Divyanshu Vats

5521 Wilkins Avenue Apt #2

Pittsburgh, PA - 15217, Ph: 512-576-0548

dvats at andrew dot cmu dot edu

Education

Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA.

PhD Candidate, Electrical Engineering, Sept 2006 - Present

The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX.

Bachelor of Science, Electrical Engineering, May 2006

Bachelor of Science, Mathematics, May 2006

Thesis: “Designing and Implementing a Matlab Toolbox for Image-Based Rendering”

Course Work

CMU: Advanced Probability, Functional Analysis, Advanced DSP, Regression Analysis.

UT Austin:  Digital Signal Processing (DSP), Probability and Stochastic Processes, Digital Communications, Neural Networks, Wireless Networks, Computer Graphics, Real Analysis, Complex Analysis, Linear Algebra, Algebraic Structures, Wavelets, Error-Correcting Codes, Numerical Analysis.

Research Work

Past: Image Authentication, Image-based Rendering, Compression via Wavelets.

Current: Signal Representation via Random Fields.

Work Experience

Google Summer of Code 2006 Participant, Google Inc., 05/06 – 08/06
One of 630 student participants selected out of over 3000 applicants to the program.  Worked with GIMP to provide support for Jpeg2000 images, image denoising, and inverse halftoning.

Research Assistant, Dept. of Comp. Science, UT Austin, Austin, TX, 01/06 – 05/06

Worked on approximating density maps using Radial Basis Functions.

Grader, Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, UT Austin, Austin, TX, 09/05 – 12/05

Wrote solutions and graded homework problems for Probability and Random Processes class

Summer Research Intern, Rice University, Houston, TX, 05/05 – 08/05

Successfully implemented an image based rendering system for reconstructing new views of a scene from virtual camera positions.

Summer Research Intern, MIT Haystack Laboratory, Westford, MA, 06/04 – 08/04

Designed and tested a new digital receiver for a Small Radio Telescope (SRT).  Based on the tests, a model for the Sun and receiver noise was formulated.

Undergraduate Assistant, Homework Services, UT Austin, Austin, TX, 05/03 – 05/05

Wrote homework problems for Math, Physics, and Chemistry in TeX and C.

Publications/ Presentations

1. Divyanshu Vats, Poster and Presentation on “Image-Based Rendering Via Lumigraphs”, Undergraduate Research Forum, April 8 2006, Austin, TX.

2. Divyanshu Vats, Charlie Ice, Richard Baraniuk, Presentation on “Accurate Light Fields from a Simple System,” Texas Instruments Developer Conference, March 1, 2006, Dallas, TX.

3. V. Monga, D. Vats, and B. L. Evans, "Image Authentication Under Geometric Attacks Via Structure Matching", Proc. IEEE Int. Conf. on Multimedia & Expo, Jul. 6-8, 2005, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

4. D. Vats and A. Rogers, Poster on “Development and Testing of a New Small Radio Telescope (SRT) Receiver” at the 205^th meeting of the American Astronomical Society (AAS), January 9-13, 2005, San Diego, CA.

Accomplishments

Recipient, Carnegie Institute of Technology Fellowship for Graduate Studies, Sept 06 - Present

Recipient, George Mitchell Award for Academic Excellence at UT Austin, 2006

Best Presentation Award at the Undergraduate Research Forum, UT Austin, April 2006

Recipient, Texas Telecommunications Engineering Consortium Scholarship, 2004-2005

Recipient, Undergraduate Research Fellowship Award, 2004-2005

Recipient, Unrestricted Endowed Presidential Scholarship, 2004-2005

Recipient, Frank W. McBee, Jr. Scholarship, 2003-2004

1^st place in “Albert A. Bennett Calculus Prize Exam”, 2002

Ranked among top 3% of about 150,000 students appearing for IIT-JEE, 2002