Akshay Krishnan
Doctoral Student Researcher at Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolAkshay Krishnan is a robotics and computer vision researcher and engineer with eight years of industry and academic experience, currently pursuing a PhD in Robotics at Georgia Tech. He has built long-range 3D perception systems at Waymo and contributed research at Google DeepMind and Niantic, blending geometric modeling with deep learning for safe autonomous systems. His open-source work on GTSAM’s geometry module—implementing Line3 retraction and local coordinates with thorough tests—highlights strong mathematical rigor applied to practical SLAM tooling. Comfortable with sensor fusion across LiDAR, stereo and thermal modalities, he brings end-to-end experience from low-level calibration to high-level perception research. Based in Atlanta, he combines deep academic training with hands-on production experience, often translating theoretical insights into reliable code used by robotics practitioners.
8 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Robotics, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Robotics at Georgia Institute of TechnologyBachelor of Engineering - BE, Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering, Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering at Sri Jayachamarajendra College of Engg., MYSORE
English, Hindi, Malayalam, Kannada
Github Skills (7)
mathematical10
c-language10
geometry10
cprogramming-language10
linear-algebra10
modeling10
unit-testing9
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
borglab/gtsam
May 2020 - Dec 2022
GTSAM is a library of C++ classes that implement smoothing and mapping (SAM) in robotics and vision, using factor graphs and Bayes networks as the underlying computing paradigm rather than sparse matrices.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:119 reviews, 227 commits, 32 PRs in 2 years 8 months
Contributions summary:Akshay's commits focused on implementing and testing features within the geometry module of the GTSAM library. They made changes to the `Line3` class, including the implementation of `retract()` and `localCoordinates()` methods, along with associated unit tests. The contributions demonstrate a deep understanding of the underlying mathematical concepts and the practical application of geometric primitives within the GTSAM framework. The user also made API changes and documented functions related to the `Line3` class.
smoothingsparsec-plus-plushierarchicalpattern-recognition
akshay-krishnan/akshay-krishnan.github.io
Mar 2021 - Jan 2024
Personal web page
Contributions:18 PRs, 17 pushes, 6 branches in 2 years 10 months
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