My efforts have benefited from working with some amazing list of collaborators. Some are listed here. As appropriate, I have added the link to their most recent website and as much as I can remember to update, where they are. You can also see a list of my Ph.D. students and my academic genealogy at the Math Geneology Project site.

Current Team

Ph.D. Students (Current)

  • Apoorva Beedu [LinkedIn], Ph. D. Candidate in ECE, (2018-Present).
  • Harish Haresamudram [Webpage, LinkedIn], Ph. D. Candidate in ECE (2019-Present) [Co-Advised with Thomas Ploetz].
  • Miguel Morales [Webpage], Ph. D. in CS (2021-Present) [Co-Advised with Charles Isbell]
  • Charles Nimo [Webpage], Ph. D. Candidate in CS (2023-Present) [Co-Advised with Michael Best].
  • Daniel Nkemelu [LinkedIn], Ph. D, Candidate in Human-Centric Computing (2019-Present) [Co-Advised with Michael Best].
  • Nikolai Warner [LinkedIn], Ph. D. Candidate in Robotics (2020-Present).
Apoorva
Harish
Miguel
Charles
Daniel
Nikolai
Current Ph.D. Students

Alumni

This list is only those who had some publications with me and were recently working with me.

Visiting Scientists

Post-Doc/Research Scientists

  • Joshua Jones, [website] Research Scientist (2011-2013)
  • Grant Schindler, [website] Research Scientist (2010-2013).
  • Zhile Ren [website] Post-Doc (2018-2019) with Dhruv Batra and Devi Parikh
  • Vincent Cartillier [LinkedIn] Post-Doc (2023-2024). with Judy Hoffman

Ph. D. [Official Advisor] (chronologically).

  1. Darnell Moore [LinkedIn] Ph. D. in ECE (2000) (co-advised with Monson Hayes III). At Amazon.
  2. Arno Schödl [LinkedIn, website] Ph. D. in CS (2003). CTO at Think-Cell.
  3. Antonio Haro [LinkedIn, website] Ph. D. in CS 2003. Senior Research and Development Manager at Here.
  4. Gabriel Brostow [website, Google Scholar] Ph. D. in CS 2004. Professor at University College London.
  5. Drew Steedly [website, Google Scholar]Ph. D. in CS 2004. Partner Development Manager at Amazon.
  6. Vivek Kwatra [website, Google Scholar]Ph. D. in CS 2005 (co-advised with Aaron Bobick). Staff Research Scientist at Google.
  7. Robert Mitch Parry [LinkedIn, website] Ph. D. in CS (2007). Professor, Appalachian State University.
  8. David Minnen [LinkedIn, Google Scholar] Ph. D. in CS (2007) (co-advised with Thad Starner). Software Engineer at Google.
  9. Nick Diakopoulos [LinkedIn, website, Google Scholar] Ph. D. in CS (2009). Professor at Northwestern University.
  10. Pei Yin [LinkedIn] Ph. D. in CS (2010) (co-advised with Thad Starner), Engineering Manager at Facebook.
  11. Kihwan Kim [LinkedIn, website, Google Scholar] Ph. D. in CS (2012). SVP at Samsung, South Korea.
  12. Matthias Grundmann, [LinkedIn, website, Google Scholar] Ph. D. in CS (2013). Director at Google.
  13. Yachna Sharma, [LinkedIn] Ph. D. in ECE (2014). At Microsoft
  14. Syed Hussain Raza, [LinkedIn, website] Ph. D.  in ECE (2014). Member of Research Staff at Amazon.
  15. Edison Thomaz [website, Google Scholar] Ph. D. in HCC, (2016) [Co-Advised with Gregory Abowd]. Professor at the University of Texas, Austin.
  16. Vinay Bettadapura [website, LinkedIn, Google Scholar], Ph. D. in CS, (2016). At Google
  17. Aneeq Zia [website, LinkedIn, Google Scholar], Ph. D. in ECE (2018). At Intuitive Surgical.
  18. Unaiza Ahsan [website, Google Scholar], Ph. D. in CS (2019), Data Scientist at Home Depot.
  19. Daniel Castro [website, LinkedIn, Google Scholar], Ph. D. in CS, (2019). At Google.
  20. Steven Hickson [website, LinkedIn, Google Scholar], Ph. D. in CS (2020). At Google.
  21. Erik Wijmans [website, LinkedIn, Google Scholar], Ph. D. in CS (2022) [Co-Advised with Dhruv Batra]. At Apple. (Publications with Eric)
  22. Vincent Cartillier [LinkedIn, Google Scholar], Ph. D. in ECE, (2023). At Amazon.
  23. Huda Alamri [LinkedIn, Google Scholar], Ph. D. in CS (2024).
  24. Niranjan K. Kannabiran [LinkedIn, Google Scholar], Ph. D. in ECE (2024) [Co-Advised with Sehoon Ha].
  25. Karan Samel [website, LinkedIn, Google Scholar], Ph. D. in Machine Learning (2024).
Darnell
Arno
Antonio
Gabe
Drew
Vivek
Mitch
Pei
Nick
The traditional “PhD”

The “Ph.D.” (Propeller-Headed-Device).
A tradition in my lab is that one gets awarded a Ph.D. upon completing their dissertation. Following are some of the recent awardees of this traditional honor

Kihwan
Matthias
Yachna
Hussain
Thomaz
Vinay
Aneeq
Unaiza
Daniel
Steven
Eric
Vincent
Huda
Niranjan
Karan
PhD Graduates with a Ph.D. hat

Ph. D. [informally advised] (chronologically).

  • Yifan Shi [LinkedIn, website] Ph. D.in CS 2007, (informally co-advised with Aaron Bobick). Principal Scientist Manager at Microsoft.
  • Raffay Hamid [LinkedIn, website]  Ph. D. in CS 2008, (informally co-advised with Aaron Bobick). Member of Technical Staff at Digital Globe.
  • Zahoor Zafrulla, [website, Google Scholar] Ph. D. in CS 2014 (informally co-advised with Thad Starner). Algorithms & Data Science Engineer at Nauto.

M.S (a select few, in chronological order)

  1. David Cunningham [] MS in CS 2002.
  2. Yan Huang [] MS in CS 2005.
  3. Nipun Kwatra [website] MS in CS 2006.
  4. Siddhartha Maddi [website] MS in CS 2007.
  5. Franzi Meier [website] MS in CS 2009.
  6. Amha Mogus [LinkedIn], MS in HCI 2010.
  7. Justin Ratcliffe [website] MS in HCI 2011.
  8. Radford Parker [website] MS in EE, 2012.
  9. Chris McClanahan [website] MS in CS, 2012.
  10. Jing Wang, [] MS in CS, 2013  [Co-Advised with Grant Schindler]
  11. Kevin Hampton [website] MS in CS 2013.
  12. Denis Aleshin, [website] M.S in CS 2013.
  13. David Stutz [website] MS Visiting Student from RWTH Aachen University (2015).
  14. Sonal Mahendru [website], MS CS (2015).
  15. Gokul Raghuraman [website, LinkedIn], MS CS  (2015).
  16. Isabel Lupiani [LinkedIn], MS CS (Online) (2015-2016).
  17. Mansi Rankawat [LinkedIn], MS CS (2015-2016).

B.S (just a select few …)

  • Amit Agarwal, BS ME (2015-Present). [Co-Advised with Daniel Castro].
  • Joy Buolamwini [website] BS in CS 2012
  • Ryan Carlin BC in CS and Math 2011 [Co-Advised with Grant Schindler]
  • Benjamin Dines, BS in CS.
  • Ryan Gomba [LinkedIn]  [Co-Advised with Grant Schindler], BS in CS 2012.
  • James Hays [website], BS in CS, 2004.
  • Mebaa Kidane [Co-Advised with Grant Schindler], BS in CS 2012.
  • Gaurav Mathur [website], BS in CS, 2011.
  • Roberto Peon, BS in CS
  • Christopher Polack [LinkedIn], BS CS (2015-Present). [Co-Advised with Julia Deeb].
  • Spencer Reynolds [LinkedIn], BS in ECE 2002.
  • Vikram Jain [Co-Advised with Daniel Castro], 2014.
  • Michael Maurer [Co-Advised with Daniel Castro], 2014.
  • Alexander Neal [Co-Advised with Daniel Castro], 2014.
  • Sam Skinner [Co-Advised with Daniel Castro], 2014.
  • Patrick Violette [Co-Advised with Daniel Castro], 2014.
  • Raphael Gontijo Lopes [Website, LinkedIn], 2018.