Director and Founder, Intelligent Systems Lab
Associate Professor, Department of Engineering and Computer Science
Sonoma State University
Collaborations & inquiries: shrestsu@sonoma.edu
Dr. Sudhir Shrestha is a tenured Associate Professor in Engineering and Computer Science department at Sonoma State University. He founded the Intelligent Systems Lab (ISL) in 2017 and has directed it since, building a research program spanning biomedical sensing, intelligent robotics, and embedded AI systems.
His research focuses on non-invasive health monitoring, particularly breath-based volatile organic compound (VOC) sensing for disease detection, alongside robotics, machine learning, and embedded systems design. He holds seven U.S. patents and has authored more than 35 peer-reviewed publications.
Dr. Shrestha holds a Ph.D. from Louisiana Tech University and completed postdoctoral training at Purdue University in Indianapolis. He is a Senior Member of IEEE and has been recognized with NSF Smart and Connected Health and CSU Biotech Faculty Research grants.
The ISL at SSU conducts research in robotics, machine learning, biomedical sensing, and embedded AI, mentoring undergraduate and graduate students on applied research projects.
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Non-invasive blood glucose monitoring using breath volatile organic compounds (VOCs), wearable sensor devices, machine learning models deployed on-device, and clinical data collection pipelines for diabetes management.
Microcontroller-based sensor platforms, RTOS implementations, on-device inference, and low-power systems for real-world health and environmental monitoring.
Deep learning for image classification, diabetic retinopathy detection, autonomous navigation via natural language commands, and vision-language-action integration.
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