Signal Processing/Machine Learning and IC Design specialist

Akhilesh Rao

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EDUCATION

Masters of Science, Electrical Engineering – GPA 3.14/4.0 May 2016 New York University, Tandon School of Engineering, Brooklyn, NY Relevant courses: Audio Content Analysis, Digital Signal Processing (I, II & Lab), Introduction to VLSI, Video & Image Processing, Applied Matrix, Fundamentals of Analog Integrated Circuit Design, Organizational Behavior, 3-D Audio (audit). Bachelor of Engineering, Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering May 2014 University of Mumbai, Mumbai, India

Relevant courses: Neural Network & Fuzzy Logic, Random Signal Analysis, Data Compression & Encryption, RF Circuit Design. TECHNICAL SKILLS

Programming Languages: MATLAB, Python, R, C++

Software Tools: LabView, TestStand, Simulink, Cadence, R Studio, Microsoft Office, Cubase, Sony Vegas Pro ADDITIONAL COURSEWORK (COURSERA)

Machine Learning, Statistics with R, Introduction to Music Production EXPERIENCE

New York University, Tandon School of Engineering, Brooklyn, NY Oct 2015 – Dec 2015 Teaching Assistant – Digital Signal Processing I

Tracked student performance and assisted them with MATLAB assignments. Zebra Technologies, Holtsville, NY May 2015 – Aug 2015 Test Engineering Intern

Automation Testing – Odessey Scanner: Cut 85% of testing costs by replacing an expensive automated test system with simplified LabView code and TestStand procedures to test the functionality of faulty scanners

Automation Testing – Universal Scan Engine Board: Modified and sequenced LabView VI’s in TestStand to design an automation test system. Created the procedural document to assist Zebra’s clients with running the Scan Engine board

Standardized Beeper Tone Test System: Helped potentially cut re-shipping costs of repaired scanners by implementing post- processing algorithms (ISTA and TV Denoising) to remove background noise and detect distortion in scanner beepers on the production line. Audio data and interfacing of scanners done using National Instruments (NI) equipment

RFID Reader Testing: Tested the functionality of several test fixture by implementing board connections and addressed specific problems encountered by faulty boards using LabView and TestStand Promethean Audio, Mumbai, India Dec 2013

Audio Engineering Intern

Learnt about room modes, loudspeaker & microphone calibration, setting up studio equipment for recording artists & mix audio Nokia, Mumbai, India Aug 2012 – Jan 2013

Interface Design and Digital Marketing Intern - Mobsquad

Wireframed mobile interfaces on Balsamiq to cater to user needs. Marketed Nokia campus events via social media ACADEMIC PROJECTS

Operational Amplifier Design, New York University Apr 2016 – May 2016

Designed a Two-Stage Operational Amplifier to obtain required slew rate, phase margin, swing & gain under given constraints

Proved superiority of our design choice against other design methods (Folded-Cascode, Telescopic) using Cadence Virtuoso Binaural microphone design for 3-D recording, New York University Feb 2016

Designed a pair of binaural microphones using Panasonic mini-capsules to capture sounds in 3-D based on HRTF modelling Customized filterbank for Real-Time Speech Processing - MFCC, New York University Sep 2015 – Dec 2015

Designed and implemented the MFCC filter-bank using Python to help characterize real-time voice inputs, enabling its use for further use in Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR)

Ethnography – South Asian workers in American franchises, New York University Sep 2015 – Dec 2015

Collected and analyzed data of test-subjects with the task-force, conducted through semi-structured interviews and questionnaires. Formed a mutual consensus on their motivations to specifically work at these franchises in USA Resonance Q-filtering using synthesis-analysis modelling, New York University Mar 2015 – May 2015

Characterized input data into resonance components using a non-linear Q-factoring method using MATLAB

Proved to be a better representation over the Fourier Transformation for understanding signal behavior Mood estimation using timbre analysis and pitch detection, New York University Apr 2015 – May 2015

Designed a MATLAB program to detect the mood of a male individual through a short vocal input

Features were extracted using pitch detection algorithms (the MFCC, Spectral data, Zero crossings etc.) from training data

Test data was compared with this metadata using the nearest-neighbour algorithm to derive the test-subjects emotion 4-bit Arithmetic Logic Unit (ALU), New York University Sep 2014 – Dec 2014

Designed the schematic and layout of the ALU using an adder, subtractor and comparator on Cadence in a manner that optimized propagation delay and power dissipation of circuit Analysis of Bit Error Rate in OFDM, University of Mumbai, India Aug 2013 – May 2014

Re-modeled an existing WiMax signal chain using different combinations of modulators (8-bit, 16-bit QAM), encoding-decoding schemes (Convolutional-Viterbi, Turbo, Differential coding), filtering methods under various noise constraints (Rayleigh Fading, Added White Gaussian noise, Rician Fading) & phase noise parameter to achieve a lesser bit-error rate system using Simulink ACTIVITIES

Technical paper readings (AES, IEEE), On-site crew Click Asia Summit 2012 & Y2B ISB, Hyderabad 2012, AIESEC Alumni.

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