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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)

Other Interests

  • Hobbies: Surfing, Texas poker, Weight lifting, Sudoku, Swimming, Art, Cooking, Reading, Writing, Content Creation