Vaisakh Anand

Location: Philadephia, PA
Phone: +1 (929) 300 9992
Email : vaisakh032@gmail.com

SUMMARY

WORK HISTORY

Tata Elxsi

Philadelphia, US

Sr.Software Development Engineer (Full-time) (June 2019 - current)

• Development of OTT apps for RDK​ :
  • Led the development of device layer code for Linux-based native OTT applications, taking charge of the Amazon Prime Video port for the RDK community. Also played a key role in supporting development for other premium applications, such as Netflix, YouTube and Peacock within the RDK ecosystem.
  • Developed and maintained recipes and meta layers for OTT applications for Yocto builds in RDK.
  • Assisted in the development of validation test suites, modeled after those in OTT applications, to catch errors in new platform releases. Reduced certification time for OTT apps and successfully eliminated regressions in Gstreamer and related components, making releases market-ready.
  • Played an active role in contributing to the UI and DIAL-related components in RDK, ensuring that all DIAL-related requirements for OTT applications were met.
  • Collaborated with the platform team to generate OCI bundles and configurations for OTT applications, including Amazon Prime, in RDK, enabling the seamless use of apps in containers.
• Development of Testsuite for Platform’s quality of playback:
  • Led the development of a comprehensive test suite for testing playback quality on various Soc platforms.
  • Designed and developed the test suite to identify frame drops, freezes, audio-video sync delays, macro blocking, and other playback-related issues that occur during media playback on the platform.
  • The suite help to improve playback quality and a reduction in playback-related issues in releases from SoC vendors.
• Development of video streaming applications: Developed Gstreamer-based pipelines for applications that support EME/MSE standard players for playback of encrypted and non-encrypted content. Experienced in handling DRM requirements of multiple premium applications with the support of libraries such as open-cdm
• RDK services and WPE-Framework : Developed several system plugins using Thunder that allowed other plugins in the platform to operate effectively.
• Alexa integration : Collaborated with the team to develop server-level code using Django framework for seamless Alexa integration into client set-top boxes for IoT applications.

International Center for Free and Open-Source Software (ICFOSS)

Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India

Research Assistant (Full-time) ​ (Oct 2018- June 2019)

• 3D Aerial Mapping:
  • Developed open-source solutions for generating high-quality 3D models of geographic data captured using point-and-shoot cameras in conjunction with UAV technology.
  • Designed, prototyped, and built a Hexacopter equipped with custom-made trigger circuits to enable autonomous flight plans for capturing aerial photos using a regular point-and-shoot camera.
  • Developed and implemented Python-based automation scripts to efficiently handle and process large amounts of data captured during mapping.
• Open Hardware based solution in Assistive Tech:
  • Development of solutions for enabling ICT (Information and Communications Technology) for people with disabilities
  • Design and development of circuit and firmware for T-slide Mouse, Kerala’s first ergonomic mouse for persons with disabilities.
  • Designed and developed circuit and firmware for FLipmouse, a hands-free mouse and keyboard replacement that can be easily controlled by very low forces applied to the mouthpiece using sip and puff or manual switches, allowing for greater accessibility for users with disabilities.
  • All products developed are documented here - gitlab.com/icfoss/Assistive Tech

Research Fellow​ (Oct 2017- Oct 2018)

• Open-source hardware and Software: During the research fellowship, gained extensive experience in open-source software and hardware development, including projects such as OpenCV-based image processing, open-source UAV design and log diagnostics, 3D photogrammetry utilizing open-source toolkits, and open hardware-based assistive technology device design and implementation, as well as basic website development using open-source frameworks.

Kerala Startup Mission

Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India

Junior Research Fellow​ (March-September 2017)

• 2D LIDAR mapping using quadcopter:
  • Design, prototype and build a quadcopter which is capable of flying indoors while carrying a Raspberry and 2D LiDAR onboard.
  • Develop a ROS based module for capturing the data from the lidar unit and plot them using Rviz in the onboard Raspberry.

EDUCATION

Lourdes Matha College Of Science and Technology

Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India

B.Tech: Electronics and Communication Engineering​ ​ (2013-17)

• Academic and laboratory knowledge in core subjects of electronics and communication
  • Electives on Image and Speech Processing, VLSI Designs, Digital Coding and Encryption
  • Seminar on Anonymity protocols; why and what is TOR ( ​ THE ONION ROUTING)
  • Main Project on UAV Photogrammetry And LIDAR Mapping
• 7.16​ GPA

Dr. GR Public School

Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India

High School: Computer Science stream ​ (2013)

• Computer science stream with mathematics, taking Physical education as an additional subject.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

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