// EXPERIENCE
Experience & background.
Research Assistant
University of Southern California
Working on spatial AI and augmented reality systems research. Current focus is on depth-accurate AR overlays that combine ARCore's spatial computation with vision-language models for semantic understanding of arbitrary physical objects.
Graduate Studies
MS Computer Science — University of Southern California
Focused on areas at the intersection of systems and interaction — advanced mobile development, interactive systems, multimedia and real-time processing.
SenseMap, SenseDev, and the engine systems work came out of this period — combining theory, experimentation, and practical engineering into shipped products and research contributions.
Engine-level systems and shader tooling: View Systems & Tools →
Android & Mixed Reality Engineer
Mercedes-Benz Research & Development · Daimler
Three years building production Android applications and HoloLens mixed reality systems across two R&D divisions — MBRDI and DTICI. Work spanned live fleet software, spatial computing for manufacturing, and AR visualization tools.
Truckonnect
Android client for the BharatBenz commercial vehicle fleet management platform. Live on Google Play, tracking 10,000+ vehicles in real time. Built the Android client handling live telemetry ingestion, dynamic map clustering, and offline-first architecture with retry and backoff. Reduced cold start time significantly through profiling with Perfetto and eliminating main-thread I/O.
Android · Kotlin · Maps SDK · Real-time data
HoloLens Factory Floor Training
Mixed reality application for Mercedes assembly line workers. Spatially anchored AR work instructions overlaid on physical components — step-by-step guidance visible hands-free during assembly and maintenance. Built using HoloLens 2 and MRTK, with spatial anchor persistence across sessions and multi-device shared coordinate systems.
HoloLens 2 · MRTK · Spatial Anchors · Unity · C#
Also contributed to additional mixed reality and Android projects across the R&D organization, focused on visualization tools and internal developer workflows.
AR Research
Peer-reviewed publication · Undergraduate project
Authored a peer-reviewed conference paper exploring how mobile-based augmented reality can enhance science education for middle school students. Built an interactive AR newspaper feature and a full AR solar system simulation.