Aanjaneya Mridul

Aanjaneya Mridul is an Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science at Rutgers University, where he joined in 2017. He is also a member of the Computational Biomedicine Imaging and Modeling Center (CBIM). His research spans computer graphics, scientific computing, programming languages, and robotics, with a focus on developing numerical methods in computational physics that leverage modern computing power.

Dr. Aanjaneya completed his doctoral studies in Computer Science from Stanford University in 2013 under Ronald Fedkiw, followed by postdoctoral studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison with Eftychios Sifakis. He received his undergraduate degree in Computer Science and Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur in 2008.

His research interests include:

• Computer graphics and visual simulation
• Scientific computing and numerical methods
• Programming languages for computational physics
• Robotics and differentiable physics engines
• Computational physics for interdisciplinary applications

Dr. Aanjaneya's recent work has focused on applying numerical methods to robotics for learning unknown physical parameters, and designing correctly-rounded implementations of elementary functions for new floating-point variants. His long-term goal is to enable next-generation algorithms that facilitate interdisciplinary collaboration with researchers in engineering and medicine.

He has received several prestigious awards including the Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award (2019) and the NSF CAREER Award (2023).

• Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award (2019), sponsored by Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU)
• NSF CAREER Award (2023)

At Rutgers, Dr. Aanjaneya directs the Laboratory for Interactive Virtual Environments (LIVE), where he mentors PhD students and postdoctoral researchers. He has secured multiple NSF grants including the CAREER award, an NSF NRI grant with Professors Boularias and Yu, and grants with Professor Santosh Nagarakatte for projects on formally certified low-dimensional linear programs and correctly rounded math libraries.

Outside of his academic work, Dr. Aanjaneya enjoys running, rock climbing, hiking, watching movies, and playing piano.