Mohandass Muthuraja

WasteShark - An autonomous catamaran to remove floating plastic debris in ports and harbours • Dataset creation and training deep learning based object detectors to detect the debris. TransFit - Training pose estimation models to detect the key-points in various objects.

Black-Box Optimization of Object Detector Hyper-Parameters - In a nutshell, the thesis is about improving the performance of deep-learning-based object detectors by optimizing them using automated machine learning and black-box optimization methods

• Evaluation of different Object Detection models to detect handwritten text, signature, IBAN & stamps on documents. • IBAN recognition using using both traditional Computer Vision methods(OpenCV) and Deep Learning(Tensorflow, Keras) • Hand-luggage, Backpack, Handbag Detection

•Writing test cases to auto-grade the questions with deterministic answers for the ’Foundations of Probability Theory and Statistics course • Collection and preparation of dataset consisting of questions and answers to use them in the research of automated short answer grading using machine learning techniques

• Industrial robots and auto-glass manufacturing machines installation, commissioning and maintenance. • Glass Inspection System - Detection of glass scratches, bubbles and cracks in the production line using computer vision.

Responsible for installation, commissioning, and maintenance of industrial robots.

Artificial Intelligence for Robotics • Autonomous mobile robots • Computer Vision • Neural Networks and Deep Learning • Advanced Software Technology • Evolutionary Algorithms• Learning and Adaptivity