Vishwanath Saragadam
Assistant Professor at University of California, Riverside
Riverside, California, United States
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Top SchoolVishwanath Saragadam is an assistant professor in electrical and computer engineering at UC Riverside with 14 years of experience combining optics, algorithms, and machine learning to push the boundaries of computational imaging. His work spans hyperspectral and thermal imaging, meta-optics, and computer vision, translating novel optical system designs into algorithmic solutions that address hard vision problems. After a Ph.D. from Carnegie Mellon and a postdoc at Rice, he brings industry-facing research experience from labs like Snap Research and Intel, giving his academic work a practical, hardware-aware perspective. He has a track record of building end-to-end systems—hardware, optics, and software—and an early background in embedded platforms and sustainability initiatives that informs his multidisciplinary approach.
14 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
High school, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, High school, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry at Narayana Junior college, HyderabadBachelor of Technology (BTech), Electrical Engineering, Bachelor of Technology (BTech), Electrical Engineering at IITMDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Electrical and Computer Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Electrical and Computer Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University
Telugu, Hindi, Odia
Github Skills (40)
simulation10
superpixels10
ransac10
raytracing10
imaging10
image-registration10
python9
wavelet8
robotics8
algorithm8
image-processing8
artificial-intelligence7
image-segmentation7
computer-vision7
deep-learning6
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
vishwa91/pyimreg
Jun 2012 - Aug 2017
Simple Image registration using SIFT and RANSAC algorithm
Contributions:15 commits, 2 PRs, 4 pushes in 5 years 3 months
image-registrationransac
vishwa91/OptSys
Jun 2017 - Jan 2022
First order ray-optical system simulation
Contributions:23 commits, 1 PR, 15 pushes in 4 years 7 months
simulationopticspythonraytracingimaging
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