Akash Mittal

Biography

I am a master’s student in the Computer Science department at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (UIUC). I am fortunate to be advised by Prof. Romit Roy Choudhury at the SyNRG lab. I am currently working on Earable Computing particularly focusing on healthcare applications of earables. Prior to joining UIUC, I spent three wonderful years at Samsung Research, Seoul.

Over the past few years, I have built and deployed end-to-end systems spanning multiple disciplines like Mobile Sensing, Computer Vision, Deep Learning for graphs, Explainable AI, and Big Data in various environments including academic research, as well as industry. I am passionate about solving problems in the area of Healthcare, Education, and Accessibility using technology.

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Interests

Artificial Intelligence
Machine Learning
Mobile Sensing

Education

B.Tech in Computer Science and Engineering, 2019

Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi
MS in Computer Science, 2024

University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Experience

Research Engineer

Samsung Research HQ

Sep 2019 – Jun 2022 Seoul, South Korea

Built Indoor Localization System for location based services in retail stores.
Worked on Explanable AI, Recommender Systems, Big Data Healthcare Analytics.

Research Internship

National University of Singapore

Jul 2019 – May 2019 Singapore

Built and Deployed OD (Origin to Desination path) Engine for Vehicle Routing Problem.

Research Internship

Samsung Research HQ

Jul 2018 – May 2018 Seoul, South Korea

Developed continuous learning ML data pipeline.

Research Internship

Purdue University

Jul 2017 – May 2017 Indiana, USA

Built automatic gym exercise counting system.

Projects

Catcha

Catcha provides a new gamified shopping experience in offline retail stores. The core underlying technology of Catcha is a deep learning-based on-device infrastructure free indoor positioning system and Augmented Reality.

Note Z

Note Z helps in taking notes while recording the video simultaneously. It is designed specifically for foldable phones.

Decision Support System

Decision Support System (DSS) is a web application developed for government officials in India. It helps in managing the schedule, bringing in all the data of the city/district at a single place, and supporting decisions related to maintaining law and order & efficient implementation of schemes.