Sakshi Bhatia

Augmented Reality C++ pipeline

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

• Intrinsics & Extrinsics: Calibrated camera matrices 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

• 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, Northeastern Univ

• 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

Published Research

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

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).

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.