École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
July 2022 — Present
Doctoral Assistant, Visual Intelligence for Transportation Lab
Advised by Prof. Alexandre Alahi and co-advised by Dr. Mathieu Salzmann
Research Beyond Publications
Hi, Megh here 
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I am a Computer Vision Ph.D. student at EPFL supervised by Prof. Alexandre Alahi, Visual Intelligence for Transportation Lab and co-supervised by Dr. Mathieu Salzmann . My research interests lie in probabilistic modelling, uncertainty estimation and active learning. These interests are peppered throughout my fledgling career, most notably during my tenure at Mercedes-Benz. As a computer vision research engineer, I lead R&D in active learning, an academic research area with tangible business benefits. I take pride in not only providing theoretical and applied advancements in active learning [BMVC22, WACV22, CVPRW21], but also in engineering my research into the project’s data pipelines. Taking research beyond publications and into production allowed me a holistic view of the research and development cycle which remains a defining moment in my career.
Link to my CV.
Mercedes-Benz Research and Development India
August 2019 — May 2022
Computer Vision Research Engineer, MBUX Intelligent Interior
I had the privilege of joining Brijesh Pillai and Partha Bhattacharya's team and MBRDI straight out of campus! One of my main accomplishments over these three years was in research and development of an active learning pipeline. I am grateful to Brijesh and Partha who continue to be excellent managers mentors to their teams.
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
July 2017 — July 2019
I wrote my Master's thesis on Dimensionality Reduction under the guidance of Prof. Krishna Mohan Buddhiraju (BK Mohan) and Prof. Biplab Banerjee. AP grades at IIT Bombay are handed out for exceptional performance (top ~2%) in a course, and I was fortunate (yes I worked hard too :D) to secure three in one semester. I am especially grateful to Prof. BK Mohan who encouraged me to dream and allowed me to take academic risks. My journey at IIT culminated in winning an Institute Silver Medal conferred by the Union Minister of Education, Government of India.
University of Mumbai
July 2013 — July 2017
My formative years were spent at Dwarkadas J Sanghvi College of Engineering (DJSCE). I believe that my undergraduation played the biggest role in shaping my personality from being an introvert to being less of an introvert. I competed (and won) elections for leadership roles in the college's cultural fest, which my introvert side still cannot believe to this day. Academics are important, and so are inter-personal skills which remains my key takeaway from my undergraduate years. Moreover, I am thankful to Prof. Amit Deshmukh who hand-held me during my first steps into the world of research :')