Curriculum Vitae
Staff Researcher, Samsung Research America. Ph.D. in Computer Science and Engineering, University of Washington.
Experience
June 2025 – Present
Staff Researcher, Samsung Research America
Problems at the intersection of health and AI: sensing systems, hardware–software integration and scalable digital health solutions. Founding member of the Digital Health Biosensors team.
March 2024 – Dec 2024
Student Researcher, Google
Passive heart-health monitoring from raw capacitive touchscreen data; hardware for continuous, passive biometric authentication using RF sensing.
May 2023 – Nov 2023
Research Scientist (Part-Time), Meta Reality Labs
A wearable micro-gesture input device for spatial computing with on-device ML inference; manufactured and deployed 30 units to beta testers.
June 2022 – Sept 2022
Research Scientist Intern, Meta Reality Labs
A ring wearable enabling subtle, continuous input using ultra-low-resolution optical sensing.
June 2021 – Sept 2021
Research Intern, Google
A low-cost ECG device for developing communities; a millimeter-wave wearable for material identification and gestural input.
May 2020 – Aug 2020
Research Scientist Intern, Facebook Reality Labs
Machine learning models for continuous input on Meta's EMG wristband.
May 2019 – July 2019
Research Intern, Microsoft Research
Novel interaction paradigms for seamless cross-device interaction.
May 2017 – July 2017
Software Developer Intern, Amazon
A computer-vision image quality filtering tool for warehouse camera robots.
June 2015 – Aug 2016
Software Development Engineer, Flipkart
Tools and algorithms for search engine marketing; designed distributed systems as the team's technical lead.
Aug 2013 – May 2015
Software Development Engineer, Cisco Systems
Edge-device algorithms for seamless communication over mobile LTE networks.
May 2012 – July 2012
Software Developer Intern, Belzabar Software Design
A hub integrating multiple RESTful services into a single microservice endpoint.
May 2011 – July 2011
Research Assistant, National Environmental Engineering Research Institute
A fuzzy-logic tool for the Indian government to identify the most sustainable waste processing facility site.
Education
Sept 2018 – March 2025
Ph.D., Computer Science and Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle
Advisor: Dr. Shwetak Patel. Thesis: Extending the Senses of Ubiquitous Devices
Aug 2016 – April 2018
M.S., Computer Science, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta
Advisor: Dr. Gregory Abowd
July 2009 – May 2013
B.Tech., Computer Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Patna
Publications
- Anandghan Waghmare. Extending the Senses of Ubiquitous Devices. Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Washington (Ph.D. Thesis 2025). Record · PDF
- Anandghan Waghmare, Sanjay Varghese, Zhihan Zhang, Ishan Chatterjee, Ritesh Tekriwal, Shwetak Patel. Z-Band: On-world Interactions Using Wrist-based Electrical Impedance Sensing. Proceedings of the ACM on Interactive, Mobile, Wearable and Ubiquitous Technologies (IMWUT 2025). DOI · PDF
- Ishan Chatterjee*, Jiexin Ding*, Anandghan Waghmare*, Joseph Breda, Yuquan Deng, Bo Liu, Yuntao Wang, Shwetak Patel. FlowRing: Integrated Microgesture and Surface Interaction Ring for Versatile XR Input. Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction (MobileHCI) (MobileHCI 2025). * Equal contribution. DOI · PDF
- Anandghan Waghmare. Extending the Senses of Ubiquitous Devices. ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology (UIST Adjunct 2024). DOI · PDF
- Anandghan Waghmare, Ishan Chatterjee, Vikram Iyer, Shwetak Patel. WatchLink: Enhancing Smartwatches with Sensor Add-Ons via ECG Interface. ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology (UIST 2024). DOI · PDF
- Anandghan Waghmare, Roger Boldu, Eric Whitmire, Wolf Kienzle. OptiRing: Low-Resolution Optical Sensing for Subtle Thumb-to-Index Micro-Interactions. ACM Symposium on Spatial User Interaction (SUI 2023). DOI · PDF
- Anandghan Waghmare, Ishan Chatterjee, Shwetak Patel. Z-Pose: Continuous 3D Hand Pose Tracking Using Single-Point Bio-Impedance Sensing on a Ring. SmartWear Workshop at ACM MobiCom (SmartWear 2023). DOI · PDF
- Anandghan Waghmare, Youssef Ben Taleb, Ishan Chatterjee, Arjun Narendra, Shwetak Patel. Z-Ring: Single-point Bio-impedance Sensing for Gesture, Touch, Object and User Recognition. ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2023). DOI · PDF
- Anandghan Waghmare, Farshid Salemi Parizi, Jason Hoffman, Yuntao Wang, Matthew Thompson, Shwetak Patel. GlucoScreen: A Smartphone-based Readerless Glucose Test Strip for Prediabetes Screening. Proceedings of the ACM on Interactive, Mobile, Wearable and Ubiquitous Technologies (IMWUT 2023). DOI · PDF
- Frederik Brudy, David Ledo, Michel Pahud, Nathalie Henry Riche, Christian Holz, Anand Waghmare, Hemant Bhaskar Surale, Marcus Peinado, Xiaokuan Zhang, Shannon Joyner, Badrish Chandramouli, Umar Farooq Minhas, Jonathan Goldstein, William Buxton, Ken Hinckley. SurfaceFleet: Exploring Distributed Interactions Unbounded from Device, Application, User, and Time. ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology (UIST 2020). DOI · PDF
- Anandghan Waghmare, Qiuyue Xue, Dingtian Zhang, Yuhui Zhao, Shivan Mittal, Nivedita Arora, Ceara Byrne, Thad Starner, Gregory D. Abowd. UbiquiTouch: Self Sustaining Ubiquitous Touch Interfaces. Proceedings of the ACM on Interactive, Mobile, Wearable and Ubiquitous Technologies (IMWUT 2020). DOI · PDF
- Fereshteh Shahmiri, Chaoyu Chen, Anandghan Waghmare, Dingtian Zhang, Shivan Mittal, Steven L. Zhang, Yi-Cheng Wang, Zhong Lin Wang, Thad E. Starner, Gregory D. Abowd. Serpentine: A Self-Powered Reversibly Deformable Cord Sensor for Human Input. ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2019). DOI · PDF
- Cheng Zhang, Qiuyue Xue, Anandghan Waghmare, Ruichen Meng, Sumeet Jain, Yizeng Han, Xinyu Li, Kenneth Cunefare, Thomas Ploetz, Thad Starner, Omer Inan, Gregory D. Abowd. FingerPing: Recognizing Fine-grained Hand Poses using Active Acoustic On-body Sensing. ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2018). DOI · PDF
- Cheng Zhang, Xiaoxuan Wang, Anandghan Waghmare, Sumeet Jain, Thomas Ploetz, Omer T. Inan, Thad E. Starner, Gregory D. Abowd. FingOrbits: Interaction with Wearables Using Synchronized Thumb Movements. International Symposium on Wearable Computers (ISWC 2017). DOI · PDF
- Cheng Zhang, Anandghan Waghmare, Pranav Kundra, Yiming Pu, Scott Gilliland, Thomas Ploetz, Thad E. Starner, Omer T. Inan, Gregory D. Abowd. FingerSound: Recognizing Unistroke Thumb Gestures Using a Ring. Proceedings of the ACM on Interactive, Mobile, Wearable and Ubiquitous Technologies (IMWUT 2017). DOI · PDF
- Cheng Zhang, Qiuyue Xue, Anandghan Waghmare, Sumeet Jain, Yiming Pu, Sinan Hersek, Kent Lyons, Kenneth A. Cunefare, Omer T. Inan, Gregory D. Abowd. SoundTrak: Continuous 3D Tracking of a Finger Using Active Acoustics. Proceedings of the ACM on Interactive, Mobile, Wearable and Ubiquitous Technologies (IMWUT 2017). DOI · PDF
- Anandghan Waghmare, Arka Prokash Mazumdar, Ashok Singh Sairam. Time Synchronization Protocol for 6LoWPAN. International Conference on Advances in Computing, Communications and Informatics (ICACCI 2013). DOI
- Akash Yadav, Anandghan Waghmare, Ashok Singh Sairam. Exploiting Node Heterogeneity for Time Synchronization in Low Power Sensor Networks. International Conference on Contemporary Computing and Informatics (IC3I 2014). DOI
- Arka Prokash Mazumdar, Anandghan Waghmare, Ashok Singh Sairam. Modelling Energy Efficiency of OR Protocols in Wireless Networks. International Journal of Ad Hoc and Ubiquitous Computing (IJAHUC 2014). DOI
- Barkha Rathi, Anandghan Waghmare, Aabha Sargoankar. Fuzzy Decision Making Model using MATLAB. National Conference on Statistics, Mathematics and their Applications (COSMA 2014).
Awards
Selected · full list in PDF2024
Gaetano Borriello Outstanding Student AwardUbiComp 2024
2023
Meta PhD Fellowship FinalistMeta
2023
Jury Best Demo AwardUIST 2023
2017
Distinguished GVU Master Student FinalistGeorgia Institute of Technology
2014
Winner, AnthahPreranaCompetition for early-stage startups, TiE Bangalore
2013
Speaker, TEDxSushantLokTalk: Braille-based phone for the blind
2011
Winning team, Autonomous Robotics CompetitionTechfest 2011, IIT Guwahati
2010–2013
Top-ranked computer science bachelor's projectIIT Patna
2005
Youngest Cisco Certified Network Associate (age 14)Limca Book of Records
Academic service
2026
Workshop Organizer, Health Centric Wearable DevicesUbiComp
2025
Publication Co-ChairCHI
Video Previews Co-ChairUIST
Registration Co-ChairUbiComp
2024
Video Previews Co-ChairUIST
Web Co-ChairISMAR
Special Topic Session ChairSpatial User Interaction (SUI)
Student VolunteerCHI
2019–present
Peer ReviewerIMWUT, CHI, ISS, ISWC and UIST
2018
Student VolunteerUbiComp
Teaching
Spring 2020
CS 3600 Introduction to Artificial IntelligenceGraduate Teaching Assistant, Georgia Tech
Fall 2019
OMSCSGraduate Teaching Assistant, Georgia Tech
Spring 2017 – Fall 2018
CS 4605/7470 Mobile and Ubiquitous ComputingGraduate Teaching Assistant, Georgia Tech (4 semesters)
Mentoring
2024–2025
Ritesh Tekriwal, Sanjay Varghese, Jimmy Liu, Tejashree KhedkarUniversity of Washington
2023–2024
Sushree Jena, Jiexin DingUniversity of Washington
2022–2023
Ayden TanLakeside High School
2021–2023
Bo LiuUniversity of Washington
2020–2023
Kent Zheng, Harvey Ko, Vincent Wilson, Isha Jodh, Youssef Ben Taleb, Arjun NarendraUniversity of Washington
2016–2018
Tyler Abney, Nathan Cheek, Ryan Gallaway, Hyder Hasnain, Taylor Stillman, Leonard Chen, Niandong Xu, Jonathan Hernandez, Robert Matthew Keezer, Akshay GuptaGeorgia Institute of Technology
Selected press
2023
Can we screen the world? How smartphones and watches are revolutionizing global health (and just getting started)ZME Science
2023
Prototype taps into the sensing capabilities of any smartphone to screen for prediabetesMedical Xpress
2023
Revolutionary GlucoScreen: Smartphone-Based System for Early Detection of PrediabetesTech Times
2023
Easy, inexpensive smartphone prediabetes screening could save livesNew Atlas
2023
Ring in the FutureHackster.io