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Sraddhanjali (Sam) Acharya
Education
- 2021
PhD in Computer Science
Texas Tech University (TTU), Lubbock, USA
- Advisor Dr Abdul Serwadda
- Disssertation Wearable flex sensors at the human computer interface Investigating security applications and privacy threats
- J.T. & Margaret Talkington Fellowship for PhD Studies (4 years)
- 2014
Bachelor in Electronics and Communication Engineering
Pulchowk Campus, Tribhuvan University, Lalitpur, Nepal
- Advisor Dr Dibakar Raj Pant
- Thesis Laser Pointer based human computer interaction using computer vision
Experience
- 2024-present
Forme Labs Inc.
R&D, San Diego, USA
- Automation, Market, ML & analytics
- 2022-2024
Senior Software Engineer
Qualcomm, San Diego, USA
- Automation, Anomaly Detection and Cloud Resource Optimization
- 2016-2021
Graduate Researcher
Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas, USA
- 2020-2021
Entrepreneurial Lead
Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas, USA
- Entrepreneurial Lead for Defensive Charging under NSF I-Corps Team, Fall 2020.
Conference talks
- 2021
- Presented “On Finger Stretching and Bending Dynamics as a Biometric Modality” at 2021 International Conference on Smart Applications, Communications and Networking (SmartNets) (virtual)
- 2021
- Presented “That phone charging hub knows your youtube playlist!” at 2021 IEEE SmartWorld, Ubiquitous Intelligence & Computing, Advanced & Trusted Computing, Scalable Computing & Communications, Internet of People and Smart City Innovation (SmartWorld/SCALCOM/UIC/ATC/IOP/SCI) (virtual).
- 2019
- Presented “Gamification of wearable data collection: A tool for both friend and foe” at Proceedings of the 2019 3rd international conference on compute and data analysis.
Honors and Awards
- 2016
- J.T. & Margaret Talkington Fellowship for PhD Studies (4 years)
Certifications
- July 19,2019
Other Interests
- Hobbies: Surfing, Texas poker, Weight lifting, Sudoku, Swimming, Art, Cooking, Reading, Writing, Content Creation