Anand Bhattad

Anand Bhattad is a Research Assistant Professor at Toyota Technological Institute at Chicago, starting September 2023, after serving as a Graduate Research Assistant and Graduate Student at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign from August 2015 to August 2023. Experience includes roles as a Graduate Teaching Assistant in Applied Machine Learning and Data Structures, and internships at Intel Corporation, NVIDIA, Fyusion, Inc., and Siemens, focusing on computer vision and deep learning. Anand also gained research experience at Michigan State University, contributing to the development of a piezoelectric structural monitoring system. Educational qualifications include a PhD in Artificial Intelligence, an MS in Computer Science, and an MS in Civil and Environmental Engineering, all from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, along with a B-Tech in Civil Engineering from NITK Surathkal. Additionally, Anand co-founded the American Society of Civil Engineers NITK Student Chapter and served in an executive role at the Computer Society of India, Surathkal.