Manu Chandran, PhD, is a Computer Vision Engineering Manager at Wabtec, specializing in system design, computer vision, 3D perception, and AI-enabled railway inspection. His work spans ai, optics, imaging, algorithms and system architecture. He focuses on turning machine vision concepts into reliable systems for demanding outdoor environments. He has led computer vision teams and helped develop multi-camera wayside inspection systems used to assess passing trains. His experience includes calibration, field validation, and diagnosing the interactions between sensing hardware, environmental conditions, and algorithm and ai performance. He brings a practical engineering perspective to a central challenge in deployed vision: ensuring that a system’s measurements remain trustworthy long after it leaves the lab.