Summary
Ajay Vishwanath is a researcher and PhD candidate with 11 years of experience bridging computer vision, machine learning, and web/full‑stack development across academia and research institutes in Asia and Norway. He combines hands‑on engineering—from real‑time gesture recognition and social robotics to production web apps—with deep research into machine ethics, specifically integrating virtue ethics and reinforcement learning to train morally aware agents. His work has spanned user studies on the societal impact of virtual characters, emotion recognition in virtual agents, and topic/sentiment analysis of social media during COVID‑19. Comfortable in C++, Python, JS stacks and cloud deployments, Ajay has moved between industry research roles and university teaching/representation, demonstrating both technical breadth and academic leadership. Based in Norway, he stays current by reading research and editorials and is notable for applying role‑playing game environments as a creative testbed for ethical AI. Colleagues describe him as a pragmatic problem solver with strong communication skills and a willingness to learn new methods.
11 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
High School, Computer Science, High School, Computer Science at Bala Vidya Mandir Senior Secondary School, Chennai
Bachelor's Degree, Electronics and Communication Engineering, Bachelor's Degree, Electronics and Communication Engineering at Manipal Institute of Technology
Masters in Computing, Computer Science, Masters in Computing, Computer Science at National University of Singapore
English, Tamil, Hindi, Kannada, French