsibilities include:

    • Developed dataset for adhesive test and corrosion detection on images of test panels of metal substrates.
    • Developed framework and trained YOLOv8 model for adhesive tests’ detection and UNet for corrosion detection using created dataset for automation project.
    Certificate
  4. Computer Vision Intern

    Fenris GmbH

    Responsibilities include:

    • Contributed to marker-less motion capture solutions using single and multiple cameras, for athlete motion tracking and analysis.
    • Conducted a comprehensive literature research and review focused on deep learning approaches for human pose estimation and benchmarked SOTA approaches for domain specific video data.
    • Worked on different tasks such as camera calibration, deep learning based human pose estimation & golf sequence detection, estimating joint angles from 3D body poses, comparing two pose sequences and visualization of results in Blender and Unity.
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  5. Indian Civil Services Exam Preparation

    During the preparation of this exam, I gained Under-Graduate level knowledge of Anthropology, Polity, Governance, Indian Constitution, Social Justice, International Relations, Economics (Macro), Indian & World Geography, Indian & World History, Indian Culture & Society, Environment, and Ethics. (Overall pass percentage of candidates ≈ 0.1%)

Education

  1. MSc - Media Computer Science

    Saarland University

    Grade: 1.6/5.0 (1.0 being the best possible score)

    Courses included:

    • Computer Graphics, Image Processing & Computer Vision, Neural Networks: Theory & Implementation, High-Level Computer Vision, Statistics with R, Adversarial Reinforcement Learning, Human Computer Interaction, Games & Interactive Media
    • [Audited] Geometric Modeling, Machine Learning, AI, Ethics for Nerds

    Thesis: Novel View Synthesis of Structural Color Objects Created by Laser Markings. (1.3)

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  2. BEng - Computer Engineering

    Pune University

    Grade: 65% (First Class)

    Courses included:

    • Data Structures and Algorithms, Design & Analysis of Algorithms, Software Architecture, Software Engineering, Software Testing & Quality Assurance
    • Database Management Systems, Data Communications, Computer Networks, Cloud Computing
    • Microprocessors and Microcontrollers, Digital Electronics and Logic Design, Microprocessors and Interfacing Techniques
    • Distributed Operating Systems, Advanced Computer Architecture, Theory of Computation

    Thesis: Secure Data Storage on Multi-cloud Using DNA Based Cryptography - This project enables new perspective on DNA based cryptography, which ensures secure data storage on multi-cloud.

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🛠️ Skills
Programming
Python
C#, C++
R, MATLAB, C, SQL
Packages
PyTorch, TensorFlow, Keras
Scikit-image, OpenCV, Open3D
NumPy, Pandas
Scikit-learn, SciPy
HuggingFace, LangChain
Matplotlib, Seaborn
Tools
Git
Conda
Jupyter Notebook
Unity 3D
Blender
Metashape, COLMAP, Meshlab,
Docker, HPC, SLURM
Azure DevOps
LATEX, MS office
OS
Linux
Windows
Shell/Dos Scripting
🗣️ Languages
90%
English
95%
Hindi
100%
Marathi
15%
German
🏅 Certifications
Attention in Transformers
Coursera ∙ March 2025
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Foundations of MR, XR, VR Development on Quest headsets with Meta’s Presence Platform and Unity
Udemy ∙ December 2024
Build Your MR Game & Publish it on Meta’s Horizon Store
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How Diffusion Models Work
Coursera ∙ June 2024
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Finetuning Large Language Models
Coursera ∙ May 2024
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Neural Networks and Deep Learning
Coursera ∙ March 2021
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Improving Deep Neural Networks: Hyperparameter Tuning, Regularization and Optimization
Coursera ∙ March 2021
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Structuring Machine Learning Projects
Coursera ∙ March 2021
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Introduction to R
datacamp ∙ October 2021
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Intermediate R
datacamp ∙ October 2021
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Introduction to Data in R
datacamp ∙ November 2021
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AWS Machine Learning Foundations
udacity ∙ October 2021
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Graph Analytics for Python Developers
memgraph ∙ January 2021
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PyTorch Essential Training: Deep Learning (2019)
linkedin ∙ March 2021
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Python
kaggle ∙ June 2021
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Intro to Machine Learning
kaggle ∙ December 2021
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Pandas
kaggle ∙ September 2021
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Intermediate Machine Learning
kaggle ∙ December 2021
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Feature Engineering
kaggle ∙ December 2021
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Intro to SQL
kaggle ∙ January 2022
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Intro to Game AI and Reinforcement Learning
kaggle ∙ January 2022
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German A1.1
ISZ Saar, Saarland University ∙ March 2021
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English - C1
IELTS ∙ September 2019
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