11 Facts About Ramesh Raskar

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Ramesh Raskar is a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Associate Professor and head of the MIT Media Lab's Camera Culture research group.

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Ramesh Raskar holds 132 patents in computer vision, computational health, sensors and imaging.

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Ramesh Raskar is well known for inventing EyeNetra, EyeCatra and EyeSelfie, Femto-photography and his TED talk for cameras to see around corners.

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Ramesh Raskar is the Founder and Chief Scientist of PathCheck.

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Ramesh Raskar was born in Nashik, India and he finished his engineering education from College of Engineering, Pune.

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Ramesh Raskar finished his PhD at UNC Chapel Hill in 2002.

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Ramesh Raskar's lab produced a number of extreme highspeed pictures using a femto-camera that took images at around one-trillion frames per second.

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Ramesh Raskar was awarded the "2017 CG Achievement Award" by ACM SIGGRAPH for his potential contribution in computational photography and light transport and their applications for social impact.

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Ramesh Raskar has been influential in deploying research ideas in the real world.

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Ramesh Raskar serves on the Expert Commission of $3.5 Billion Botnar Fondation as AI and Health expert.

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Ramesh Raskar has presented a series of talks and workshops on innovation processes.