Ashwin Ashok

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Georgia State University

Papers

Total Citations

118

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About

Ashwin Ashok is a leading researcher in mobile optical communications and cyber-physical systems, with a focus on integrating visible light communication (VLC) and camera-based sensing into autonomous platforms. His most cited work, "Challenge" (2010, 116 citations), addresses a fundamental limitation of mobile optical communications—the short range and directionality of optical transmissions—by proposing the use of CCD and CMOS imaging technology to enable robust, steerable links without mechanical components. This contribution laid groundwork for low-cost, high-bandwidth optical networks. More recently, Ashok has advanced the field of robotic sensing through his 2021 paper "Position: drone camera communication meets robotic soil sensing," which introduces a novel framework combining LED-camera communication, computer vision, and adaptive sampling on unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). Targeting precision agriculture, this work demonstrates how drones can autonomously measure soil moisture over large areas, merging communication and sensing for environmental monitoring. With a growing citation record and innovative cross-disciplinary applications, Ashok is recognized for pushing the boundaries of optical wireless systems and their real-world deployment in robotics and IoT.