Abhishek Potnis
R&D Associate Staff In Machine Learning
Oak Ridge, Tennessee, United States
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Top SchoolAbhishek Potnis is an R&D Associate Staff in Machine Learning at Oak Ridge National Laboratory with 13 years of experience applying deep learning and geospatial science to large-scale satellite imagery and remote sensing. He holds a PhD in Geoinformatics from IIT Bombay and has blended academic rigor with real-world impact through projects like Google Summer of Earth Engine and multiple Google Summer of Code contributions. His work spans GeoAI, high-performance computing, geospatial knowledge graphs, and NLP, with a doctoral focus on leveraging knowledge graphs to improve scene understanding in remote sensing. An active open-source contributor, he has enhanced Cesium’s front-end UX and visualization capabilities—skills that reflect both GIS domain depth and strong UI/UX sensibilities. Based in Oak Ridge, TN, he brings a rare combination of satellite-scale engineering, semantic reasoning, and hands-on visualization experience to multidisciplinary teams.
13 years of coding experience
Indian Institute of Technology BombayHSC, Science, HSC, Science at S. S. & L. S. Patkar College of ScienceSSC, SSC at Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel VidyalayaBachelor of Engineering (B.E.), Computer Science, Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.), Computer Science at Vidyavardhini's College of Engineering and Technology
English, Hindi, Marathi
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (14)
webgl10
resium10
cesiumjs10
javascript10
user-interface10
3d9
html8
jna6
windows6
ajax6
internet-explorer6
pid6
jquery6
java6
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
CesiumGS/cesium
Nov 2016 - Nov 2016
An open-source JavaScript library for world-class 3D globes and maps :earth_americas:
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:8 commits, 3 PRs, 9 comments in 5 days
Contributions summary:Abhishek primarily worked on the front-end aspects of the Cesium repository, modifying Sandcastle examples. Their contributions involved cleaning up and improving the terrain example, disabling the scene mode picker in an atmosphere demo, and changing UI labels. They also added functionality, as evidenced by the addition of the lookAtMtEverest function. These changes suggest a focus on enhancing the user experience and functionality within the 3D globe and map environment.
3d-globegltfjavascript-librarygeospatial3d-tiles
abhishekvp/Anchor-n-Explore
Jun 2013 - Dec 2014
Contributions:13 commits in 1 year 6 months
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