Hi. Let's get to know me.
About Me
Hi. I am Mohnish, a graduate student from Santa Cruz, California.
I major in Computer Science and Engineerning. I'm an aesthete who loves to design and code.
I'm immensely interested in Computer Vision and Natural Language Processing.
I find the very idea of replicating human intelligence, something that makes us humans the most advanced
species yet, onto an innaimate object to be fascinating and of huge potential. My current research
focusses on incorporating intelligence into AR/VR glasses.
My hobbies include traveling to explore, listening to music, and playing guitar. My favortie genres
include Rock, Pop and
Alternative.
I also love watching sitcoms and romcoms.
Education
University of California Santa Cruz
Master of Science in Computer Science and Engieerning
Sept 2023 - Present
Anna University, MIT Campus
Bachelor of Engieerning in Electronics and Communication Engieerning
Aug 2019 - July 2023
Indian Institute of Technology, Madras
Diploma in Programming
Jan 2021 - Apr 2022
Research
I am currently interested in Computer Vision & Natural Language Processing and their
applications in
Human Computer Interations. This includes Conversational AI, Smart Glasses and Virtual
Assistants.
Visit my Google Scholar
profile to view all of my publications.
A few selected publications:
- Mohnish, S., Akshay, K. P., Pavithra, P., & Ezhilarasi, S. (2022, March). Deep learning based forest fire detection and alert system. In 2022 International Conference on Communication, Computing and Internet of Things (IC3IoT) (pp. 1-5). IEEE.
- Vats, V., Nizam, M. B., Liu, M., Wang, Z., Ho, R., Prasad, M. S., ... & Davis, J. (2024). A survey on human-ai teaming with large pre-trained models. arXiv preprint arXiv:2403.04931.
- Mohnish, S., Deepak, G., Praveen, S.V., Sheeba Priyadarshini, J. (2022). DKMI: Diversification of Web Image Search Using Knowledge Centric Machine Intelligence .In: Villazón-Terrazas, B., Ortiz-Rodriguez, F., Tiwari, S., Sicilia, MA., Martín-Moncunill, D. (eds) Knowledge Graphs and Semantic Web . KGSWC 2022. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 1686. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-21422-6_12
Projects
Enhanced Video Lecture Summarization
An enhanced video lecture summary is generated using LLM and supplemental reading material realated to the video lecture content.
Project LinkAutomatic Scene Description Generator
Automatically generates a description of a scene from from a given input video stream.
Project LinkForest Fire Detection System
It uses AI to identify forest fires and also detects human presence to help in search and rescue missions.
Project LinkFlash Cards Web Application
An online Flash Cards app that allows you to create new decks and cards as you wish and provides a score as well.
Project LinkMore projects can be found on my GitHub page.
Contact Me
I am currently looking for Machine Learning Engineer (MLE) and Software Engineer (SWE) full-time roles starting in June 2025 in the US. If you have any interesting projects or opportunities, I'd be happy to connect. You can email or connect with me on LinkedIn to get in touch. Do check out my Resume for further information.