Dhruv Jain | CV portfolio: dhruvjain.info/portfolio Contact Research Assistant, MS in Media Arts and Sciences Information Media Lab Massachusetts Institute of Technology Email: [email protected] Research Human Computer Interaction, Persuasive Computing, Design and Prototyping, Assistive Technology Interests Education and MIT Media Lab Sep 2014 { Jun 2016 Professional Masters, Media Arts and Sciences Advisor: Chris Schmandt, GPA: 5.0/5.0 Experience University of Maryland, College Park May 2014 { Aug 2014 Research Internship Advisors: Jon Froehlich, Leah Findlater Indian Institute of Technology Delhi May 2013 { Apr 2014 Research Associate Advisors: M. Balakrishnan, P.V.M. Rao Microsoft Research India, Bangalore Aug 2013 { Dec 2013 Research Internship Advisors: Kalika Bali, Bill Thies, Ed Cutrell David and Lucile Packard Foundation, Delhi Jun 2013 { Aug 2013 Desk Research Advisor: Aaditeshwar Seth Indian Institute of Technology Delhi Jul 2009 { May 2013 B.Tech, Computer Science and Engineering GPA: 9.231/10.0; Class Rank: 3/81 University of Wisconsin-Madison May 2012 { Aug 2012 Summer Internship Advisor: Vinay Ribeiro Stanford India Biodesign, AIIMS, Delhi Dec 2011 { Jan 2012 Visiting Researcher Publications Dhruv Jain and Chris Schmandt, \JogCall: Persuasive System for Couples to Jog Together", In and Poster Adjunct Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Persuasive Technology Presentations (PERSUASIVE), 2015. Dhruv Jain, Leah Findlater, Jamie Gilkeson, Benjamin Holland, Ramani Duraiswami, Dmitry Zotkin, Christian Vogler and Jon Froehlich, \Head-Mounted Display Visualizations to Support Sound Awareness for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing", In Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Hu- man Factors in Computing Systems (CHI), 2015. Dhruv Jain, \Pilot Evaluation of a Path-Guided Indoor Navigation System for Visually Impaired in a Public Museum", In Poster Proceedings of the ACM SIGACCESS conference on Com- puters and accessibility (ASSETS), 2014. Dhruv Jain, \Path-Guided Indoor Navigation for the Visually Impaired Using Minimal Building Retrofitting”, In Proceedings of the ACM SIGACCESS conference on Computers and ac- cessibility (ASSETS), 2014. Dhruv Jain, Akhil Jain, Rohan Paul, Akhila Komarika and M. Balakrishnan, \A path-guided audio based indoor navigation system for persons with visual impairment", In Poster Proceedings of the ACM SIGACCESS conference on Computers and accessibility (ASSETS), 2013. Anshul Singhal, Pranay Jain, Piyush Chanana, Dhruv Jain, Rohan Paul, M. Balakrishnan and P.V.M. Rao, \Application of Shape Memory Alloy (SMA) based actuation for refreshable display of braille", In Proceedings of the ASME/IEEE International Conference on Mechatronic and Embedded Systems and Applications (MESA), 2013. Dhruv Jain, Deeksha Gautam, Himanshu Gupta, Mayank Kumar, Vinay Ribeiro and Manish Sharma, \Whitespace networks for vehicular systems", In Poster Proceedings of Communi- cation Systems and Networks (COMSNETS), 2013 Fifth International Conference on. IEEE, 2013. Dhruv Jain, Prabhav Agrawal and 12 others, \Design and user study of an affordable cellphone based indoor navigation system for visually impaired", In Proceedings of \Mobility and Trans- port for Elderly and Disabled People" (TRANSED), 2012. [Best Paper Award] Notable Grants MIT Council of Arts Grant, $4,000 Oct 2015 Project: Immersive Terrestrial Scuba Diving Using Virtual Reality MIT Media Lab Adhoc Grant, $1,500 Aug 2015 Secured to organize an American Sign Language class at MIT MIT Public Service Center Grant, $1,600 Jun 2015 Project: Wearable device to educate deaf people on object placements Google Lime Scholar for the year 2015-16, $10,000 Mar 2015 Among the 12 students with disabilities in US selected for this annual scholarship Samsung `University Relations' Grant, $25,000 May 2014 Project: Path-Guided Indoor Navigation for Visually Impaired Awards and Best Vision for a Campus Initiative, MIT Honors Presented a vision and series of projects for making MIT more accessible iCampusPrize, cash prize of USD 3,500 Jul 2015 Best hardcore experimental project in the department, CSE, IIT Delhi Project: Path-Guided Indoor Navigation for Visually Impaired Batch of Sixty-Seven Award, cash prize of INR 10,000 May 2013 Best implementable student project across all departments and disciplines, IIT Delhi Project: Path-Guided Indoor Navigation for Visually Impaired Class of '89 Innovation Award, cash prize of INR 200,000 Apr 2013 Best project in several nationwide competitions: Project: Path-Guided Indoor Navigation for Visually Impaired • NRDC Budding Innovators Award 2013, Ministry of Research and Development, Govt. of India. • India Innovation Initiative(i3), organized by Dept. of Science and Technology, Govt. of India. Showcased in three premier national newspapers. Nov 2013 • 4th & 5th IBM Collaborative Academia Research Exchange (I-CARE) Oct 2012, 2013 • Quest Ingenium(i3), organized by Quest Global Inc.(Third prize) Jun 2013 • Technical festival of Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur. Mar 2013 Among top 7% of all the undergraduate students, IIT Delhi IIT Delhi Merit Award 2010 All India Rank 1 IIT's Joint Entrance Examination (IIT-JEE), physically disabled category 2009 Research PATH-GUIDED INDOOR NAVIGATION FOR VISUALLY IMPAIRED Projects (Supported by Samsung under `University Relations' initiative) HCI, Embedded Systems, Design and Prototyping IIT Delhi; May 2011 { Jul 2014 Low-cost setup to help visually impaired individuals independently navigate from/to anywhere inside a building via step-by-step audio wayfinding messages from the mobile phone. (roshni.info) • Developed the entire system from scratch, installed in a university building for two years and field tested with 25 visually impaired individuals. • Ongoing work to deploy the complete system in a public museum - National Science Center, New Delhi which is visited by 500,000 people from all ages every year. IMMERSIVE TERRESTRIAL SCUBA DIVING USING VIRTUAL REALITY (Supported by MIT Council of Arts Grant) HCI, Art, Engineering, Design MIT Media Lab; May 2015 { Present A virtual reality artistic harness that enables the user to immersively experience the ocean environ- ment in a convenient terrestrial setting. • Ideated, brainstormed and designed the whole experience machine consisting of a mechanical suspension mechanism and an audio-visual ocean simulation on a HMD. PERSUASIVE SYSTEM FOR COUPLES TO JOG TOGETHER HCI, Art, Engineering, Design MIT Media Lab; Oct 2014 { Apr 2015 An cooperative and aesthetic system consisting of a physical artifact in the form of a bird nest and a series of sensors deployed in home that persuade co-located couples to jog together. • Incepted and designed the whole system consisting of a physical art-piece, series of retrofitted sensors and mobile application, and deployed it in the Media Lab. HEAD-MOUNTED SOUND AWARENESS FOR DEAF AND HARD OF HEARING Human Computer Interaction UMCP; May 2014 { Sep 2014 Head-mounted display visualizations to support sound awareness for the deaf and hard of hearing. • Designed a set of sound visualizations on Google Glass which was evaluated with 24 participants. • Developed a working lab prototype which was tested with 4 participants. WEARABLE DEVICE TO EDUCATE DEAF PEOPLE ON OBJECT PLACEMENTS HCI MIT Media Lab; Feb 2015 { Present A wearable wrist band which vibrates and emits light if an object is placed too hard on the table • Ideated, designed and implemented the device. Evaluated it with seven deaf and deaf-blind individuals so far. KNEE ABOVE OBSTACLE DETECTION FOR VISUALLY IMPAIRED (Supported by Wellcome Trust, UK under ‘Affordable Healthcare in India') Human Computer Interaction IIT Delhi; Nov 2012 { Apr 2014 An attachment for the white cane to detect obstacles above knee-height and support mobility. • Designed AB-type qualitative evaluation study for 100 users in 4 urban and 4 rural sites in India. • After a series of multi-centric trials, the product was launched worldwide in Mar 2014. LOW-COST REFRESHABLE BRAILLE DISPLAY (Supported by Wellcome Trust, UK under ‘Affordable Healthcare in India') Embedded Systems, HCI IIT Delhi; Aug 2012 { Apr 2014 A new lost-cost technology for refreshable array of braille cells. • Designed low-power, optimally sized PCBs to efficiently handle the interface between PC and the braille display. The result is a portable, power-efficient miniaturized pocket device. BUS IDENTIFICATION AND BOARDING SYSTEM FOR VISUALLY IMPAIRED (Supported by Government of India under `Technology Interventions for Disabled and Elderly') HCI, Embedded Systems, Design and Prototyping IIT Delhi; Jan 2012 { Apr 2014 A system to convey route number of buses approaching a bus stop and after selection of the desired bus, provide auditory cues emanating from the entry of the bus to assist in boarding. • Improved the design and ergonomics of existing user modules incorporating the feedbacks from the initial study. Resultant module was tested on buses and received positive response from users. WHITESPACE NETWORK FOR VEHICULAR COMMUNICATION Computer Networks IIT Delhi, UW-Madison; Jul 2011 { Dec 2012 Send video surveillance information collected from a network of city buses to a central location. • Designed the complete physical layout of the system and tested the MAC layer design on lab boards under varied environmental conditions. Published novel polling and handoff mechanisms. HARDWARE ACCELERATORS FOR NEXT GENERATION SEQUENCING (Supported by the Ministry of Human Resource and Development, Govt. of India) Embedded Systems, Bioinformatics,