Building in Public: Why I Started This Blog

For years, my public-facing work has lived in the pages of IEEE journals and conference proceedings. While I deeply value the rigor of peer review, I have come to realize that the most impactful ideas often start as informal conversations — the kind that happen in hallways after a talk, or in a Slack thread with a colleague.

This blog is my attempt to bring those conversations into the open.

What to Expect

I plan to write about the topics that occupy my daily thinking:

Smart Glass & Multi-Modal AI — As an engineer at Meta working on the next generation of smart glass systems, I sit at the intersection of hardware constraints and AI ambition. I will share insights on the challenges and breakthroughs in building AI systems that must operate in the real world, on your face, in real time.

Academic Life & Industry Practice — As an IEEE Associate Editor and a practicing engineer, I have a unique vantage point on how academic research translates (or fails to translate) into production systems. I want to explore this gap honestly.

Engineering Leadership — Building great systems requires more than great algorithms. I will write about the organizational and leadership challenges of shipping AI products at scale.

Why Now?

The field of AI is moving at an unprecedented pace. The gap between what is published in papers and what is deployed in products is shrinking rapidly. I believe that engineers and researchers who can articulate their thinking clearly — not just in formal publications, but in accessible, timely writing — will have an outsized impact on the direction of the field.

This is my contribution to that conversation. Welcome aboard.