Sakshi Bhatia

Augmented Reality C++ pipeline

Augemented Reality on custom image targets with shaded 3D overlays.

• Intrinsics & Extrinsics: Calibrated camera metrics and estimated real-time checkerboard pose for board tracking.
• Virtual 3D objects: Created Phong-shaded 3D models (Eiffel Tower, UFO, etc.) using GLFW/OpenGL with a runtime GUI selector, virtual objects rendered onto the board.
• Robust Feature Tracking: Extended AR to arbitrary flat targets using ORB feature matching and RANSAC homography, removing checkerboard dependency. View code

Deep Networks for handwritten character recognition

Building, training, and analyzing deep convolutional neural networks and Vision Transformers for image recognition.

• Model Training & Evaluation: Developed and evaluated a CNN baseline and a Vision Transformer on MNIST, achieving 99.22% classification accuracy.
• Transfer Learning on Characters: Adapted the pre-trained backbone to classify custom characters, optimized the pipeline to overcome real-world domain gaps.
• Systematic Analysis & Optimization: Conducted a 100-configuration hyperparameter sweep across 10 dimensions, and visualized learned features using pre-trained ResNet-18 layers and a fixed Gabor filter bank.

• Implemented 10+ visual effects from scratch, including Gaussian blur, sepia, emboss, etc.
• Integrated face detection for effects such as selective blur, color isolation, and halo overlay.
• Built a real-time video processing pipeline with C++ and OpenCV. View code

Graduate Research Assistant | HelpingHands Lab, NEU

• Built a GELLO arm to record demonstration data; reproduced Diffusion Policy in simulation and on UR5 arm.
• [In Progress] modified Diffusion Policy combining VLMs for visual generalization
• Focus: Robotic Manipulation, Sample Efficiency, Generalization.

Teaching Assistant | EECE Dept, NEU

• Assisting for EECE5550 Mobile Robotics (Perception, Planning, Control).
• Assembled TurtleBot3 Burger and validated hardware/software stacks.

Product Analyst | Sprinklr

• Deployed regex-based automation for content filtering on child-safe platforms, reducing manual work by 93%.
• Managed 15+ global clients and executed 40+ data insight dashboards.

Research Intern | NIT Jalandhar

• Developed a Python package for 'Artificial Electric Field', a novel optimization algorithm published on PyPI.
• Visualized convergence for multi-dimensional non-linear problems.

Diffusion-guided Intrinsic Curiosity

Solving long-horizon tasks with minimal demonstrations.

• Implemented Intrinsic Curiosity Module (ICM) for sparse environments.
• Trained a diffusion model to learn state sequences while ICM predicts actions.

Bipedal Walker (PPO + Attention)

Locomotion stability for uneven terrain traversal.

• Solved OpenAI Gym’s Bipedal-Walker (Avg Reward: 317) without falling.
• Implemented PPO with attention/cross-attention mechanisms and performed ablation studies.

Northeastern University

MS in Robotics

GPA: 3.88/4.0

Focus: Advanced Computer Vision, Reinforcement Learning, Geometrical Deep Learning.

National Institute of Technology, Jalandhar

Bachelor of Technology

GPA: 8.09/10

Focus: Soft Computing, Mechatronics, Data Structures

Achievements

• Best Android XR App with Gemini Live API by Google DeepMind. Reality Hack 2026, MIT Media Labs
• All India Rank 1243 / 39210 (Percentile: 96.83). GATE Data Science & AI (2024)
• Cracked Post Baccalaureate Fellowship Exam (IIT Madras, Oct 2023). Robert Bosch Centre for Data Science and AI
• Best Intern Award: Hybrid Electric Vehicles Internship (Dec 2018).

Published Research

Fuzzy-based techniques for clustering in wireless sensor networks (WSNs): Recent advances, challenges, and future directions.
DOI (Wiley)

Auxiliary Missions

• Transmission & Fabrication Engineer (Team Avishkar, 2018-2019): Designed gear characteristics, simulated transmission in MATLAB-Simulink, fabricated vehicle body using welding/cutting techniques.
• Google Developer’s Student Club (2020-2022): Organized workshops and mentoring sessions in Machine Learning.
• Entrepreneurship Cell (2019-2022): Official social media manager; actively created awareness on entrepreneurship.