Experience

Education

Tempe, AZ, USA

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Computer Science

Arizona State University

Howrah, India

Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.) in Information Technology

Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur

Research & Industry

Tempe, AZ, USA

Graduate Research Associate

Global Security Initiative, Arizona State University

Leading research projects that integrate human-centered and technical approaches to security and privacy.

  • Designed and executed semi-structured interview studies and thematic analysis to understand security and privacy practices, challenges, and needs.
  • Complemented human-centered findings with system-level exploration to design deployable access control solutions.
  • Synthesized research findings for papers, posters, and conference talks.
Pune, India

Technical Analyst Intern

Deutsche Bank Technology, Data & Innovation

Worked on data analysis and optimization for scheduled job datasets.

  • Used Python Pandas to clean large scheduled-job datasets and analyze optimization opportunities.
  • Collaborated on a framework for optimized job scheduling against a multi-parameter cost function.

Teaching

Tempe, AZ, USA

Teaching Assistant

School of Computing and Augmented Intelligence, Arizona State University

Course: Computer and Network Forensics. Assisted with lectures and labs covering computer, cloud, email, mobile, and network forensics.

Student mentoring

Faraz Hashempoor

CTF High School Summer Intern, Arizona State University

Semi-automated analysis of safety and privacy conversations on ChatGPT-based mental health support.

Jacob Li

CTF High School Summer Intern, Arizona State University

Reddit-based analysis of PowerSchool data breach understanding, stakeholder-specific insights, and reactions.

Shreyan Nath

CTF High School Summer Intern, Arizona State University

Mixed-methods Reddit-based analysis of users' safety and privacy concerns around virtual reality technologies.

Riya Dhuri

CTF High School Summer Intern, Arizona State University

Retrospective study exploring young adults' maturation toward social media safety and privacy.

Deepika Moola

CTF High School Summer Intern, Arizona State University

Mixed-methods Reddit-based analysis of how people discuss online safety and privacy.

Technical and Research Skills

Programming Languages

PythonC/C++BashR

Qualitative Analysis

MaxQDAGoogle SheetsReCal2

AI & LLM Frameworks

LangChainLangGraphOllamaHugging Face TransformersOpenClaw

AI Protocols

MCPA2AAGENTS.md

Misc. Tools & Technologies

VirtualBoxUbuntu ServerGitDockerOpenLDAPNFSSlurm