Ramesh Raskar

Ramesh Raskar is the NEC Career Development Professor and Associate Professor at MIT Media Lab, leading the Camera Culture research group. His work focuses on AI and computational imaging for health, sustainability, and global impact. He holds appointments at MIT Institute for Data, Systems, and Society and is an Adjunct at Tufts Medical CTSI. His research spans physical sensors (health-tech), digital systems (privacy-aware ML), and global applications (satellite imaging, autonomous mobility).

Research & Contributions

• Invented femto-photography, split learning, and health-tech devices like Netra and Catra
• Co-founded REDX.io for AI-driven innovation and advises startups
• Developed techniques like Bokode, BiDi screens, and non-line-of-sight imaging

Awards & Recognition

• Lemelson-MIT Prize (2016), ACM SIGGRAPH Achievement Award (2017)
• TR100 (2004), Global Indus Technovator (2003)
• Sloan Fellowship (2009), DARPA Young Faculty Award (2010)

Labs & Initiatives

Leads the Camera Culture group and co-directs the Center for Future Storytelling. Collaborates with industry partners like Google [X], Facebook, and Apple.