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PhD Computer Science

University of Memphis, Memphis, TN, USA

• Research Interests
  • Natural Language Processing (NLP)
  • Artificial Intelligence (AI)
  • Machine Learning
  • Intelligent Tutoring System (ITS)
  • Data Science

MS Computer Science

University of Memphis, Memphis, TN, USA

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and Information Technology

Tribhuvan University, Institute of Science and Technology

• Relevant Courses
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Information Retreival
  • Data Mining

Graduate Data Science and NLP Research Assistant

Institute of Intelligent Systems, University of Memphis

• Researched and experimented with LLMs, such as GTP-4 and GPT-4 Turbo, to automatically generate expert-level explanations of JAVA code, reducing human labor time and cost
• Analyzed the behavior of LLMs, including GPT-3.5, GPT-4, and LLama, to understand the impact of prompts, temperature values, and programming languages, generating and analyzing 3.5K code explanations for comprehensive insights
• Applied data science, nautral language processing, and machine learning techniques to analyze thousands of student responses from conversational agents, leading to the development of highly effective learning strategies for source code comprehension and a 45% increase in student performance and understanding
• Prepared and released a dataset called SelfCode containing 1.8K sentence pairs of student and expert explanations for building effective AI models for automated assessment
• Designed and deployed a machine learning-based web service automating the evaluation of students responses in code comprehension, resulting in a 35% increase in student learning based on the feedback provided
• Conducted exploratory data analysis, and advanced statistical analysis on hundreds of students to measure their performance

Graduate Teaching Assistant

Department of Computer Science, University of Memphis

• Instructed and graded assignments for 40 students, delivering timely feedback and overseeing 10 student projects for COMP 1900 and COMP 4420 courses
• Demonstrated strong communication skills and time management while assisting in instructing and grading assignments for computer science courses.

Software Engineer

Kulchan Pvt. Ltd., Kathmandu, Nepal

• Delivered 10+ web applications and software solutions on schedule, achieving a client satisfaction rate exceeding 95%
• Implemented RESTful APIs using SpringBoot, successfully integrating with 3 mobile applications
• Demonstrated strong communication skills through regular reporting of project results ensuring transparent progress updates to clients