Shantanu Parmar

My name is Shantanu Parmar, and I am a Visiting Student in the Department of Astrophysics at Cornell University. I am an American Physical Society Matching Membership Fellow, a student member of the American Astronomical Society, and a member of the Inspired24 Space Initiative.

My research interests lie at the intersection of astrophysics, machine learning, and imaging — from measuring orbital decay in white dwarf binaries and classifying transient noise in LIGO data, to building generative models that restore low-signal astronomical images and predicting the performance of electric propulsion thrusters.

In my free time, I enjoy astrophotography, hiking, and building electronics projects. More on that under Contact.

Education

Academic record

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  • Role: Visiting Student, Department of Astrophysics
  • Website: cornell.edu
  • Semester 1: Analog Electronics, Operational Amplifiers, Foundations of Sensor Interfacing, C Programming, Advanced Calculus
  • Semester 2: Digital Electronics & Digital Logic Design, Object-Oriented Programming & Core Java, CAD, Matrix & Vector Calculus
  • Semester 3: Computer Organization & Architecture, Data Structures with C++, Communication Engineering, Python Programming, Discrete Mathematics & Graph Theory, Signals & Systems, Industry 4.0
  • Semester 4: Microcontroller Interfacing, Web Development, Analog & Digital Communication, Operating Systems, Probability & Statistics, Database Management Systems
  • Semester 5: Digital Signal & Image Processing, Algorithm Design, Computer Networks — Electives: Machine Learning, VLSI Design
  • Semester 6: Optimization Techniques, Software Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Human-Centered Design — Electives: Computer Vision, Deep Learning
  • Semester 7: Management Information Systems, Mobile & Pervasive Computing — Electives: Information Retrieval & NLP, Generative AI
  • Semester 8: Capstone Project — Electives: Advanced Machine Learning, Cloud Technical Essentials
  • Website: marwadiuniversity.ac.in
  • Grade: 3 to 10
  • Coursework: Mathematics, Sciences (Physics, Chemistry, Biology), Humanities (Moral Science, History & Civics, Geography), World Languages (English, French), Visual Art, Performing Art, Community Service, Computer Applications & Programming, Laboratory Sciences
  • Website: saintpaulsrajkot.org
  • Grade: 11 to 12
  • Coursework: Pre-Calculus, Advanced Mathematics, Laboratory Sciences (Physics & Chemistry), World Languages (English), Web Development, Java Applications
Associations

Memberships & affiliations

American Physical Society

Matching Membership Fellow
American Physical Society

LISA Mission

Community Member
The Laser Interferometer Space Antenna

Inspired24

Member
Inspired24: Space 4 All

Habitable Worlds Observatory

Member
Dark Matter Sub-Working Group