CV
Experience
06/2025 (Current): Deputy Head at SAIDE Lab, DFKI GmbH, Germany ๐ฉ๐ช
Leading the federal ministry funded project which focuses on designing and evaluating energy-efficient LLM architectures for industrial environments.
In parallel, I am also working as a Postdoctoral Researcher in the Systems Group at TU Darmstadt.
06/2021 โ 12/2024: Research Scientist at Multimedia Communication Lab, TU Darmstadt, Germany ๐ฉ๐ช
Working on AI-based cost models and adaptive stream processing for heterogeneous environments.
01/2023 โ 12/2024: Associate Research Assistant at Distributed and Operating Systems Group, TU Ilmenau, Germany ๐ฉ๐ช
06/2021 โ 12/2024: Associate Research Assistant at Distributed Systems Group, Faculty of Science and Engineering - University of Groningen, Netherlands ๐ณ๐ฑ
03/2017 โ 07/2023: Associate Team Lead and Technology Consultant at axxessio GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany ๐ฉ๐ช
Worked on smart city platforms, IoT solutions, and digitalization strategies across German municipalities and telecom sectors.
10/2014 โ 02/2017: Graduate Student Assistant at Telecooperation Group โ TU Darmstadt
Assisted in teaching and research for distributed systems and IoT applications.
06/2014 โ 12/2016: Quality Engineer & Automation Developer at Kobil System GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany
Led QA and automation for secure web servers and enterprise mobile applications in finance/retail sectors.
08/2010 โ 09/2013: Software Engineer at HCL Technologies, Noida, India ๐ฎ๐ณ
Developed embedded and mobile applications for consumer electronics and telecom clients including Sony and NTTDocomo.
Education
06/2021 โ 09/2024: Ph.D. in ETiT at TU Darmstadt, Germany ๐ฉ๐ช
Focused on performance modeling and optimization of distributed stream processing systems.
10/2013 โ 11/2016: Masterโs in Computer Science at TU Darmstadt, Germany ๐ฉ๐ช
Master thesis on decentralized crowd-sensing data collection using ICN, in collaboration with UMass Amherst.
07/2006 โ 06/2010: B.Tech in Computer Science & Engineering at Amity University, Noida, India ๐ฎ๐ณ
Graduated with distinction and completed foundational training in distributed systems and software engineering.
Publications
Teaching
Academic Services
- 2026
- PC Member: EDBT Demo Track, TPCTC@VLDB
- 2025
- PC Member: DE4DS@BTW, aiDM@SIGMOD, TPCTC@VLDB
- 2024
- External Reviewer: VLDB (Demo Track), DEBS, Middleware
- 2023
- External Reviewer: IFIP Networking Conference
- 2022
- Reviewer: PeerJ Journal
- External Reviewer: IEEE Fog & Edge, Middleware (22nd & 23rd), EdgeSys 2022
- Web Co-Chair: 23rd ACM/IFIP Middleware
- 2021
- Web Co-Chair: 22nd ACM/IFIP Middleware
- 2020
- Registration Co-Chair: 14th ACM DEBS
- 2019
- Web Co-Chair: 13th ACM DEBS
- 2010
- Web Co-Chair: IEEE Confluence, IEEE MECON
