Varun Sudarsanan
R&D Program Director at Cignus Consulting LLC.
Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolVarun Sudarsanan is an R&D program director and applied researcher with 11 years of experience building real-time aviation systems that turn streaming flight data into safety and operations insights. He combines a PhD in aerospace engineering with hands-on expertise in deep learning and algorithm design to predict short-term traffic evolution around airports and support airspace decision-making. Varun has led research and product efforts across academia and industry—working on NASA- and ARPA-E–sponsored projects and directing teams at Robust Analytics—bridging simulation, modeling, and production analytics. Beyond engineering, he explores the foundations of complex systems and human learning, a curiosity that informs his approach to modeling emergent behaviors from simple rules. Based in Atlanta, he brings a rare mix of theoretical rigor and practical delivery in high-stakes, real-time domains.
11 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Indian Institute of Technology BombayHigh School, High School at Christ Nagar Hr. Sec. School, KowdiarDoctor of Philosophy - PhD Aerospace Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Aerospace Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering at Purdue University
English, Malayalam, Hindi, Tamil, French
Github Skills (3)
python2
weather2
parsing1
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (4)
varun-sudarsanan/opaide
Feb 2015 - Apr 2015
Contributions:22 commits, 17 pushes, 3 branches in 2 months
varun-sudarsanan/varun-sudarsanan.github.io
Apr 2018 - Jun 2019
A little bit of everything I do and think about as I perceive the world and its inhabitants around me
Contributions:17 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 1 month
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