DRONES LAB - Key Persons


Aditya Balasubramanyam

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  • Member of the Group

Ali J. Ben Ali

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  • Member of the Group

Anand Balakrishnan

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  • Member of the Group

Charuvahan Adhivarahan

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  • Staff Member

Farshad Ghanei

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  • Member of the Group
Farshad Ghanei received his BSc in Electrical Engineering from Sharif University of Technology, and MSc from State University of New York at Buffalo. He defended his PhD in Computer Science and Engineering in 2019 under supervision of professor Karthik Dantu, in the area of operating systems and embedded systems. He was awarded "Graduate Dean's Scholars Award" from Liesl Folks, Dean of School of Engineering and Applied Sciences in 2013, "Best poster Award", and "Best Graduate Leadership Award" from the CSE department in 2017, and "Graduate Teaching Award" in 2019. He was the instructor for CSE421/521 Introduction to Operating Systems course in Spring 2019. Outside work, he enjoys playing games and outdoor activities. He has a Black Belt Dan III in Nearu Martial Art, and teaches self defense.

Karthik Dantu

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  • Staff Member

Kartikeya Singh

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  • Student
Interests: Robotics , Computer Vision , Deep Learning , Visual SLAM

Pranay Meshram

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  • Student
Interests: Robotics , Autonomus Driving Systems , Robot Perception , Artificial Intelligence

Sofiya Semenova

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  • Student
Interests: Edge and Mobile Systems , Computer Vision , Robotics

Timothy (TJ) Chase

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  • Student
Interests: Spacecraft Perception and Navigation , Embedded Autonomous Systems , Computer Vision , Visual SLAM

Vaishali Maheshkar

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  • Student
Interests: Embedded Systems , Sensor Systems , Wireless Communication

Vinay Kempanahalli Nagaraju

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  • Member of the Group

Yash Turkar

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  • Staff Member

Yuyang Chen

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  • Student
Interests: Robotics , Micro Aerial Vehicles , Artificial Intelligence Yuyang Chen was born in GuangXi, China in 1991. He received his B.E. in Electrical Engineering from State University of New York at Stony Brook in 2014, and M.Sc. in Electical Engineering from State University fo New York at Buffalo in 2016. He started his Ph.D. program in Computer Science and Engineering in June 2016. Since then he has been working under the supervision of professor Karthik Dantu, in the area of Robotics, Micro-Aerial Vehcles and Artificial Intelligence.

Zakieh Hashemifar

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  • Member of the Group