archana paladugu

subject matter expert

About

I am an educator and researcher. My research interest include Interface Design using Computer Vision and applied Machine Learning. I am passionate about personalized education and accessibility. Most of my previous projects are based on identifying problems faced by individuals with visual impairment in the field of education and navigation. I have developed end to end solutions that start with field studies, a proposed solution, implementation of the prototype and iteratively improving the design after field testing. P.S : The legendary Dr. Randy Pausch once said you haven't done User Design until you have ice cream spilled on you by a child. He was working for Disney at that time. I have had a guide dog attack me because it thought I was studying his visually impaired master use my navigation app by following him around.

Country

united states

City

san jose

Industry

higher education

Skill

human computer interaction, user experience, user experience design, user centered design, recommender systems, data analysis, qualitative research, usability, accessibility, w3c accessibility, machine learning, pattern recognition, digital image processing, matlab, c, c++, java, photography, blogging, verilog

Experience

subject matter expert

wonderwiz/avantel

2017-1 - Present · 9 yrs 9 mos

subject matter expert

simply science avantel

2017-1 - Present · 9 yrs 9 mos

online educator and hci researcher

arizona state university

2014-8 - 2015-5 · 10 mos

* Taught the courses CSE 100 and CSE 200. Recorded lectures and administered the lectures. * Was part of the team that is in charge of moving away from Learning Studio and has been designing an in house interface to support * ASU’s online program. * Collected/analyzed analytics to provide feedback to instructors and the interface design team.

lecturer and teaching associate

arizona state university

2012-8 - 2014-5 · 1 yr 10 mos

* Taught the courses: Mathematical Foundations to Informatics, Introduction to Informatics, Computer Organization and Assembly * Programming, Principles of Programming using Java and Principles of Programming using C++. * Managed a class size of 250 students, over saw 5 labs, supervised 4 teaching assistants and mentored 7 undergraduate assistants – per * course. * Was in charge of creating a curriculum, assignments, exams and overall teaching material.

management intern

disability resources center

2007-11 - 2010-5 · 2 yrs 7 mos

* In charge of conversion of textbook material into formats that are accessible to individuals with Disabilities. Converted books to * braille, tactile diagrams, accessible PDFs and audio books using traditional procedures. * Supervised everyday running of work flows in the lab. Designed a pipeline for breaking down formatting a given book into tasks to * ensure faster conversation. Developed an internal SQL database to keep track of the tasks and assign them to employees. Did * bookkeeping for expenses incurred and trained new employees.

software engineer

cognizant technology solutions

2007-7 - 2008-5 · 11 mos

Created webpages on using the dot Net platform and SQL Databases.

research assistant

arizona state university

2010-8 - 2016-8 · 6 yrs 1 mo

* Worked on projects related to Interface design, Social Media mining, Pattern Recognition and Machine Learning under the * supervision of Dr. Baoxin Li. * Worked on making educational material and maps accessible to individuals with Visual Impairment.

Education

arizona state university

2007-1 - 2009-12 · 3 yrs

arizona state university

computer science

2016-1 - Present · 10 yrs 9 mos

My research interest is Interface Design using Machine Learning and Image analysis. My thesis aims at making the world a more accessible place for Individuals with Visual Impairment.