Summary
Vishnu Sharma is a robotics and visual computing researcher with over a decade of experience spanning academic research, industry internships, and teaching roles, currently driving robotics work at Nokia Bell Labs after PhD studies at University of Maryland. He specializes in decision-making for robotics, robotic perception and planning, 3D modeling, and multimodal AI, with multiple peer-reviewed publications and hands-on systems implemented in Python and C++. Vishnu has a rare blend of competition-driven embedded systems experience from IIT Kharagpur teams and enterprise ML exposure from roles at American Express, which informs robust, production-minded research. He values collaboration and mentors students through graduate teaching roles, translating theoretical advances into practical robot behaviors. Ambitious about socially beneficial applications, he seeks roles that challenge him to lead both research and system delivery.
11 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
JNV Manpur,Morena
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Engineering at Virginia Tech
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science at University of Maryland
Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.) and M.Tech. (Visual Information Processing & Embedded Systems), Electronics and Electrical Communications Engineering, Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.) and M.Tech. (Visual Information Processing & Embedded Systems), Electronics and Electrical Communications Engineering at IIT Kharagpur
English, Hindi, Spanish