I am Vishwanath, working as Research software engineer with Pathways to Equitable Healthy Cities at Imperial College London. My research focuses on modelling the various characteristics of cities from street-view images and satellite images using Deep Learning techniques. I'm interested in solving problems related to Computer Vision & Natural Language Processing using Machine Learning.
Education
- Master's in Machine Learning, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi
- Bachelor's in Electronics, M S Ramaiah Institute of Technology Bangalore
Experience
- Research Engineer, Siemens Bangalore
- Research Engineer, TCS New Delhi
Role involves solving customer problems in Natural Language Processing & Computer Vision. Prototyping, publishing ideas in conferences & filing patents.
Publications
- Shubham Paliwal, Vishwanath D & et al. "Tablenet: Deep learning model for end-to-end table detection and tabular data extraction from scanned document images". ICDAR 2019, Sydney Australia. [link]
- Vishwanath D, Rohit Rahul & et al. "Deep Reader: Information extraction from Document images via relation extraction and Natural Language ". ACCV 2018, Perth Australia. [link]
- Vishwanath D, Lovekesh Vig & et al. "MEETING BOT: Reinforcement Learning for Dialogue Based Meeting Scheduling". AAAI 2018, New Orleans USA. [link]
- Vishwanath D & Shubham Gupta. "Adding CNNs to the Mix: Stacking models for sentiment classification". INDICON 2016, IISc Bengaluru. [link]
Patents
- Lovekesh Vig, Gautam Shroff, Vishwanath D & et al. "Method and system for information extraction from document images using conversational interface and database querying". United States patent no. US10936897B2. [link]
- Shubham Paliwal, Vishwanath D & et al. "Deep learning based table detection and associated data extraction from scanned image documents". European patent no. EP4032016A1. [link]
Teaching Assistant
Neural Networks
Software Lab
Computer Architecture
Embedded Systems
Others
- Positions of Responsibility:
- Postgraduate Representative (Kumaon hostel IIT Delhi): representated hostel at college senate
- Activity Head in Rendezvous (Annual cultural fest IIT Delhi): managed organizing a complete event - Sports & Hobbies:
- Swimming; water Polo team player which won bronze at sports meet, IIT Delhi
– Bike riding, Scuba diving, Sky diving, Fitness & Travelling
My favorite quotes
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"Where there is righteousness in the heart, there is beauty in the character. When there is beauty in the character, there is harmony in the home. When there is harmony in the home, there is order in the nation. When there is order in the nation, there is peace in the world"
- APJ Abdul Kalam
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"The woods are lovely, dark, and deep,
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep."
- Robert Frost