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Research Design Work Experience Photography Community Service Miscellaneous

Research

2004

2006

Faculty Advisor: Professor D. Scott Wills ↗, Georgia Institute of Technology

Portable Image Computation Architectures Lab ↗ Embedded Computer Vision and Surveillance Systems ↗

Implemented image processing applications such as Chroma keyingusing CAX (Color Aware Extension) on a SIMD ↗ (Single Instruction,Multiple Data) media processor, to display the benefits of CAX.

CAX is a color-aware instruction set architecture extensiondeveloped by Dr. Jongkyom Kim for various 32-bit processors toimprove performance of color imaging applications by supportingparallel operations on human perceptual color space with 16-bitYCbCr pixels.

The SIMD processor used was SIMPil ↗, a SIMD Pixel Processorsimulator developed by the lab for image and video processing.

Paper by Dr. Jongmyon Kim/Dr. S. Wills on CAX on IEEE Explore ↗

Thesis defense of Dr. Jongmyon Kim (includes CAX) ↗

Invented a new algorithm for automated coloring of grayscale video feedsbased on motion detection, time lapse and pixel group variations. Thealgorithm aimed to impart varying intensities of green and red color tovideo so as to bring out motion and suspicious objects in the scene.Immediate applications are evident for surveillance, for instancemonitoring displacement of artifacts in a museum.

The algorithm was implemented in MATLAB. Test videos were created withthousands of frames captured from an 8fps professional SLR camera,assembled in MATLAB. The algorithm was run on these test videos.Optimization and real-time testing using an FPGA are the logicalprogressive step in the project.

Research Abstract/Summary by Ayan Kishore (~1 page) ↗

1 2

2005

2006

Broke from previous lab projects, by getting interested inalgorithms for artificial coloring. After studying severalpapers, I further investigated a research that had beenperformed at another university for I anticipated morepotential in the technique.

Paper on transferring color to grayscale images by Tomihisa Welsh,

Michael Ashikhmin, Klaus Mueller on ACM Portal ↗

I implemented a MATLAB algorithm toconvert a black & white or grayscale imageinto a color image by using the colorsampling from a provided color image. Iimplemented varying equations of relationsin luminance and color; I incorporatedfrequency relations in color, an aspect notexplored earlier.

To the right: A grayscale image convertedto color with my algorithm in MATLAB usingcolor information from another image

Above (clockwise): In this sample video, a camerafeed picks up a man walking across the room andimparts an insignificant green color to him. Howeverthe jacket left behind is a potentially dangerous itemthat turns red for the security feed viewer. As timepasses, indicating that no action was needed, thejacket assimilates into the accepted scene.

Click to download video ↗. YouTube link for the video ↗

Recipient of thePRESIDENT’SUNDER-GRADUATERESEARCHAWARDin 2006. PURA ↗

is a competitiveundergraduateresearchfunding awardacross allmajors atGeorgia Tech.

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Design

Faculty Advisor: Professor James O. Hamblen ↗, Georgia Institute of Technology

I led a team of four Computer Engineering students to invent and develop anintelligent home automation system with a unique focus on reducing energyconsumption. The system developed was called e-house and is intelligentbeyond most systems on the market today. The e-house utilizes the X10power line networking protocol and interfaces with sensors, the internet andhousehold devices, controlling them with an embedded computer.

Innovations of e-house include:• Controlling intensity of lighting devices based on outdoor lighting information• Controlling temperature and humidity devices using sensor data and web data• Utility bill monitor that monitors consumption and provides dynamic estimations• Weather audio-visual alerts that replaces conventional weather alert radios• Remote control of household devices from PDAs, Smartphones and laptops• LEDs that provide quick recommendations for carrying an umbrella or a jacket• Advances thermostat settings to incorporate upcoming weather estimates, humidityto get “real-feel” temperatures and adaptivity for personal sleep patterns

Upon research and monitoring installations of e-house, it was found thathousehold energy consumption reduced by at least 10% every month forjust small households. The potentially huge impact of e-house was assessed

Technique, Georgia Tech, Atlanta, USA ↗ Times of Oman ↗ Oman

(Print Version ↗) Tribune ↗

just small households. The potentially huge impact of e-house was assessedand can be read in the report.

The Windows Embedded Student Challenge ↗ is an internationalcompetition for undergraduate students, sponsored by Microsoft andIEEE Computer Society (Institute of Electrical and ElectronicsEngineers, Inc.), to create an embedded computing solution to realworld problems. The 2006 competition theme was “Preserving,Protecting and Enhancing the Environment” ↗. The WindowsEmbedded Student Challenge has now merged with Imagine Cup ↗.

The project was selected for funding by Microsoft Corporation among360 teams worldwide. It was further funded by the School ofElectrical and Computer Engineering at Georgia Tech. Afterdevelopment, the team was chosen among 30 international teamsfor the 2006 Windows Embedded Student Challenge finals. After twodays of presentations, demos and Q&A to industry experts,participating professors and Microsoft employees at Redmond, WA,the team was placed in the top 9 and were adjudged as runners-up.

To the extreme left: The working e-house setup with the embeddedcomputer, sensors, X10 modules, a mobile unit & an appliance (fan)

To the left: The e-house Control Panel or Dashboard Interface.

Placed in Top 9 of the 2006WINDOWSEMBEDDEDSTUDENTCHALLENGE

Report ↗ Presentation ↗ Poster ↗

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Work Experience

Deloitte Consulting LLP ↗

Business Technology AnalystNVIDIA Corporation ↗

Power and Performance Analyst

2005

NVIDIA is a worldwide leader in the manufacture of graphics processortechnologies and chipsets for workstations, desktops and handhelds.

Deloitte Consulting is a leading provider of strategy andinformation technology consulting services to industries

I work as a System Analyst in the TechnologyIntegration consulting division of the firm, specializingin system development and information management(data warehousing) in TMT industries (Technology,Media and Telecommunications).

My client, for over one year, is one of the largestwireless telecommunication providers in the world. Istarted as System Tester for a new Subscriber Metricreporting system. Currently I lead System Testing andUser Acceptance Testing for various aspects of arevolutionary business intelligence system that aims atproducing Profit and Loss statements at the CTN(Customer Telephone Number) level. As part of myrole, I manage several other Business Technology

I was responsible for setting up an automated powermeasurement system for Technical Marketing in thePerformance Lab. I put together an integrated systemwith advanced multi-meters connected to graphic cardsthrough a MUX and I automated benchmark and gamedemos with the system through scripts. In the process,I researched and setup a configurable wiring scheme tominimize losses for data acquisition; I proposed andreviewed the design of a power measurementinterposer card that was developed by SystemsEngineering; I created scripts to analyze raw collecteddata. Once put together, I orchestrated power vs.

performance measurements for severalgraphics cards, motherboards and

2004

2005

2006/07

College of Computing, Georgia Tech ↗

Teaching Assistant

role, I manage several other Business TechnologyAnalysts from Deloitte and contractors. Apart fordesigning test plans and tracking testing,I have been the architect of certainfunctionality of the system working withdevelopers.

I have gained experience in testing methodologies andtools, data warehousing with Oracle and Teradata, andbusiness intelligence structures/software such as OLAPcubes and Hyperion Solutions products. I was part ofan envoy to Frictionless Commerce (now part of SAPAG) to help customize a Java intensive SupplierResource / Vendor Management software for clients.

Within Deloitte, I was a founding member of theTechnology Integration Testing Knowledge andResearch group that is geared towards publication oftesting methodology and best practices papers. I amalso significantly involved in recruiting efforts of thefirm through career fairs, interviews, and mentoringcandidates and new hires.

I instructed a recitation classof 50 students on “ObjectOriented Programming andSoftware Data Structures” (CourseCS1322) for 1.5 hours weekly. As partof my role, I reviewed and assessedstudent projects, and served at thehelp desk. I created a comprehensiveJava Swing reference and tutorial,which is currently being used by thecollege as a learning artifact

To the left: A screen capture of theSwing reference I created to helpstudents with Java GUI programming

graphics cards, motherboards andsoftware configurations.

To the right: Part of wiring setup for powermeasurements with a schematic of the MUX


Photography

I have been involved in photography for the last 7 years, and am currently a part-time freelancephotographer with publications in several magazines, works in exhibitions and several awards.

To the left: The Notepad-developed web gallerydisplaying my works willbe available atayankishore.com ↗ . Thisis under development,but can be accessed for ateaser/sneak preview.

Photographer for theGeorgia Tech newspaper“Technique” ↗ and yearbook“Blueprint” for three years.Shot sports, events, news,portraits etc. but developed apenchant for music concerts.I have shot big acts like

Acclaimed forminimalist B&Wphotography in astudio class atGeorgia Tech.

To the left: MyExhibit at SkilesWalkway Display

President of the GTPhotography Club ↗:organized exhibitions,field trips, club meetings,

Art Editor andfounding member ofa successful Webzinefor creative work ofECE students atGeorgia Tech: ecesis ↗

I have shot big acts likeGarbage, Cake, Avril Lavigne,Big Boi, All-American Rejects,Rooney, The Academy Is…,Group X etc. and at severallocal music festivals.

Sample issues: 1 ↗ 2 ↗ others ↗

Adjudged most creativeTechnique photographer for: ↗

Technique EntertainmentCover, Special Issue, ‘05

I wrote, directed andedited two films for theworld’s largest studentfilm festival, CampusMovieFest in ‘06 and ‘07.These short introspectivefilms were lauded.

To the left: Click tolaunch YouTube video forthe film Today ↗ . Link toAll Things Big and Small ↗

field trips, club meetings,lectures and workshopswith distinguishedphotographers. I broughtan art focus to the club &increased enrollment.

Awards:

• Vincent Vision Trophy forBest Photographer, Oman

• ecesis Best Art Submission

• Several times TechniquePhotographer of the Week

• Exhibits at Robert FerstCenter for the Arts (Atlanta),Indian School Auditorium(Oman), Skiles Exhibition(Atlanta), GT Student Center(Atlanta), GT ECE ProfessionalCommunication Lab (Atlanta)etc. (samples to the left)

Times of Oman, “In Spotlight”, ’03 ↗


Community Service

≤ 2003

2004/05

≥ 2006

In high school, I became appalled by the lack of communityservice awareness among students. In an attempt to changethis, I chaired the Community Service Club and sought toincrease awareness. I organized teams for local environmentalprojects such as beach cleaning, and setup an intricate serviceprogram internal to the school which included regular cleaningrounds, recycling, library maintenance and the like.

In 2002-03, I was appointed President of the Middle EastChapter of the Round Square International Service ↗

(Round Square is an international consortium of highschools dedicated to community service and personaldevelopment). I conceptualized and organized amonth of innovative daily events to raise funds forinternational charities. Events included a massive teachersvs. students soccer tournament (with tickets), regular bakesales, T-shirt printing, several sponsored walks, local charityfairs and the like. By the end. I had managed to get hundredsof students from junior to high school regularly involved.

In the summer of 2002, I led a

At Georgia Tech, I was part of the Service Committeefor TEAM Buzz ↗, which organized a day for thousands ofcampus students to volunteer at several locations inAtlanta. I was responsible for finding organizations thatneeded volunteers and lining up projects. Later, I was theProject Coordinator for the group that helped refurbish

shelters for “Protection of Women AgainstDomestic Violence”

Whilst at Tech, I often volunteered at theChattahoochee Nature Center ↗.

At Deloitte, I quickly became the most active System Analyst inin community service in Atlanta. Under the Community ServiceCommittee, I singly organized service events with variousorganizations on weekends and garnered volunteers.

Interested in vocational community service,I mentored at various middle schoolsteaching students mathematics andcomputer science. I underwent professional

Below: Some of the non-profitswith whom I organized volunteersessions for Deloitte employees

In the summer of 2002, I led ateam of students from severalschools to a Himalayan village fora fortnight. Living in harshconditions, we built rock leveesand planted trees to preventexcessive water runoff during themonsoons, so that the villagecould get a sustainable watersupply. The project was under theSWAJAL ↗ umbrella of governmentprojects funded by the World Bankfor rural water supply.

Above: Times of Oman ↗

article, and a report on myperformance in SWAJAL ↗

First MiddleEast recipientof theH M KINGCONSTANTINE MEDALfor commitment to RoundSquare service ideals, andimpact on the community

First recipientof the DUKE OFEDINBURGHGOLD AWARDfrom my school,for highest level of serviceand self-development.(a.k.a. International Award ↗)

computer science. I underwent professionaltax filing training, and served as a TaxPreparer at VITA ↗ (Volunteer Income TaxAssistance Program) providing free taxservices to the needy. I also helped planthe School to Work Day at Deloitte, bringingunderprivileged middle school students tothe office and encouraging them to worktowards a professional career.

Impact Day is a worldwide event whereevery Deloitte employee spends a work dayvolunteering. I was Task lead at ToomerElementary School ↗ in Atlanta, managingand facilitating the construction of plantersand flower beds to green the school.

Recipient of an APPLAUSE AWARDfrom Deloitte Consulting LLP to recognizemost commitment to community serviceby a System/Business TechnologyAnalyst in Atlanta


Miscellaneous

Education Summary

Interests

Father Agnel SchoolMumbai, India

Calcutta MontessoriHouse, Kolkata, India

Language: Hindi (Fluentin all aspects), Punjabi(Basic Speaking), Bengali(Basic Speaking)

Georgia Tech Lorraine↗

(Supélec), Metz, France

Study Abroad; GPA 4.0

Language: French(Intermediate in allaspects)

Born on:June 22, 1985Nationality:IndianResidence:Oman

To the right:Passport Photo,September ‘07

Language: Englishhas been my firstlanguage throughall education

Note: This maphighlights thecountries I havestudied in; I havetravelled toseveral more

• Computing applications inhuman-computer interaction,media, sustainability, socialdevelopment and education. I aminvolved in activities of ACM ‘sSIGGRAPH ↗ and SIGCHI ↗

• Music and music technology;Georgia Tech ↗

Short Projects at Georgia Tech Honor Societies

St. Philips College ↗

Alice Springs, Australia

Exchange Student - Grade 11

Received the top grade innearly all classes

• Led a team of 4 that assembly programmed a robot(AmigoBot; image below) to follow a dynamic racecourse

• Led a team of 4 that created a mobile examination ortrivia system: PDAs with the exam software connected toa server for dynamic tests and dynamic analytics

• Researched OLED technology and wrotea detailed paper comparing it to LEDtechnology, and suggesting a roadmap

• Researched P2P (peer to peer) networks& helped a student write a research paper

Active memberof Tau Beta Pi,Eta Kappa Nu,Gamma BetaPhi, NationalSociety ofCollegiateScholars (NSCS)and Golden KeyInternationalHonour Society.

• Music and music technology;I have taken beginner guitarclasses from Atlanta guitaristRichard Burgess and the MelodyMusic Center in Muscat (Oman)

• Photography ↗; Film making andindependent film festivals;Architecture (link to article oninterior design of my room: ↗ )

• Community Service ↗

• Other: Automobile technology,astronomy, travel, languages, pets


Indian School Al Ghubra ↗, Muscat, Oman

Recommendations: Principal ↗, English Teacher ↗,Physics Teacher ↗, Computer Science Teacher ↗

Graduated with A1 in all courses. In top 3 studentsfrom Grade 3 to Grade 12. Top scorer in ComputerScience in the All India Secondary School Examination

Language: Arabic (Basic Reading and Writing)

Georgia Tech ↗

Atlanta, GA, USA

B.S. Computer Eng.w/ Highest Honors ↗

Received FacultyHonors (GPA 4.0) in7 semesters,Graduated in 3 years

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