My research interests lie in graphics and vision. I'm fascinated by problems in 3D rendering, reconstruction, and texturing. The core question is: how to simulate realistic scenes efficiently?
I currently work as an undergraduate research assistant at the CS XR Lab under Professor Voicu Popescu. My research focuses on managing complex environments on thin-clients (like VR) for real-time applications through rendering optimizations. Specifically, I work on the visibility problem.
Previously, I worked with Professor Daniel Aliaga on an urban fire risk management tool, the results of which led to a successful NSF FIRE funding proposal. Before that, as a researcher at the IDEAS Lab, I conducted research in machine learning -- culminating in the Purdue Spring 2024 Undergraduate Research award.
I have enjoyed a variety of (graduate) courses at Purdue. Some favorites include computer graphics, computer vision, randomized algorithms, group theory, analysis, and operating systems. I've served as a teaching assistant for C, Systems, and Algorithms. For two summers, I developed and distributed course material (homeworks, solutions, test modules) for C and Systems. I love interacting with students.
In my free time, you will catch me making dosas with my friends, playing badminton, swimming, running, climbing, or sketching away. I co-founded the Dosa Club at Purdue.
Research
UFZs: A Novel Method to Identify Urban Fire Zones for Urban Planning
Mridu Prashanth, Nick Myrick, Daniel Aliaga, Aniket Bera
Purdue Fall Research Expo, IDiF Summer Undergraduate Research Symposium (2024)
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ARTEMIS: AI-driven Robotic Triage Labeling & Emergency Medical Information System
Revanth Krishna Senthilkumaran, Mridu Prashanth, Hrishikesh Viswanath, Sathvika Kotha, Kshitij Tiwari, Aniket Bera
Purdue Spring Research Conference, Awarded 2nd Place (2024)
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AffectEcho: Speaker Independent and Language-Agnostic Emotion and Affect Transfer for Speech Synthesis
Hrishikesh Viswanath, Aneesh Bhattacharya, Pascal Jutras-Dube, Prerit Gupta, Mridu Prashanth, Yashvardhan Khaitan, Aniket Bera
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Expositions
Descartes Rules Polynomials with Signs
Mridu Prashanth, Marcello Lucia
(2021)
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Artificial art GAN be real art
Mridu Prashanth, Aaditya Kharel
(2021)
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