work experience

Basics

Name	Sudarshan S Harithas
Label	PhD student
Email	sudarshan_harithas@brown.edu
Url	https://sudarshan-s-harithas.github.io/

Education

2023.09 - Present

Providence, USA
PhD in CS

Brown University
- Research interests: Generative models for robots, planning, perception.
2021.06 - 2023.05

Hyderabad, India
MS by Research in CS

International Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad
- coursework: Mobile robotics, Deep Learning and Optimization
2016.06 - 2020.05

Bengaluru, India
B.E in Electronics and Communication

BMS College of Engineering

Work

2023.09 - Present
Graduate Research Assistant

Interactive 3D Vision & Learning Lab: Brown University
- My research is centered on developing generalist cross-embodied policies that enable robots to perform generative tasks across multiple embodiments.
- Developed a multi-embodied motion generator for diverse morphologies such as quadruped robots and human embodiments. The work is under review at ICRA 2025.
2022.07 - 2022.08
Research Fellow

Summer Geometry Initiative: MIT
- Implemented DeltaConv, an anisotropic convolution for point cloud.
- Developed a fast surface triangulation algorithm for NeuralODF.
2021.08 - 2023.07
Graduate Research Assistant

Robotics Research Center: IIIT Hyderabad
- Developed FinderNet a robust 6DOF loop detection and closure system. Accepted at WACV2024.
- Developed real-time uncertainty-aware motion planning for quadrotors ICRA 22 and ACC23 .
2020.07 - 2021.08
Research Intern

Robotics Research Center: IIIT Hyderabad
- Worked on the plane based Visual Inertial Odometry (VIO) estimation in highly dynamic environments. (IROS 21).
- Implemented online mapping and motion planning algorithms for autonomous quadrotor navigation.