معرفی
Karan Ahuja is the Lisa Wissner-Slivka & Benjamin Slivka Assistant Professor in Computer Science at Northwestern University, where he directs the Sensing, Perception, Interactive Computing & Experiences (SPICE) Lab. He will begin this position in September 2024, transitioning from his role as a Visiting Research Scientist at Google where he led Augmented Reality initiatives.
Education:
- Ph.D. in Human-Computer Interaction from Carnegie Mellon University (2023)
- B.Tech. in Computer Science (2017)
His research creates cutting-edge technologies that sense, track, and understand humans to augment daily interactions. The SPICE Lab tackles high-impact problems in:
- Mobile health sensing: Developing unobtrusive monitoring systems
- Extended reality: Creating immersive AR/VR experiences
- Embodied perception: Advancing full-body motion capture
- Natural interfaces: Designing intuitive interaction paradigms
Ahuja's publications demonstrate strong focus on human sensing technologies, particularly in motion capture (full-body and hand pose estimation), eye/gaze tracking, and multimodal interaction systems. Recent work shows increasing emphasis on practical applications of extended reality and wearable computing.
Awards and honors:
- Forbes 30 Under 30 - Asia, Healthcare & Science (2024)
- MIT 35 Innovators Under 35 Asia Pacific
- ACM SIGCHI Special Recognition
- ACM SIGCHI Outstanding Dissertation Award
He actively recruits post-docs, PhD students, and researchers for the SPICE Lab. His industry experience includes research positions at Apple, Microsoft Research, Meta Reality Labs, and IBM Research, with technologies shipped to over 100 million users.
