Puneet’s research investigates new forms of communication and interventions between the human and the non-human in a digital space. He follows both research based and an artistic approach for the creation of interfaces to open a dialogue between the human and non-human (a machine, a plant, or sometimes even a slime mould) in the digital – questioning how sensory perceptions are morphed, enhanced, and augmented in such an entangled digital space.
Puneet’s work draws on definitions, practices, concepts, and metaphors from various segregated disciplines like mathematics, design, computer science, biology, sociology, philosophy, anthropology, and engineering. He considers such a task to be daunting and necessary in order to create technologies that are socially situated, produce care intimacy, and act as affordances.
Puneet did his masters (by research) in Computation and Data Sciences from Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India (2014-2016). His masters research thesis was in the area of Numerical Linear Algebra where he investigated error estimators for iterative algorithms like Bi-Conjugate Gradient to speed up the calculations and improve accuracy in the error estimations. He also worked as a Data Scientist at SAP Labs from 2016-2018 engaging with customers in automotive industries. After working in Industry he worked as a Research Fellow in IISc at the Interaction Design Lab working in the area of Human Computer Interaction. His latest work at the Lab is an adaptive eye-gaze controlled virtual keyboard for people with speech and motor impairment in collaboration with Microsoft Research, India. He is currently pursuing his Doctorate at Concordia University, Montreal, Canada under the supervision of Professor Christopher Salter, Orit Halpern, David Howes, and Alice Jarry.
