Research

My research interests are drone routing, 5G, edge computing, and networking. You can find my publications on my Google Scholar page.

My work in the Virtualization, Multimedia, and Networking (VIMAN) Lab is focused on creating solutions for autonomous drones. We're currently working on a route generation software for package delivery using drones and delivery trucks using reinforcement learning (RL) with a Deep Q-Network (DQN). Additionally, I run experiments on the NSF-funded Aerial Experimentation and Research Platform for Advanced Wireless (AERPAW) testbed, which facilitates experiments with autonomous drones and 5G networks.

Last summer (2024), I interned at the University of Chicago under Dr. Kate Keahey as part of an NSF Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program. I leveraged their FLOTO platform for broadband data collection to conduct 5G experiments on the Agricultural and Rural Wireless (ARA) testbed. Specifically, I measured their network's capabilities and deployed a six-node Hadoop cluster over a six-mile diameter to prototype a distributed computing setup over 5G.