Abhishek Kulkarni is an applied scientist with 11 years of experience bridging robotics, machine learning, and embedded systems, currently working at vijil after a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Texas at Austin. He holds a PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Florida and advanced robotics training from Worcester Polytechnic Institute, bringing deep research rigor to product-focused AI work. His background spans academia and industry—from co-founding a university robotics lab to internships at MathWorks and robotics startups—enabling him to move ideas from prototypes to deployed systems. Based in Austin, he combines strong publication and scholarship credentials with hands-on engineering, and his long-term investment in both teaching and research gives him a knack for explaining complex systems to diverse teams.
11 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Higher Secondary Education, Higher Secondary Education at Abasaheb Garware College
High School, High School at Jnana Prabodhini Navanagar Vidyalaya
M.S. / Ph.D. Robotics, M.S. / Ph.D. Robotics at Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Electrical and Computer Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Electrical and Computer Engineering at University of Florida
Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.) Electronics and Telecommunications Engineering, Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.) Electronics and Telecommunications Engineering at Vishwakarma Institute Of Technology
Infinite Games on graph & Logic-based controller Synthesis (IGLSynth)
Contributions:3 releases, 16 PRs, 145 pushes in 9 months
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