About
αστροφυσικός
My name is Shantanu Parmar, and I am a Visiting Student in the Department of Astrophysics at Cornell University. I am an American Physical Society Matching Membership Fellow and a member of the Inspired24 Space Initiative.
My research interests lie at the intersection of astrophysics, machine learning, and imaging: from measuring orbital decay in white dwarf binaries and classifying transient noise in LIGO data, to building generative models that restore low-signal astronomical images and predicting the performance of electric propulsion thrusters.
In my free time, I enjoy astrophotography, hiking, and building electronics projects. More on that under Contact.
The path so far
Where I've been and what I was doing.
Education
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Cornell University
Jan 2026 – present
- Role: Visiting Student, Department of Astrophysics
- Website: cornell.edu
Marwadi University
Sep 2022 – May 2026
- Semester 1: Analog Electronics, Operational Amplifiers, Foundations of Sensor Interfacing, C Programming, Advanced Calculus
- Semester 2: Digital Electronics and Digital Logic Design, Object-Oriented Programming and Core Java, CAD, Matrix and Vector Calculus
- Semester 3: Computer Organization and Architecture, Data Structures with C++, Communication Engineering, Python Programming, Discrete Mathematics and Graph Theory, Signals and Systems, Industry 4.0
- Semester 4: Microcontroller Interfacing, Web Development, Analog and Digital Communication, Operating Systems, Probability and Statistics, Database Management Systems
- Semester 5: Digital Signal and Image Processing, Algorithm Design, Computer Networks. Electives: Machine Learning, VLSI Design
- Semester 6: Optimization Techniques, Software Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Human-Centered Design. Electives: Computer Vision, Deep Learning
- Semester 7: Management Information Systems, Mobile and Pervasive Computing. Electives: Information Retrieval and NLP, Generative AI
- Semester 8: Capstone Project. Electives: Advanced Machine Learning, Cloud Technical Essentials
- Website: marwadiuniversity.ac.in
B.H. Rathod High School, Rajkot
May 2020 – May 2022
- Grade: 11 to 12
- Coursework: Pre-Calculus, Advanced Mathematics, Laboratory Sciences (Physics and Chemistry), World Languages (English), Web Development, Java Applications
Saint Paul's School, Rajkot
Jun 2012 – Mar 2020
- Grade: 3 to 10
- Coursework: Mathematics, Sciences (Physics, Chemistry, Biology), Humanities (Moral Science, History and Civics, Geography), World Languages (English, French), Visual Art, Performing Art, Community Service, Computer Applications and Programming, Laboratory Sciences
- Website: saintpaulsrajkot.org