Experience

Professional experience of Gowtham Sridhar covering XR prototyping, human-robot interaction, and applied human-computer interaction research in Austria and beyond.

Career Timeline

  1. Junior Scientist

    2023 - Present

    AIT - Center for Technology Experience

    Vienna, Austria

    Designing and developing human-centered AI experiences, including WISPER, an AI-powered language-support experience for young children with natural, adaptive, and age-appropriate voice interactions. Architecting multi-agent workflows with LangGraph, n8n, and Model Context Protocol (MCP), connecting self-hosted LLMs to tools and services for autonomous and human-in-the-loop tasks. Developing multimodal AI agents that combine vision, Llama-based models, Whisper Large V3 speech recognition, and neural text-to-speech. Designing and deploying privacy-sensitive, data-resident AI infrastructure with vLLM, Ollama, SearXNG, and Docker/Podman, while optimizing model deployment, LLM inference, and GPU infrastructure for interactive applications and internal AI services.

  2. Junior Researcher

    2022 - 2023

    Salzburg Research

    Salzburg, Austria

    Improved navigation systems, delivered AruCo marker detection, implemented collision avoidance for a Panda robotic arm, and created voice-controlled robot manipulation solutions.

Research Focus Areas

Beyond hands-on prototyping, I explore how immersive technologies and intelligent systems augment human capabilities.

  • Designing multi-modal interfaces for immersive XR experiences
  • Bridging tangible user interfaces with intelligent systems
  • Building reliable human-robot interaction pipelines for real environments