Senthil Palanisamy
Principal Software Engineer specializing in geospatial AI and ML
Seattle, Washington
Joined June 2026
Summary
Geospatial AI and search specialist: The profile consistently shows work focused on geospatial analytics, location understanding, and improving relevance for search and mapping products. theorg+1
Engineering leader: Held senior individual contributor and manager roles at Microsoft, including Principal Software Engineering Manager and Principal Software Engineer, leading teams and delivering scalable AI/geospatial services (Azure Maps and Bing-related work). github+1
Researcher and open-source contributor: Authored and co-authored academic/open papers and released tooling and datasets (notably the MobileEgo Anywhere project), indicating active involvement in research and community-facing releases. arxiv+2
Inventor: Listed on multiple patent filings related to wireless communications and antenna systems, showing contributions to intellectual property and applied engineering outside pure software research. justia
Work
Education
Projects
Writing
MobileEgo Anywhere: Open Infrastructure for long horizon egocentric data on commodity hardware
May 1, 2026Paper describing STERA (an open-source video-processing pipeline), a mobile app for recording egocentric activity, and a 200-hour dataset of long-form egocentric trajectories; demonstrates usefulness for VLA training.
Patents and patent applications (selected)
Multiple patent filings listed under the name Senthil Palanisamy related to wireless communication systems and antenna designs.