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Mithun Jacob
Staff Research Engineer
Google DeepMind
Previously, I led mapping and localization at Everyday Robots, an X project.
Before that, I worked at Bosch on mapping and localization for automated driving.
I obtained my Ph.D. from the Intelligent Systems and Technologies (ISAT) Lab at the School of Industrial Engineering, Purdue University in July 2014 and my MSE in Robotics from the GRASP Lab, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, University of Pennsylvania in August 2009.
Selected Awards
2016 Innovation Award - Bosch Research and Technology Center, July 2016, Palo Alto
2014 Outstanding Graduate Student Research Award - College of Engineering, April 2014, Purdue University
Best Poster Award - Industrial Engineering Research Symposium, April 2013, Purdue University
Best Poster Award - Industrial Engineering Research Symposium, April 2012, Purdue University
Student Travel Award - IE Graduate Student Organization, September 2011, Purdue University
Best Student Paper Finalist and awarded Student Travel Grant - 2011 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (SMC), September 2011, Anchorage, Alaska
Second in GETC (Programming) in Phreak, a National Level Programming Contest in 2005, India
First in Panacea (Debugging and Programming) at ISTE Confluence 2004, India
Selected Press
''Gesture recognition system could reduce surgical delays'' - TheEngineer.
''Robots and people can all get along'' - NPR Marketplace.
''Robotic nurse in development at Purdue'' - Fox News.
''Future surgeons may use robotic nurse, 'gesture recognition''' - Forbes.com.
Other Activities
Treasurer, Omega Rho, Honor Society of INFORMS, Purdue University Chapter (2013 - 2014).
Treasurer, INFORMS Purdue University Chapter (2013 - 2014).
Member, Technical Committee on Human-Computer Interaction, IEEE SMC Society (2011 - 2013).
Member, IEEE RAS (Robotics and Automation Society) (2010 - 2013).
Member, IEEE ComSoc (Communications Society) (2012 - 2013).
Member, IEEE Computer Society (2012 - 2013).
Member, IEEE SMC (Systems, Man & Cybernetics) Society (2010 - 2013).
Reviewer, IROS, ICRA, IV, ITSC and SMC.
Reviewer, TSMC: Systems, JRTIP, ESA, and MVA