Curriculum vitae

I am a computer engineer/software designer, working broadly in the following areas from software-hardware co-integration angle:

• Internet of Things
  • Energy Efficiency
  • Environmental Sensing
  • IoT Data Fabric
• Distributed XR
• 6G Software Architecture
• Machine Learning Systems
• Software-defined Battery
• Software-defined Hardware Infrastructure

I am also interested in exploring how ICT can aid in achieving UN SGD goals, in particular goals of clean energy, clime action, sustainable cities and communities and quality education.

I have been the responsible teacher for multiple courses: Internet of Things, Distributed Systems, High-Performance Computing, and Internet of Things for Manufactuing Industry (Executive education given in May 2024 under EU Reboot Skills Project) at the University of Oulu. I welcome proposals/ideas for student (course/bachelor thesis/master thesis) projects, both short-term and long-term, on topics of IoT/Embedded Systems from the industry.

Prior to this, I was a Doctoral Researcher in the Department of Computer Science, University of Helsinki from 08 Feb 2018 to 07 Feb 2022. During my PhD, I worked primarily in the areas of Pervasive Computing and Multimedia Computing with a special focus on privacy and robustness. I defended my PhD thesis titled Towards Trustworthy Ubiquitous Computing: Bringing Privacy and Robustness to Computing in Context on 20 December 2022 at the University of Helsinki. I also briefly worked in the End-to-End Radio Network Service Automation Department at Nokia Bell Labs Espoo in 2021.

My current collaboration network in Finland includes VTT, Ericsson Research (under IETF/IRTF context), Aalto University, and University of Helsinki. I also advise Soundxvision Oy, Helsinki XR Center based startup which aims to build small form factor input modality hardware for XR headsets. Soundxvision received an angel investment in December 2023.

My research has been supported by FARIA - Finnish-American Research & Innovation Accelerator, FICORE - Indian-Finnish Consortia for Research and Education, Nokia Foundation, HPY Research Foundation, and Walter Ahlström Foundation.