Sumit Chachra

For the uncontrolled robot there is no wisdom,
nor for the uncontrolled robot is there the power of concentration;
and for that without concentration there is no peace.
And for the unpeaceful robot, how can there be happiness?
-Bhagavad Gita (adapted)


A designer knows he has arrived at perfection not when there is no longer anything to add, but when there is no longer anything to take away.
- Antoine de Saint-Exupery

Research  
[Document Analysis]   [Biometrics]    [Image Retrieval]   [Autonomic Computing]

People
[Dr. Vinod Kumar]   [Dr. Graham Leedham]   [Dr. Michael M. Marefat]
        [Nagender Parimi]    [Varnit Suri]    [Amrita Rajagopal]    [Brij Singh]
[Chandan Pitta]

Personal/ Snaps  
[Family]    [Other Snaps]
    2005 - [Sid B'day (Jan)]    [LA/SD trip (Feb)]    [My B'day (Feb)]
    2004 - [My B'day (Feb)]    [Nutech internship-Santa Fe (Summer)]
    2003 - [IIT friends]    [UK/Switzerland/Scotland (Summer)]
    2002 - [Singapore internship (Summer)]

Resources  
[BibTex]   [LaTeX presentations]   [LaTeX resume tips]

Quick Links  
[IIT Roorkee]   [University of Arizona]   [ECE Department @ UofA]   [Intelligent Systems Lab]    [Roorkee School for the Deaf]

Random stuff

- My new blog running on Wordpress: http://blog.chachra.us

- The link to my Yahoo! 360 page

- Courses I have been a TA for:
  > ECE 479/579 - Principles of AI (S'05)
    I re-wrote most of the assignments for this course.
  > ECE 274 - Digital Logic (F'04)
  > ECE 175/275 - Introductory C for Engineers (F'03, S'04)

- I have been recently involved in a NSF funded project, for developing flash based modules to help students in grades 6-12 (physical science curriculum)
   > [imageProcessing] [molding] [amfm] [soundConversion] [visibleLight]
[statesOfMatter] [binaryMixture] [ionicCompounds] [chemicalEquilibrium]
[phaseSeparation] [molecularBonding] [H+I -> 2HI] [baloonsParabolic] [bonding] [satelliteTypes] [C_H2_CH4] [decompositionA_2B] [dimerization2A_A2] [equilibrium] [factorsEffectingOrbits] [ionic] [isomerizationA_B] [LEDs] [PCl3_Cl2_PCl5] [satelliteTypes] [VBFilterStars] [telescope] [dipole] [resistanceMaterials] [sevenSegmentLED] [laser1] [laser2] [HDD_Layers] [HDD_Reader] [HDD_Parts] [BulbLaser] [C2H2_2C_H2] [stoichiometry]