Sri Nitchith Akula

About Sri Nitchith Akula

I\'m a deep learning and computer vision engineer with 7+ years of experience building real-world AI systems across autonomous vehicles, smartphones, and video compression. At Zoox, I develop and deploy motion forecasting models that enhance the safety and accuracy of autonomous driving.Previously at Samsung, I played a key role in AI-powered video super-resolution and compression models that were commercialized in Samsung smartphones and 8K TVs. I contributed to designing efficient CNNs, ARM GPU optimizations, and model tuning for on-device inference.My journey has spanned research, from spiking neural networks at IIT Bombay to neural re-photography at CMU, to building and deploying machine learning systems that scale. I\'m passionate about designing, training, and shipping models for real-world applications.

Experience

1. Software Engineer - Prediction

   Zoox

   Jan 2023 — Present · CA, US

   At Zoox, I develop and deploy deep learning–based motion forecasting models that predict trajectories of nearby vehicles and vulnerable road users (VRUs) around the autonomous vehicle.

Education

• Carnegie Mellon University

  Master of Science - MS, Computer Vision

• Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay

  Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.) with Honours, Electrical Engineering

  2012 — 2016

Skills

• C
• Programming
• Vhdl
• Signal Processing
• Matlab
• Android