R Kumar
Unit Incharge - VisioNxt at National institute of fashion technology, Chennai
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
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Top SchoolR Kumar is an AI and computer vision engineer with 8 years of experience, currently leading the VisioNxt unit at NIFT Chennai and developing deep-learning solutions for apparel attribute detection and color extraction under a Government of India R&D program. He combines academic rigor—a PhD in Speech Processing from IIT Kharagpur—with practical machine learning work across image segmentation, color-preference analysis for Indian fashion, and unsupervised energy disaggregation. His background spans research, teaching, and industry consulting, reflecting an ability to translate novel algorithms (for example, custom color-extraction methods and DTW-based appliance signature detection) into applied systems. Based in Chennai, he brings domain expertise at the intersection of fashion tech and signal processing, with a track record of projects that bridge national-scale research initiatives and product-focused engineering.
7 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Engineering (M.Eng.), Computer Science, A, Master of Engineering (M.Eng.), Computer Science, A at SSN college of EngineeringBachelor's degree, Computer Science and Engineering, A, Bachelor's degree, Computer Science and Engineering, A at Rajalakshmi Engineering CollegeDoctor of Philosophy (PhD), Speech Processing, A, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Speech Processing, A at Indian Institute of Technology, KharagpurGithub contributions (4)
rskishorekumar/phoneme_segmentation_and_clustering
Dec 2018 - Dec 2021
Contributions:6 commits, 6 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years
rskishorekumar/Clustering_of_Speech
Jun 2018 - Dec 2021
Contributions:6 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 7 months
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