About

I am a systems researcher and PhD Candidate at the DREAM Lab, Department of Computational and Data Sciences, IISc. I work on the systems aspects of Edge AI, particularly on power and performance optimization, modeling and scheduling of DNN workloads on edge devices. My research has resulted in several poster, workshop, conference and journal publications at top international and national venues such as SIGMETRICS, FGCS, EuroSys, IPDPS, CCGRID and HiPC. Prior to my PhD, I worked on developing Graphics Device Drivers as part of Intel's Visual Technologies Team. I hold a Bachelor's Degree in Electronics and Communication from M S Ramaiah Institute of Technology and a Master's Degree in Electronic Systems Design from IIIT Bangalore, both with gold medals. I have received several awards, including the MLCommons' ML and Systems Rising Star Award, Prime Minister's Research Fellowship, Intel's Department Recognition Award, and travel grants from Microsoft Research, ACM-W, IEEE TCPP, USENIX, SIGMETRICS, EuroSys and CODS-COMAD.

Major Awards & Accomplishments

  • ML and Systems Rising Star Award, MLCommons

    May 2024, IISc

  • Best Presentation Award, EECS Symposium

    April 2024, IISc

  • Young Researcher, Pingala Interactions in Computing

    Nov 2023, IISc

  • Prime Minister's Research Fellowship (PMRF)

    Oct 2021, IISc

  • Winner, Intel India Movidius Hackathon

    Nov 2019, Intel

  • Department Recognition Award

    Q2 '19, Intel

  • Institute Gold Medal

    July 2018, IIITB

  • Sir M Vishveshwarya Scholarship Award

    July 2018, IIITB

  • Dean’s Merit List

    2017, 2018, IIITB

  • Institute Gold Medal

    Aug 2016, MSRIT

Education

  • PhD Candidate
    Computational and Data Sciences
    IISc Bangalore
    Oct 2020 - Present
    GPA: 9.3/10

  • Master of Technology
    Embedded Systems
    IIIT Bangalore
    July 2016 - July 2018
    GPA: 3.95/4 (Rank 1)

  • Bachelor of Technology
    Electronics and Communication
    M S Ramaiah Institute of Technology, Bangalore
    July 2012 - July 2016
    GPA: 9.88/10 (Rank 1)

Professional Experience

  • Visiting Researcher at LASS Lab, UMass Amherst

    May - Aug 2024
    Working on collaborative inference on heterogenous edge devices

  • Research Staff at HPC Lab, IISc Bangalore

    Feb - Jul 2020
    Generation of Random Data Dependence Graphs for use in compiler optimizations.

  • Graphics Software Engineer at Intel India Pvt Ltd, Bangalore

    Aug 2018 - Jan 2020
    Developed Intel Kernel Mode Graphics Drivers for various platforms.
    Domain Expertise: C, Kernel Mode Drivers, Debugging, GPU

  • Intern at IBM System Development Labs, Bangalore

    Jan - Jun 2020
    Prototyped and demonstrated the automation of device code generation with support for behavioral modeling

  • Intern at HCL Products and Platforms, Bangalore

    May - Jul 2017
    Worked on a PoC to demonstrate the value of analytics in understanding test results

Teaching Experience

  • Teaching Assistant, NPTEL

    Spring 2023, 2024
    Conducted live sessions for the NPTEL course on GPU Architectures and Programming

  • Teaching Assistant, NPTEL

    Fall 2023
    Conducted live sessions for the NPTEL course on Applied Accelerated AI

  • Course Instructor, ISSS

    Fall 2022
    Delivered a 10 week course on Basics of Operating Systems as part of the PMRF lecture series

  • Teaching Assistant, NPTEL

    Fall 2022
    Conducted live sessions for the NPTEL course on Fundamentals of Operating Systems

  • Teaching Assistant, IIIT Bangalore

    Fall 2016, 2017
    TA for the English course offered to Integrated MTech students

Travel Awards

  • HiPC TCPP Travel Grant

    Nov 2023, HiPC

  • SIGMETRICS Travel Grant

    Jun 2023, SIGMETRICS

  • EuroSys Travel Grant

    Mar 2023, EuroSys

  • Microsoft Research Travel Grant

    Mar 2023, MSR

  • CODS-COMAD D & I Scholarship

    Nov 2022, CODS-COMAD

  • USENIX Student Grant

    Jun 2022, USENIX

  • ACM-W Student Travel Grant

    Jun 2022, ACM-W

  • CODS-COMAD Student Grant

    Dec 2021, CODS-COMAD

  • VLDB Attendance Support Grant

    Aug 2021, VLDB

Miscellaneous

A voracious reader and sporadic writer, words and stories have always taken center stage in my life. If you'd like to read what I write, below are a couple of places you can find me. I am also a trained Carnatic musician, and I sing and play the keyboard.