Abhishek Jha
Postdoctoral Researcher at VIB.AI, KU Leuven
Leuven, Flemish Brabant, Belgium
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Top SchoolAbhishek Jha is a research-focused software engineer and postdoctoral researcher with nine years of experience spanning computer vision, cross-modal retrieval, and robotics, currently affiliated with KU Leuven and the Nerf initiative empowered by imec and VIB. He completed a PhD at KU Leuven after MS at IIIT Hyderabad and has held visiting positions at University of Amsterdam and IISc, blending deep academic rigor with applied system-building. His background includes hands-on projects in autonomous robotics, real-time plant monitoring using computer vision, and RFID/logistics integration from earlier industry internships. Known for translating research into working prototypes, he brings both algorithmic depth and practical engineering—having led robotics teams and built end-to-end monitoring systems—while maintaining an active online research presence via his personal homepage.
9 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD at KU LeuvenBachelor of Technology (B.Tech.) Electrical, Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.) Electrical at Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines), DhanbadMaster of Science (MS) Computer Science, Master of Science (MS) Computer Science at International Institute of Information Technology Hyderabad (IIITH)10th, 10th at Kiddy's Corner School12th Mathematics, 12th Mathematics at Kiddy's Corner Higher Secondary School
English, Hindi, Maithili, Bhojpuri
Github Skills (59)
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Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
abskjha/Deep-convolutional-autoencoders
Dec 2016 - Dec 2022
Contributions:1 push, 1 branch in 6 years 1 month
abskjha/iiit_talks
Oct 2018 - Nov 2018
IIIT_talks
Contributions:10 PRs, 31 pushes, 1 branch in 23 days
iiit
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