Status: Former Member
Email Address: [email protected]
Mayank JAIN is pursuing his PhD at the School of Computer Science, University College Dublin under Dr. Soumyabrata Dev. His research is primarily focused on forecasting Solar Irradiance in order to predict the power output from Solar Power Cells so that they can be reliably incorporated in large scale energy grids for real time power generation and supply. He did his M.Sc. Artificial Intelligence from the University of Edinburgh in 2019, and B.Tech. IT and Mathematical Innovations – Major: Electronics and Robotics from the Cluster Innovation Centre, University of Delhi in 2015. He is the co-founder of Imfundo Technologies Pvt. Ltd., for which he worked as Director for 3 years. The startup was focused on introducing STEM education modules in a gamified manner for young kids. He has also been associated with Defence Terrain Research Laboratory (Defence Research and Development Organization, Government of India), Design Innovation Centre (University of Delhi) and Indian Institute of Technology (Mumbai, India) at various times in his academic career. He has been a recipient of several fellowships and scholarships, including the Scottish Saltire Scholarship, Delhi University Innovation Project Fellowship, Global Problem Solving Consortium – Water Sustainability Fellowship’2013 and UCD-CS PhD Scholarship. His major research interests are computer vision, deep learning, and robotics.
