KIRTY PRABHAKAR VEDULA

+1 518-248-2932
kpvedula@wpi.edu

http://users.wpi.edu/kpvedula/
100 Institute Road, Dept of ECE, Worcester MA 01609
EDUCATION
Worcester Polytechnic Institute(WPI)
Worcester, MA
PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering
June 2018 (expected)
Research Interests: Statistical Signal Processing, Wireless Sensor Networks, Machine learning, Smart
Sampling Techniques, Telecommunications, Control Systems
Advisor : Prof. Donald Richard Brown III
GPA: 3.55/4.00
Related coursework : Probability and Stochastic Processes, Linear System Theory and Analysis, Realtime Digital Signal Processing
Rutgers University
Piscataway, NJ
Master of Science in Electrical and Computer Engineering
2012-2014
Advisor : Prof. Janne Lindqvist
GPA: 3.62/4.00
Thesis: Characterizing Android permissions and analyzing their privacy intrusion
Related coursework : Digital Signals and filters, Artificial Intelligence, Communication Networks, Machine Learning, Software-Defined Radio
Amrita University
Coimbatore, India
Bachelor of Technology in Electronics and Communication Engineering
2008-2012
Advisor : Prof. Narayanankutty KA
GPA: 8.10/10.00
Thesis: Compressive sensing techniques in ultrasound imaging
Related coursework : Pattern recognition, Digital Image processing, Convex Optimization, Computer
Architecture, Linear Algebra, Probability and Random Processes

INDUSTRIAL WORK EXPERIENCE

Visible Energy
Signal Processing Engineer

Oct 2014 - May 2015

Palo Alto, CA

Built online learning algorithms for time-series data collected from cloud-based walk-in refrigerators to
predict anomalies and patterns for energy analytics
Mathworks Inc.
Data Analytics Intern

June 2014 - Sept 2014

Natick, MA

Developed workflow examples for Statistics toolbox on financial models connecting MATLAB to Hadoop
Collaborated with developers in Natural Language Processing team in designing use-cases for string
operations
TECHNICAL SKILLS
Programming Languages
Prototyping
Hardware
Version Control
OS
Data Handling

C++, Python, HTML, LaTeX

MATLAB, LabView, Simulink, GNU Radio
Handling USRPs E310, E312
SVN, Git
Bash, Linux, Windows, OS X
MySQL, Hadoop

Graduate Research, WPI

Wireless Information and Power Transfer

August 2015 - Present

Developing a scheme for achieving maximum capacity in broadband frequency-selective multiple

access channels
Designing algorithms to optimize time allocation and throughput for simultaneous wireless information and power transfer
Co-operative Communication
Investigating the performance of MIMO wireless communication systems for distributed beamforming. Developing algorithms for channel and oscillator tracking to enable co-operative communication.
Hardware Work
Analysing frequency characteristics of noise processes and phase stability using oscillator characterization. Used for optimal phase tracking in co-operative communications
Design a real-time full-duplex wireless communication system on USRP E310 and E312, testing
primarily with radio signals
Graduate Research, Rutgers University
Sentiment analysis on user reviews

January 2013 - June 2014

Prof. Janne Lindqvist

Built a sentiment analyzer to gauge sentiments of reviews on Google Play Store and identified users
major concerns and preferences of the privacy intrusion of the apps.
More than 70% accuracy using SVMs, kNN, logistic and linear regression, discriminant analysis
Developing speech processing exercises

Prof. Lawrence Rabiner

Assisted in developing fifty-eight MATLAB exercises on for his textbook Theory and applications of
speech processing. Currently ranked 15th worldwide on MATLAB Central.
Sample exercises - Echo filtering, narrow and wide band spectrograms, spectral smoothing
Classification of brain patterns using fMRI signals

Prof. Stephen Hanson

Processed fMRI image scans to classify brain patterns using SVMs and graph-theoretic algorithms
and understand the functional connectivity of the brain
PUBLICATIONS
J. McNeill, S. Razavi, K. Vedula, and D.R. Brown III. Experimental Characterization of Oscillator
Stability for Carrier Phase Synchronization. Submitted to the 2017 IEEE International Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference (I2MTC), Torino, Italy, May 22-25, 2017
K. Vedula et al., Ultrasound image reconstruction using various compressive sensing techniques,
presented at INRIT12 held at Bangkok, Thailand on June 1, 2012
K. Vedula et al., Artificial neural networks applied to modulation classification in cognitive radios,
presented at IEEE international conference ICCCNT 12 on July 26, 2012
AWARDS
Graduate Fellowship, ECE Dept., Rutgers University - Fall 2013 and Spring 2014
Data Science Certification from Coursera