Sathyanarayanan N. Aakur

Open Undergraduate Student Positions


If you are an undergraduate student already at Auburn University and are interested in working with me, send me an email or drop by my office hours to chat! I am always happy to mentor students interested in computer vision and artificial intelligence.

Prerequisites: You should have a strong background in programming, preferably in Python and taken COMP 3270.

Open Ph.D. Student Positions


All positions are currently filled. We are not looking for any Ph.D. students at this time.

About Auburn University and the City


Auburn is recognized as one of the “best small towns in America,” with moderate climate and easy access to major cities and to beach and mountain recreational facilities. Situated along the rapidly developing I-85 corridor between Atlanta (GA) and Montgomery (AL), the combined Auburn-Opelika-Columbus statistical area has a population of over 500,000. Auburn has been previously ranked by CNNMoney, USNews, Forbes and recently Livability as one of the best places to live in the U.S.

Auburn University (AU) is a public research university and the flagship university in the state of Alabama. AU ranked #40 among public universities. The computer science and software engineering (CSSE) department is the highest ranked department in Alabama, fourth among SEC schools, a top-50 department among public universities, and among the top 15% of all departments in the nation according to the latest rankings by USNews. The graduate CS program at Auburn is ranked #89.

In addition to being an R1 Carnegie research institution, Auburn Engineering research is ranked among the nation’s top 50 in research expenditures.

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