Mrinmoy Kumar Das

AI/Robotics Engineer | Deep Learning & Computer Vision Specialist

Boston, US.

About

Highly motivated AI/Robotics Engineer pursuing an MS in Robotics and Autonomous Systems, specializing in advanced computer vision, deep learning, and sensor fusion. Proven ability to develop and optimize complex AI models, build robust robotic systems, and deliver impactful solutions, demonstrated by significant contributions to VR environments, autonomous navigation, and medical image analysis, while reducing computation costs by 35%.

Work

CILSE, Boston University

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Research Collaborator

Boston, Massachusetts, US

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Summary

Collaborating on advanced research at CILSE, Boston University, to develop immersive VR environments with sophisticated tracking and real-time data capture capabilities.

Highlights

Developed a Unity 3D VR environment integrating synchronized eye-tracking, head pose, and movement trajectory logging for precise behavioral data collection.

Built a Streamlit dashboard for real-time experiment control and data capture, enhancing research efficiency and analysis capabilities.

H2X Lab, Boston University

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Research Assistant

Boston, Massachusetts, US

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Summary

Conducting cutting-edge research at H2X Lab, Boston University, focusing on language-guided navigation, multi-modal sensor fusion, and advanced scene segmentation for autonomous systems.

Highlights

Evaluated InternVL2 for language-guided navigation, comparing RGB-only and RGB+semantic+depth prompting pipelines to analyze contextual effects on reasoning and instruction following.

Optimized a multi-loss objective by combining SegLoss, EdgeAttention, and InverseFormLoss for MobileNet V2Plus, achieving a 77.68% mIoU in assistive-navigation scene segmentation.

Built a multi-camera-1D LiDAR fusion pipeline using calibrated extrinsics to align range measurements with visual features, generating BEV representations for localization-aware obstacle reasoning and navigation.

ikeGPS (Contract)

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AI Engineer

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Summary

Engineered advanced AI solutions for infrastructure parsing and wire segmentation, leveraging large-scale model training and sim-to-real transfer to enhance real-world accuracy.

Highlights

Trained Swin Transformer segmentation models with MMDetection on a 14-node H100 cluster, scaling infrastructure parsing across 140,000+ synthetic Unity images with masks, boxes, and keypoints.

Improved real-world wire segmentation accuracy from 67% to 83% via sim-to-real transfer, utilizing geometric line fitting to merge patch-level predictions and suppress false positives.

KIS.AI (Startup)

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AI/ML Intern

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Summary

Developed and deployed AI/ML workflows for named entity recognition and knowledge graph generation, significantly enhancing data processing efficiency and reducing operational costs.

Highlights

Built a comprehensive training and deployment workflow for named entity recognition and knowledge graph generation using spaCy transformers.

Standardized customer-provided data for model training and reduced computation cost by 35%, optimizing resource utilization and project delivery.

National University of Singapore

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Research Intern

Singapore, Singapore, Singapore

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Summary

Conducted research on CNN baselines for brain cancer classification, achieving high accuracy with data augmentation for improved generalization.

Highlights

Built and evaluated CNN baselines for brain cancer classification using VGG-16, VGG-19, and ResNet architectures.

Achieved 84% accuracy with elastic deformation augmentation, significantly improving model generalization for medical image analysis.

Education

Boston University, College of Engineering

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Master of Science Robotics and Autonomous Systems Grade: 3.61/4

Courses

Vision Robotics

Image and Video Computing

Deep Learning

Advanced Computer Vision

Mahindra University, Ecole Centrale School of Engineering

Hyderabad, Telangana, India
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Bachelor of Technology Computer Science and Engineering Grade:

Courses

Machine Learning

Reinforcement Learning and Autonomous Systems

GPU Programming

Awards

6th place at the Singapore AUV Challenge (SAUVC)

SAUVC

Achieved 6th place as Team Lead & Software Head for AUV at the prestigious Singapore AUV Challenge, demonstrating leadership in autonomous underwater vehicle development.

Software Head, DD-ROBOCON National Finals

IIT-Delhi

Led the perception module integration as Software Head at the DD-ROBOCON National Finals, IIT-Delhi, showcasing expertise in robotic system development.

Runner-up, Business Ideation Challenge 2022

Achieved runner-up position in the Business Ideation Challenge 2022 for an AI-powered fitness app, highlighting innovation and entrepreneurial skills.

Publications

Automated structural surface damage identification and severity estimation using deep learning

IWSHM 2023

Co-authored a publication on automated structural surface damage identification and severity estimation using deep learning, presented at IWSHM 2023, Stanford, USA.

Underwater image dehazing in YCbCr color space using superpixel segmentation

ICVIP 2023

Co-authored a publication on underwater image dehazing in YCbCr color space using superpixel segmentation, presented at ICVIP 2023, Kyoto, Japan.

Certificates

Machine Learning Specialization

Deep Learning Specialization

Skills

Programming Languages

Python, C, C++, CUDA, Bash.

Frameworks, Tools, & Hardware

PyTorch, Tensorflow, JAX, Hugging Face Transformers, VLLM, MMDetection, OpenCV, NumPy, Pandas, Docker, ROS, Unity, TensorRT, NVIDIA Jetson, Raspberry Pi, Arduino.

Research Areas

Autonomous Driving, Deep Learning, 3D Vision, Sensor Fusion, VLM, VLA.

Projects

Panoramic Scene Generation from 2D Videos

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Summary

Led the development of a panoramic scene generation pipeline, integrating advanced 3D reconstruction and outpainting techniques to improve inference efficiency.

Visual Localization for 6-DoF Camera Relocalization

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Summary

Enhanced camera relocalization capabilities by modifying a transformer model, significantly reducing position error on a benchmark dataset.

Autonomous Ball Picking Robot

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Summary

Developed an autonomous robot integrating multiple sensors and AI models for real-time object detection, tracking, and obstacle avoidance.