Academic
ISSNSM 2010 Summer School and AIMS 2010
I arrived in Zurich for the ISSNSM 2010 Summer School this past Sunday since I was delivering a tutorial on Contiki and 6lowpan during the event, on Monday 21 June 2010. Upon arrival, I went straight to University of Zurich-Nord to meet with Martin and Christian, the Summer School chairs, so we could test all [...]
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IEEE Oceans 2010
I have been attending the IEEE Oceans 2010 conference in Sydney this past week and it has been a really great experience. This year, I was participating in the Student Poster competition as well and it was interesting to discover that unlike other conferences, the student poster competition here was a centerpiece. The posters were displayed [...]
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In the News
I recently gave an interview to The Week magazine about my non-profit IURS, the field of Robotics and the future of it, especially in India. I find it vital that this area and its rather neglected topics (e.g. underwater robotics) finally get some well-deserved attention. The special business issue on Robotics can be found here. My interview [...]
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Graduation!
It hardly feels like a long time ago when I started the MSc program at Jacobs University Bremen, however, the graduation ceremony is taking place tomorrow and I can hardly wait to be one step closer to receiving this diploma!
MSc Research Update
Even though my primary research area lies in underwater robotics, and I came to Jacobs University Bremen to pursue this area, off-lately I have developed a deep interest in underwater acoustic communications and have been offered the opportunity to pursue this as my thesis topic. I have now begun work on writing a proposal covering [...]
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