Aniketh Arvind ‘24

Field of study:  Assistive computer vision and machine learning

Why did you pursue this project?

Two summers ago, I worked with the Bio-Robotics Lab at the University of Wisconsin on using computer vision and assistive robotics to aid lower-limb-paralyzed individuals in daily-living scenarios. I was the second author of the paper we submitted to an international IEEE conference. Using the knowledge I had gained over the summer, I decided to craft my own research. My independent research on using machine learning and computer vision to identify vital objects in daily surroundings to aid the visually impaired arose from the need to help my great-grandmother. She has been completely blind for most of her life and, like the other 2.2 billion visually impaired individuals worldwide, struggles to identify vital objects in her surrounding environments. My research proposes a novel system that fixes this significant problem. 

Tell us about yourself

Looking back on my Hackley experience, I would say the most impactful gift I received was IRP. The program’s guidance afforded me the opportunity to conduct cutting-edge research at the Bio-Robotics Lab in Wisconsin, and ultimately led me to Princeton where I will study Electrical Engineering and Machine Learning. I am deeply interested in entrepreneurship and the tech startup scene, and am constantly thinking of novel solutions to unsolved problems. Aside from academics, I am a published machine learning researcher, global non-profit founder, avid mobile-app developer, award-winning pianist and violinist, and club cricketer for the Connecticut Cricket Academy.

Science research related awards / publications

Awards:
2x Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair Finalist (2023 and 2024)
2x New York State Science and Engineering Fair Grand Prize: 1st Place in Robotics & Intelligent Systems (2023 and 2024)
2023 International Genius Olympiad Gold Medalist in Science Innovation
2023 United States Naval Academy Science and Engineering Award
2023 Regeneron Westchester/Putnam Science and Engineering Fair: 2nd Place in Computer Science
2022 Somers Science Fair: 1st Place in Engineering

Publications:
Springer Nature Communications in Computer and Information Science (sole author): https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-46338-9_15
IEEE XPlore (second author):
https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10246715

Conferences:
Accepted to and presented at the 2023 International Conference on Intelligent Systems and Patterns Recognition in Hammamet, Tunisia
Accepted to and presented at the 2023 IEEE International Conference on Power Electronics and Drive Systems in Montreal, Canada