Patel, Zeel B.Zeel B.PatelRana, VinayakVinayakRanaDr Nipun Batra2025-12-032025-12-0320-01-2026http://repository.iitgn.ac.in/handle/IITG2025/33594Air pollution is a leading global health threat, affecting 99% of the world�s population who breathe air exceeding WHO safety thresholds. Yet many developing countries lack the dense monitoring infrastructure needed for accurate exposure assessment and informed policy intervention. We present a scalable, gradient-based optimization framework that treats sensor coordinates as differentiable parameters and directly maximizes mutual information for optimal sensor placement.en-USConference Paper