I'm Manu S Pillai, a computer science PhD student at the College of Engineering and Computer Science, University of Central Florida. I do my research at the Center for Research in Computer Vision (CRCV) lab at UCF under the guidance of Prof. Mubarak Shah. I am specifically driven towards classical computer vision algorithms employed in conjunction with Deep Learning. I'm also interested in Self Supervised learning in the vision domain. I completed my Bachelor's of Technology in Information Technology from Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, New Delhi, India.
Previously, I was a research associate at the department of ECE, Indian Institute of Science, India, where I worked on Unsupervised Domain Adaption. Visit the publication tab for an up-to-date list of my publications.

In parallel to my research, I support efforts for more open, collaborative, and reproducible science. In my free time I enjoy making simple digital circuitry and programming. For collaborations, please get in touch.