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Contact Information

Name Utsav Akhaury
Email utsav.akhaury.2015@gmail.com

Experience

  • Mar 2026 – Present
    AI Software Engineer
    Spot AI
    San Francisco, CA
    • Building video AI agents for real-time perception, reasoning, and action.
  • Sep 2021 – Feb 2026
    Doctoral Assistant
    Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne (EPFL)
    Lausanne, Switzerland
    • Built deep learning systems for large-scale image restoration using data from NASA and ESA missions, delivering ~1000× faster inference than classical methods.
    • Designed end-to-end ML pipelines from data simulation through model training, evaluation, and deployment — scaling large vision models across multi-node GPU clusters via Slurm-scheduled HPC workflows.
    • Developed a novel multi-resolution image fusion framework that combines multi-telescope, multi-spectral imaging data.
    • Mentored junior researchers on independent projects and collaborated with teams across Europe and North America.
  • May 2021 – Aug 2021
    Open-source Developer
    Google Summer of Code (GSoC)
    Remote
    • Built an automated framework for training ML surrogates that deliver near real-time predictions in place of computationally-expensive radar simulations — a GSoC contribution to gprMax (open-source simulation platform).
  • May 2021 – Aug 2021
    Research Intern
    Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur
    Nice, France
    • Built 3D CNNs extending a 2D point detection algorithm to 3D on a 1 TB signal-cube dataset.
    • Designed a custom loss function with tunable intensity weighting to recover faint signals and improve detection of weak targets.
  • Nov 2020 – Apr 2021
    Research Intern
    French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA)
    Paris, France
    • Co-developed deep learning deconvolution algorithms for optical and radio imaging, marking the first application of this technology to radio-interferometry.
    • Contributed to a synthetic dataset of 51,000+ images using Transformer-based generative models (Tensor2Tensor), released publicly as a community benchmark.

Education

Skills

Languages Python C++ Julia MATLAB Rust
ML / Deep Learning PyTorch CUDA Hugging Face TensorFlow scikit-learn
Computer Vision OpenCV ONNX TensorRT FFmpeg
MLOps & Tooling Slurm Docker Kubernetes Google Cloud GitHub Actions

Awards

  • 2023
    EPFL PhD Excellence Fellowship
    Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne (EPFL)

    Selected as one of 27 PhD students across all departments.

  • 2023
    Young Scientist Support Grant
    Swiss Society for Astrophysics and Astronomy (SSAA)

    Travel grant awarded to support academic visits, conferences, and summer schools.

  • 2017
    BITS Merit-cum-Need Scholarship
    Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS), Pilani

    Awarded to top-performing students at BITS Pilani. Covered 80% of annual tuition.

Service and Volunteering

  • 2026
    Journal Reviewer
    Astronomy & Astrophysics (A&A)

    Peer-reviewed manuscripts at the intersection of deep learning and astronomy.

  • 2025
    STEM Outreach Volunteer
    International School of Lausanne

    Shared my work on AI and space telescopes with school students on the International Day of Women and Girls in Science.

  • 2023–2024
    External Relations Committee Member
    EPFL Data Analytics Group

    Managed corporate-partner outreach and sponsorship for EPFL’s data analytics community.

  • 2010–2024
    Astronomy Outreach Organizer
    Observatoire de Genève BITS Pilani The Scindia School

    Organized astronomy outreach events and public sky-watching sessions, engaging audiences ranging from school students to working professionals.