Emory University
Assistant Teaching Professor, Department of Computer Science, Emory University, USA
Dr. Thakur received his Ph.D. in Computer Science and Engineering from the University of Cincinnati, USA. Prior to his Ph.D., he also received his Master of Science in Computer Science degree from the University of Cincinnati, USA. He has a Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from KIIT University, India. Before joining Emory University, he was working as a Dean's Fellow at the University of Cincinnati, USA. His research interests include Big Data, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Human-Computer Interaction, Pattern Recognition, and Natural Language Processing. He has co-authored 42 peer-reviewed publications (12 journal papers, 27 conference papers, and 2 invited book chapters) in these fields. He has delivered 28 presentations as an invited speaker/presenter at international conferences and universities in 9 countries: the United States, Canada, China, France, Denmark, Nepal, Malaysia, Switzerland, and Indonesia. He has been interviewed by IEEE TV, featured on the cover page of the Millennium Magazine, and received several nationally and internationally recognized awards such as the Young Scientist of the Year Award, the Young Innovator of the Year Award, and the Excellent Researcher of the Year Award. His research works have been featured on Business Insider, Yahoo News, and on different newspapers. To learn more about his work, please visit his website at https://nirmalyathakur.com/
Email: nirmalya.thakur@emory.edu
Office Address: W302-J, Math and Science Center, Department of Computer Science, Emory University
Isabella Hall is currently in her third year pursuing a B.S. in Computer Science from the University of Cincinnati on an Air Force ROTC scholarship. She has been working with Dr. Thakur on research projects since 2021 and has co-authored 3 conference papers. She is interested in the areas of Cyber Security, Cryptography, AI, and Human-Computer Interaction. She has done her last two internships at Siemens Digital Industry as a Software Developer and an Engineering Consultant.
Email: hallib@mail.uc.edu
Karam Khanna is currently pursuing a B.S. in Computer Science and a B.A. in Applied Mathematics at Emory University. He has over two years of experience as an engineering intern. In his previous role, Karam worked as a "resident hacker," tackling native-run OCR models that train on data received from different applications (using CoreML on apple and Win32 API on Windows), dockerizing servers, running them in GCS, and building cross-platform compression between Mac/Windows. In DDIHTS, he is working on a research project at the intersections of Big Data, Data Mining, and Machine Learning.
Email: karam.khanna@emory.edu
In the last few years at Emory, Hazel was involved in Language Acquisition Lab, Korean Liquid study, NLP chatbot research, and now in the DDIHTS team. She has experience in data analysis, language acquisition research, and technologies, including Praat, Java, Python, and ClanC. She is also working as a Teaching Assistant for CS 224 this semester. In DDIHTS, she is working on a research project at the intersections of Data Mining, Data Analysis, and Natural Language Processing.
Email: hazel.cho@emory.edu
Haokun Cheng is a junior at Emory University, majoring in Quantitative Science Informatics track. His research interests include Data Analysis and Data Mining. In DDIHTS, he is working on a research project at the intersections of Data Mining, Data Analysis, and Natural Language Processing.
Email: haokun.cheng@emory.edu
Nazif is currently pursuing a B.S. in Computer Science at Emory University. In DDIHTS, he is working on a research project at the intersections of Big Data, Data Mining, and Machine Learning.
Nicole has worked on projects that involved performing sentiment analysis using the Twitter developer API. She is also working on creating a chatbot named StyAIist that can generate discussion regarding fashion with its users. In DDIHTS, she is working on a research project at the intersections of Big Data, Data Mining, and Machine Learning.
Email: nicole.cui@emory.edu
Chloe is currently pursuing a B.S. in Computer Science at Emory University. Her areas of interest include Data Management, Data analysis, and Data Visualization. She is also an active member of Emory Pawsitive Outreach and enjoys volunteering at animal shelters regularly. In DDIHTS, she is working on a research project at the intersections of Big Data, Data Mining, and Machine Learning.
Email: chloe.liu2@emory.edu
B.S. in Computer Science and B.S. in Neuroscience and Behavioral Biology, Emory University
B.S. in Computer Science and B.S. in Neuroscience and Behavioral Biology, Emory University
B.A. in Economics and Computer Science, Emory University
B.S. in Computer Science, University of Cincinnati
Achievements: co-authored one conference paper (published in the proceedings of the IHIET-AI 2022 conference) and received the Research Fellowship from the University of Cincinnati
B.S. in Computer Science, University of Cincinnati
Achievement: co-authored one conference paper (published in the proceedings of the IHIET-AI 2022 conference)
B.S. in Computer Science, University of Cincinnati
B.S. in Computer Science, University of Cincinnati
B.S. in Computer Science, University of Cincinnati
Please note: A few members of the alumni of the Research Group are the students Dr. Thakur had advised during his affiliation with the University of Cincinnati from August 2017 to April 2022.
University of Cincinnati
Dr. Chia Y. Han is an Emeritus Associate Professor of Computer Science in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the University of Cincinnati. He has a B.S. and a M.S. degree in Electrical engineering and a Ph.D. in Computer Engineering. He has taught courses in electrical engineering, computer engineering, and computer science for over thirty-five years. His current research interests include human-computer interaction, artificial intelligence, computer vision, smart building and smart homes.