Anant Gupta, PhD

Anant Gupta, PhD

Sys. Engineer

Qualcomm

Biography

Anant Gupta is a Senior engineer in Modem systems team at Qualcomm, San Diego. His research interests include optimization, radar signal processing, sensing and perception. He has expertise in RF sensing and inference algorithms for radar systems and industry experience at Qualcomm, National Instruments and a stealth-mode startup on Wireless Perception.

Interests

  • Statistical signal processing
  • Communications theory
  • Mathematical optimization
  • Machine learning
  • Game Theory

Education

  • PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2020

    University of California, Santa Barbara

  • MS in Communications and Signal Processing, 2016

    University of California, Santa Barbara

  • Dual Degree (BTech+MTech) in ECE, 2013

    IIT Kharagpur

Projects

SPATIAL DATA ASSOCIATION

SPATIAL DATA ASSOCIATION

Rapid spatial association by exploiting Geometry.

SPARSE ARRAY DESIGN

SPARSE ARRAY DESIGN

Multi-objective optimization to construct large-effective aperture antennas using sparse array of subarrays..

SUPER-RESOLUTION ALGORITHMS

SUPER-RESOLUTION ALGORITHMS

Enhanced accuracy and Super-Resolution algorithms for 2D FMCW radar systems.

Experience

 
 
 
 
 

Engineering Intern

Stealth Startup

Jun 2019 – Sep 2019 San Diego, California

Perception for Autonomy. Responsibilities include:

  • Exploring state of the art signal processing algorithms for sensing and imaging applications in the RF domain.
  • Benchmarking and proposing new system level solutions and features.
 
 
 
 
 

Interim Engineering Intern

Qualcomm

Jun 2017 – Sep 2017 San Diego, California

Close range detection for RF exposure compliance in 5G mm-wave systems.

  • Investigated signal processing algorithms for object range detection & mutual coupling cancellation in 5G NR terminals.
 
 
 
 
 

Graduate Student Researcher

UC Santa Barbara

Oct 2014 – May 2020 Santa Barbara, California
Academic research on developing sensing and inference frameworks for low cost millimeter wave systems with Prof. Upamanyu Madhow.
 
 
 
 
 

RF Algorithm Software Engineer

National Instrument

May 2013 – Jul 2014 Bangalore, India
Designed baseband signal processing algorithms for OFDM-MIMO based 802.11n/ac WLAN systems.
 
 
 
 
 

Undergraduate Internship

National Instrument

May 2012 – Jul 2012 Bangalore, India

Near Field Communication (NFC) PHY implementation.

  • Developed RF interface for testing NFC tags using NI RIO hardware and tested TX signals using Agilent MXA.
 
 
 
 
 

Undergraduate Thesis

ECE Department, IIT Kharagpur

Jul 2011 – May 2013 Kharagpur, India

Energy efficient MAC protocols for wireless sensor networks.

  • Designed an energy efficient MAC protocol and analyzed its performance using a Discrete Time Markov chain model.
 
 
 
 
 

Undergraduate Internship

National Instrument

May 2011 – Jul 2011 Bangalore, India

GPS localization algorithm optimization on FPGA.

  • Reduced the latency of generating composite GPS signals by resampling using polyphase filter banks on LabVIEW FPGA.