Robotics · Perception · Automated driving
Assistant Professor · GITAM, Visakhapatnam
My research focuses on perception and safety for automated driving, including roadside sensing, cooperative perception, and traffic scene reconstruction.
I study how roadside sensors can help us reconstruct traffic, extend vehicle perception, and assess driving safety. These projects connect sensing to the analysis of real traffic scenes.
Traffic reconstruction · ICRA 2021
How can a roadside camera provide vehicle positions and trajectories? Our framework converts traffic video into vehicle type, shape, position, and velocity for scene reconstruction and replay.
I co-authored this work with collaborators at ASU and the Institute of Automated Mobility.
Cooperative perception · 2025
Roadside camera detections arrive after processing and transmission delays. Our co-authored work combines them with onboard sensing through asynchronous fusion and delay compensation.
Safety assessment · 2022–2024
My first-authored OSA paper evaluates operational safety metrics using real-world data. Related co-authored work examines car-following safety metrics with aerial video.
Papers on cooperative perception, traffic reconstruction, safety assessment, and wearable sensing. My name is highlighted in each author list.
SAE International Journal of Connected and Automated Vehicles · 2025
Combines roadside and onboard detections while compensating for processing and transmission delays.
SAE Technical Paper 2024-01-2020
Examines driving safety assessment metrics in real-world car-following scenarios using aerial video.
SAE Technical Paper 2022-01-0062
Evaluates operational safety assessment metrics using real-world driving data.
SAE Technical Paper 2022-01-0081
Uses roadside LiDAR monitoring to assess automated driving safety.
IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)
Reconstructs vehicle positions, shapes, and trajectories from monocular roadside video.
IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering
Studies a wearable sensor array for monitoring spine posture and providing exercise biofeedback.
Preprint
Studies active tracking of an adversarial evader under a probabilistic pursuit-evasion framework.
For the full publication record, see Google Scholar.
My teaching spans introductory programming, soft computing, and robotics, with an emphasis on practical programming exercises.
Assistant Professor · Jul 2026–Present
Assistant Professor · Jun 2025–Jun 2026
Teaching Associate, except where noted.
Academic appointments, research, and earlier industry experience.
Traffic surveillance, infrastructure sensing, and automated driving safety.
Seattle · Internal tools for bulk product bundle creation.
Chennai · E-commerce platform research and customization.
Graduate study at Arizona State University and undergraduate study at IIITDM Kancheepuram.
Arizona State University · In progress
Arizona State University
IIITDM Kancheepuram
Links from my work at ASU and related projects.
Interested in research or collaboration? I would be glad to hear from you.
For research collaboration or teaching enquiries, email me directly.
varunjammula@gmail.com