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I am an Assistant Professor at the Department of Computer Science at Missouri State University. I was a postdoctoral research fellow and worked with Dr. William Regli at University of Maryland, College Park from 2019 to 2021. I graduated from Texas A&M University in May 2019. During my graduate studies, I worked under the supervision of Dr. Nancy M. Amato. My research interest includes Robotics Motion Planning and Computational Geometry. My long term career objective is to be faculty in an academic institution so that I’m able to inspire future generations about computer science. As a Postdoctoral Researcher at University of Maryland and Graduate Assistant Researcher in Texas A&M University, I had the opportunity to conduct research in the domain I’m passionate about and train myself as a potential faculty in Computer Science.

I had been a graduate assistant in research at Texas A&M University from 2010 to 2019. My graduate research included geometric approximation algorithms and how they can be applied to improve the efficiency of motion planning algorithms. Upon my graduation, I joined University of Maryland as postdoctoral researcher where I'm working on efficient modeling and implementation of motion planning algorithms in robotics applications. My experiences taught me how to conduct individual as well as collaborative research with a team, publish in international journal and conferences, and review research conducted by others in the same area. I was a part of a lab of 20 students which instills in us the sense of collaboration, discussion and peer review at a very early stage of our research career. Also, as the field of Computer Science is ever-changing with the advances of technology, attendance in international conferences and being part of the review process keeps me informed and updated about my field.

I have been fortunate enough to mentor undergraduate students. These experiences as a research mentor have driven me to pursue a career in academia as a research faculty. Most of my mentees were able to conduct a graduate level research within the short time span of three months. The one-to-one interactions gave me the opportunity to have discussions and tutor them in depth, which helped me learn how to present an idea to a novice and watch over their progress. I have been primary instructor to 2 undergraduate sophomore level classes of size 50 and 100 respectively. My responsibilities include structuring the program materials, teaching, grading and managing the team of grader and teaching assistant. This experiences have definitely broaden my teaching experiences in a classroom. Also I have been a mentor in summer camp program to introduce computer science to middle school students. This experience tested my teaching skills at various level such as how to structure the materials to retain attention and interest (as the campers are not graded).

During my undergraduate and graduate studies, I have been involved in various student organizations as an executive committee member. These experiences have enhanced my leadership qualities like organizing an event, event management and time management. I also have two years of corporate experience that taught me the ethics and norms of a large organization. The experience of working in an industry, will help me advise future students and mentees about their career objectives.

To summarize, as a potential faculty I aim to inspire others and to get inspired by peers in the novel advances in Computer Science. Also, as a mentor I’ll spread the passion for Computer Science in all communities to increase the diversity in the field.

Link to graduate lab web page : https://parasol.tamu.edu/~mghosh/