EducationDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) - Ph.D. in Information Science from University of Pittsburgh, USA (Graduated December 2025)
- Dissertation: Data Science for Societal Good: Context-aware Placement of Sustainable NextG Network.
Master of Technology (M.Tech.)- M.Tech. in Information Technology from Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology (IIEST), Shibpur, India 2014–2016
- Specialization in Information & Communication Engineering (First Class Honors)
Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.)- B.Tech. in Computer Science & Engineering from St. Thomas' College of Engineering and Technology (STCET), affiliated with West Bengal University of Technology, Kolkata, India 2009–2013.
Research and Work ExperienceTenure-Track Assistant Professor at Miami University- Scheduled to start in the Fall 2026 term
- Role revolves around teaching, research and service to the university
Assistant Course Coordinator at the University of Pittsburgh, School of Computing and Information- Served as Assistant Course Coordinator in the Master of Data Science (online graduate degree program, offered via Coursera) from April 2026 - August 2026
- Conducted research on educational data mining aimed at understanding and improving student learning and satisfaction in online settings
Health Data Analyst at University of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine - Served as Health Data Analyst on a short-term project from Feb 2026 - March 2026
- Contributed data-analysis support to a short-term health research project
Computational Science Intern at Fermilab, U.S. Department of Energy National Laboratory - Served as Computational Science Intern in the Scientific Computing Information Security Research Group at Fermilab, U.S. Department of Energy National Laboratory during the Summers 2019 and 2020
- Conducted research on machine-learning for cybersecurity, including network-traffic anomaly detection to help secure critical infrastructure
Programmer Analyst Trainee at Cognizant Technology Solutions- Worked as a Programmer Analyst Trainee (software-engineering role) at Cognizant Technology Solutions, Kolkata, India from August 2013 – August 2014
- Worked in an agile team performing quality assurance and testing for new banking infrastructure (experience that informs my ongoing interest in FinTech)
TeachingMiami University (Role: Instructor)- CSE 262 - Technology, Ethics, and Global Society (Fall 2026)
- CIT 231 - Healthcare Information Technology Around the World (Fall 2026)
University of Pittsburgh (Role: Guest Instructor)- INFSCI 0510 - Data Analysis (Fall 2023)
Responsibilities:- taught 18 undergraduate students in a 2.5-hour session on behalf of Dr. Dmitriy Babichenko
- taught concepts on: supervised vs. unsupervised machine learning, regression vs. classification, probabilities, classification algorithms, naive bayes, k-nearest neighbor (KNN), validation
- explained codes in Python for the classification techniques in class and provided a follow-up (virtual) 1 hour session for clarification regarding the course lectures
University of Pittsburgh (Role: Teaching Assistant)I am the Teaching Assistant (TA) for the following graduate and/or undergraduate courses:- INFSCI 1022 - Database Management Systems (Fall 2017 - 2 different sections, Spring 2018)
- INFSCI 2150 - Information Security and Privacy (Fall 2018)
- INFSCI 2150 - Information Security and Privacy - Online Course (Fall 2018)
- INFSCI 2560 - Web Technology and Standards (Spring 2019, Spring 2018)
- INFSCI 1070 - Introduction to Telecommunications and Networks (Fall 2019)
- INFSCI 0017 - Fundamentals of Object-Oriented Programming (Spring 2020)
- INFSCI 2595 - Machine Learning (Fall 2020)
- INFSCI 0310 - Computation in Information Science (Spring 2021, Fall 2022, Fall 2024)
- INFSCI 0410 - Human-Centered Systems (Summer 2021, Summer 2023)
- INFSCI 1500 - Database Management Concepts and Applications (Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Summer 2023 - prepared course material, Fall 2023)
- INFSCI 0010 - Introduction to Information, Systems, and Society (Spring 2022)
- INFSCI 2150 and TELCOM 2810 - Information Security and Privacy (Summer 2022)
- INFSCI 0510 - Data Analysis (Fall 2022, Fall 2023)
- INFSCI 2710 - Database Management (Spring 2023, Spring 2024, Spring 2025)
University of Pittsburgh (Role: Teaching Fellow)- INFSCI 0017 - Fundamentals of Object-Oriented Programming (Spring 2020)
University of Pittsburgh (Role: Cyber Security Instructor)- Cyber Security Instructor of 2018 USA Air Force Association (AFA) CyberCamp at Pitt Cyber [Details]
Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur (Role: Teaching Assistant)- Computer Organization Lab (Spring 2016)
- Simulation Lab (Spring 2016)
- Digital Logic and Circuit Design Lab (Fall 2015)
- Programming and Data Structures Lab (Fall 2015)