KARUNAMAYI IJJADA

As an MS Human-Computer Interaction student at Rochester Institute of Technology in her second semester, I am driven to translate theoretical knowledge into practical applications. Eager to cultivate real-life experience, I aim to leverage this opportunity as the cornerstone for achieving both my short and long-term goals within the field. I would describe myself as quick-learning and dedicated to my work and a strong candidate for a Graduate Assistantship.

Gender: Female, 

Date of birth: 01/30/02, 

Hobbies: Singing, Reading Books on various topics, Travelling, 

Languages: English, Telugu, Kannada, Hindi

• Human-Computer Interaction (HCI)
• User Experience
• Psychology
• AR and VR

Major Project:

Feelin': Aimed to be used by mildly autistic children to indicate various emotions of the person in front of them (Happy, Sad, Angry, etc.) by capturing facial expressions. In the learning phase, we feed a large dataset of human facial expressions found online to the labeled classification algorithm using Python libraries. We find the best match for the given expression for the person in front of a camera and indicate to the user (child) accordingly in a form that the child understands (text, color code, and/or voice). My role in this project was to organize the dataset and get rid of any noise. I was also in charge of contacting speech therapy centers and professionals who worked with autistic kids for more data. For the final report I was responsible for the Abstract, Introduction, Conclusion and overall formatting.

Research Paper:

Uncovering the landscape of Child Autism Care in India: This literature review and reflection covers various aspects of child autism and parental care in domestic urban settings in India, including ways in which it impacts the lives of these families. By aggregating the sociological, cultural, and contextual patterns emerging from the literature, this paper also offers critical speculation on how computational (Human Computer Interaction) tools could improve the quality of life of parents in this context. I was able to finish this research under the guidance of Samar Sabie, PhD from Cornell University, USA (under Lumiere Education - Individual Research program),

Mini Projects:

• Online Fashion Store (e-Commerce) using AWS, HTML/CSS: This was a group project that was done in my junior year in which I was responsible for data collection and organization. The report for this was equally divided between the members of the group.
• A frontend TO-DO list website using HTML/CSS: A simple TO-DO list website I designed for a competition.

• GAIETY- Mental Health App

This was a group project that I was a part of in my first semester. Our team designed a mobile application for individuals who want to be more attuned to their mental state and improve their daily habits. By using our app, users will get motivated to set goals through a reward system and integrate the app into their daily lives to improve their habits.

My role in this project was of a UI Researcher. I documented our meetings and worked on Figma to build parts of the prototype for our app. It was a very meaningful project for me as it was my first time designing.