Vikram Iyer
vsiyer@uw.edu
185 Stevens Way, AE100R Campus Box 352500
Paul G. Allen Center, ECE Dept.
Seattle, WA 98195-2500
I am currently on the academic job market (2020-2021).
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About Me
I am a final year PhD. student in Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Washington where I work in the Network and Mobile Systems Lab with Shyam Gollakota. I also work closely with Sawyer Fuller who runs the Autonomous Insect Robotics Lab. My research focuses on wireless technologies such as communication, power and localization for a variety of resource constrained platforms including low power sensors and insect scale robots. Recently I have been focused on developing bio-integrative systems such as cameras and sensors small enough to ride on the back of live insects like bumblebees and beetles. I am also a part of the Urban Innovation Initiative at Microsoft Research working on Project Eclipse, a low-cost cloud connected air quality monitoring platform for cities.
Before coming to UW I did my Bachelors in Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences at UC Berkeley where I worked on a chip scale flow cytometer with Bernhard Boser.
Recent News
Publications
- Airdropping sensor networks from drones and insects
Vikram Iyer,
Maruchi Kim,
Qiuyue Xue,
Anran Wang,
Shyam Gollakota
Mobicom, September 2020
[paper]
[code]
- Wireless steerable vision for live insects and insect-scale robots
Vikram Iyer,
Ali Najafi,
Johannes James,
Sawyer Fuller,
Shyam Gollakota
Science Robotics, July 2020
[paper][code]
- TinySDR: Low power SDR Platform for Over-the-Air-Programmable IoT Testbeds
Mehrdad Hessar,
Ali Najafi,
Vikram Iyer,
Shyam Gollakota
NSDI 2020
[paper]
[slides]
[code]
- Living IoT: A Flying Wireless Platform on Live Insects
Vikram Iyer,
Rajalakshmi Nandakumar,
Anran Wang,
Shyam Gollakota
Mobicom 2019
[paper]
[slides]
- 3D Localization for Sub-Centimeter Sized Devices
Rajalakshmi Nandakumar,
Vikram Iyer,
Shyam Gollakota
Sensys, Nov 2018
[paper]
[slides]
(Best Paper Award)
- Wireless Analytics for 3D Printed Objects
Vikram Iyer,
Justin Chan,
Ian Culhane,
Jennifer Mankoff,
Shyam Gollakota
UIST, Oct 2018
[paper]
[slides]
- Liftoff of a 190 mg Laser-powered Aerial Vehicle: The Lightest Wireless Robot to Fly
Johannes James,
Vikram Iyer,
Yogesh Chukewad,
Shyam Gollakota,
Sawyer Fuller
ICRA, May 2018
[paper]
- Charging a Smartphone Across a Room Using Lasers
Vikram Iyer,
Elyas Bayati,
Rajalakshmi Nandakumar,
Arka Majumdar,
Shyam Gollakota
IMWUT, Dec 2017
[paper]
- 3D Printing Wireless Connected Objects Vikram Iyer,
Justin Chan,
Shyam Gollakota
SIGGRAPH Asia, 2017
[paper]
- FM Backscatter: Enabling Connected Cities and Smart Fabrics
Anran Wang,
Vikram Iyer,
Vamsi Talla,
Josh Smith,
Shyam Gollakota
NSDI, 2017
[paper]
[slides]
- Enabling On-Body Transmissions with Commodity Devices
Mehrdad Hessar,
Vikram Iyer,
Shyam Gollakota
UBICOMP, 2016
[paper]
[slides]
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Inter-Technology Backscatter: Towards Internet Connectivity for Implanted Devices
Vikram Iyer,
Vamsi Talla,
Bryce Kellogg,
Josh Smith,
Shyam Gollakota
SIGCOMM, 2016
[paper]
[slides]
(Best Paper Award)
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FingerIO: Using Active Sonar for Fine-Grained Finger Tracking
Rajalakshmi Nandakumar,
Vikram Iyer,
Desney Tan,
Shyam Gollakota
CHI, 2016
[paper]
[slides]
(Honorable Mention)
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Encapsulation of integrated circuits in plastic microfluidic systems using hot embossing
Vikram Iyer,
Pramod Murali,
Jacob Paredes,
Dorian Liepmann,
Bernhard Boser
Transducers, 2015
Mentorship
Masters Students
Nishant Elkunchwar
Yash Talwekar
Suvesha Chandrasekaran
Undergraduates
Kyle Johnson (now at UW CSE for PhD)
Vicente Arroyos (now at UW CSE for PhD)
Hans Gaensbauer
Alaa Sleek
Jose Jaime (now at Sound Life Sciences)
Ian Culhane (now at MRV Systems)
Ryan Feng (now at University of Michigan, Ph.D.)