Dakshina Dasari

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Dakshina Dasari is a researcher at the forefront of real-time systems and robotics middleware, with a particular focus on enabling deterministic, low-latency execution in resource-constrained environments. Her work centers on the intersection of real-time scheduling, operating systems, and the Robot Operating System (ROS 2), where she has made significant contributions to bridging the gap between general-purpose robotics frameworks and hard real-time requirements. Her most cited paper, "Budget-based Real-time Executor for Micro-ROS" (2021), introduces a novel executor design that enforces temporal budgets on ROS 2 callback execution, ensuring predictable timing behavior for microcontrollers running Micro-ROS. This work is foundational for deploying ROS 2 in safety-critical and time-sensitive applications, such as autonomous drones and industrial robots. With over 3 citations, her research has already influenced the design of real-time middleware for embedded systems. Dasari's achievements include advancing the practical integration of real-time guarantees into widely-used robotics software stacks, making her a key figure in the evolution of ROS 2 for cyber-physical systems. Her work continues to shape how researchers and engineers approach timing predictability in distributed robotic systems.