Nithin Kumar

Nithin Kumar has a diverse background in research and engineering, with experience in notable institutions and companies. Nithin's journey began with a Research Fellow position at the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, working on porting FreeRTOS on RISC-V architecture. This was followed by a Graduate Student Intern role at Intel Corporation, focusing on video artifact detection. Nithin furthered expertise as a Graduate Student and Research Assistant at Carnegie Mellon University, where key contributions included reducing latency in object detection and implementing systems for autonomous semi-trucks. Subsequent roles included a Summer Research Intern position at the Indian Institute of Science, and a long-term position at Magic Leap as a Computer Vision Researcher/Engineer. Currently, Nithin serves as a Research Engineer at Meta. Nithin holds a Master’s degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University and a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from PSG College of Technology.