Currently, I am a Research Assistant and PhD candidate at the MIT Media Lab. Before joining MIT I worked as a UX Researcher with Microsoft. I received my Master in Media Arts and Sciences from MIT and Master of Design from IIT Bombay. I have completed my bachelors degree in Computer Science and Engineering. Palanpur is my hometown, which is situated in northern Gujarat in India.
Exposure to fields like Design to Technology and from Art to Psychology gave me a quite nice/interesting viewpoint to the world. I love to see technology from design perspective and vice versa. This vision reflects in almost all of my projects and research work as well. in short, I do what I love and I love what I do. I am a 'Desigineer'
- 2007
'AKSHAR' won 'Best Paper' award @ USID2007
I presented my work 'AKSHAR' at USID2007 conference in Hyderabad, India. The paper got selected as 'Best Paper'. (Jun, 2007)
-2008
QUICKIES on ZDNet
ZDNet correspondent Sumi Das introduced my research 'QUICKIES' to the world in the 'Future of Sticky Notes'. See the video. (Dec, 2008)
My talk @ USID2008 conference in Bangalore, India
I gave a talk on 'Bringing Intelligence to Everyday Objects' at USID2008, Bangalore, India. (Sep, 2008)
'Inktuitive' and 'QUICKIES' at IE08 in Seattle, USA
My work 'Inktuitive' and 'QUICKIES' got presented at the 4th International Conference on Intelligent Environments (IE08). Seattle, USA. (Jul, 2008)
'QUICKIES' was in NEWS across the world
My research work 'QUICKIES-Intelligent Sticky Notes' was featured in press across the world including ...
Discovery Channel News
Popular Science
The Tech Herald
Gizmodo
Engadget
Slashdot
...& many more. for the complete list, visit 'QUICKIES' project page. (Mar, 2008)
'TaPuMa' @ Ambi-Sys08 in Quebec City, Canada
I presented my research 'TaPuMa - A Tangible Public Map' @ International Conference on Ambient Media and Systems (Amby-Sys 2008). Quebec City, Canada. (Feb, 2008)
QUICKIES @ IUI08 in Canary Islands, Spain
I presented my research project 'QUICKIES' at the ACM International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces (IUI2008) in Canary Islands, Spain. (Jan, 2008)
-2009
TR35
Won Technology Review TR35 2009 Young Inventor Award. (August, 2009)
HCII2009
Presented a paper on project 'Quickies' @ HCII2009 in San Diego, CA. (July, 2009)
Microsoft Research
I joined Microsoft Research in Redmond as a Research Intern for the summer. (June, 2009)
INVENTION OF THE YEAR 2009
SixthSense wins INVENTION OF THE YEAR 2009 award by Popular Science (June, 2009)
i3D2009
I presented a poster on 'inktuitive' @ ACM SIGGRAPH i3D 2009 conference in Boston, USA (28th Feb, 2009)
'SixthSense' was featured in NEWS across the world
My research work 'SixthSense' (also known as WUW - Wear Ur World) was featured in press across the world including ...
New York Times | WIRED News | FOX News | Mumbai Mirror
Times of India | The Sydney Morning Herald | Slashdot
Engadget | sina.com | CNET NEWS | The Sun | The Gazette
Le Monde
...& many more. for the complete list, visit 'SixthSense' project page. (Feb, 2009)
TED2009
Pattie and I unveiled 'SixthSense' @ TED2009 in Long Beach CA,USA (4th Feb, 2009)
I think ...
I think.
And here are some of my thoughts/papers on varied fields.
Leonardo of 21st century-Pranav Mistry
indiTree- Technology to masses in a meaningful manner
Need of a Programming language for children
Designing intelligence
Social robotics and future
Ghost in the machine
Functional metaphoric approach to be in the flow with software interfaces
AKSHAR: A mechanism for inputting Indic scripts on digital devices
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