Hi, I am a PhD student in Computer Science. I got my Masters in Electrical Engineering at the Viterbi school of Engineering, University of Southern California. I have worked at the National Institute of Oceanography 
in India as a Research Fellow before coming to USC. I come from the beautiful state of Goa.
Since spring 2006 I have been part of the RESL (Robotic Embedded Systems Laboratory) group, directed by Dr.Gaurav Sukhatme, as a member of NAMOS (Networked Aquatic Microbial Observing Systems) project which is a part of CENS (Centre for Embedded Networked Sensing). More information about this is available via this Research link. NAMOS and MERHAB are now part of CINAPS. We use SLOCUM gliders manufactured by WRC, to facilitate rapid Harmful Algal Bloom detection and event response.
My research interest is to co-ordinate teams of heterogenous robots to collectively accomplish a desired task such as the detection and characterization of harmful algal blooms in a region of interest.
My areas of interest are robotics, artificial intelligence, computer vision and machine learning. My dream job would be at the confluence of all these. Click here to download my Resume.