Srivathsan Murali

[mailto: sri@vathsan.com] ∘ [linkedin: srivathsanm] ∘ [git: srivathsanmurali]

I am a Research Engineer with 7 years experience working in 3D Mapping and Software Development. I have worked on systems that produce large scale mapping using photogrammetry and SLAM techniques.

I have always worked in a technology agnostic manner, choosing them based on the task in hand aiming to robust systems that are easy to maintain and build upon.

Skills

• Programming: C++, C, Python, Elixir, Golang
• C++ Frameworks: Eigen, GTSAM, OpenMVG, OpenMP, OneTBB, Boost
• Elixir Frameworks: Ecto, Plug, Phoenix

Work Experience

Software Engineer, Motional, Singapore (August 2020 – Present)

• Working as part of the Mapping Team to build a mapping engine to be used as a prior for Autonomous Vehicles.
• Lead a long term research effort to improve the map quality and scalability. This directly lead to the ability to produce large scale maps.
• Lead efforts to design an Offline Mapping Architecture for the Mapping Product.
• Conducted experiments on sensor data (LiDAR, GPS/INS) to improve mapping products as new sensors were used to collect data.
• Helped the team improve the coding practices and standard across the codebase through code review and guidance.

Software Engineer, Nomoko AG, Zurich (Jul 2016 – Jul 2020)

• Built Dense Point Cloud Generation System in C++/CUDA to generate 3D models of cities.
• Implemented a divide and conquer method to significantly reduce the computation cost of the algorithm.
• Developed a micro service based data pipeline in Elixir to make sure large datasets are safely handled.
• Built a web front end using Phoenix Framework to find datasets and provide information to access the dataset.
• Conducted weekly discussions/workshops on GNU/Linux, Coreutils, Git, and other useful commands.

Research Intern, SIMTech, Singapore (Jan 2013 – June 2013)

• Developed a RFID equipment tracking system to be used in industrial facilities.
• Implemented Active RFID tags and receivers using Zigbee chips.
• Designed the server module to localize the tagged equipments in 2D Space.

Open Source Projects

DomSet Library [C++] – Git

• A library to cluster camera views produced by a Structure from Motion algorithm.
• The clusters are computing using affinity propagation.
• Built to reduce the computational cost of producing dense point clouds.
• This library has been merged into the brilliant OpenMVG software suite.

Exif Parser [Elixir] – Git – Doc

• Extracts EXIF/TIFF metadata from image files.
• This parser was developed to aid in processing a large collection of images during 3D reconstruction.

Other Projects Information about other projects I have worked on can be found at https://srivathsan.me/projects.html.

Education

MSc in Robotics, Systems and Control, ETH Zurich (Sept 2014 – Jan 2017)

• Computer Vision Specialization
• Publication: Indoor Scan2BIM: Building Models of House Interiors [link] [pdf]

BEng in Computer Engineering, NTU Singapore (Aug 2010 – May 2014)

• Embedded Systems Specialization