Ravi Karkar rkarkar@gatech.edu +862.252.0242
Academia Georgia Institute of Technology – M.S. in Computer Science
Programming 4.0/4.0 GPA
HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION SPECIALIZATION AUGUST 2011 – DECEMBER 2012(expected)
Gujarat University – B.S. in Computer Engineering
3.79/4.0 GPA
Java SQL HTML CSS XML
JavaScript jQuery Ajax ASP.Net
SEPTEMBER 2007 – JUNE 2011
Work Synlab, GVU Center, Georgia Tech – Graduate Research AUGUST 2011 – DECEMBER 2011
Worked on “SciSketch” project to design a collaborative workspace solution for a classroom environment. Countandra, Ahmedabad, India – Intern
Skills User Experience Design Scenarios Personas Storyboards Wireframing Design Evaluation Visualizations
JANUARY 2011 – APRIL 2011
Implemented monitoring module for Cassandra Distributed Database monitoring tool using Hector API, ZK and JMX. The module supported monitoring network statistics, bootstapping, ring management and Node functions.
Projects Autism Data Gathering and Visual Analytics – Master’s Project Advisor: Dr. Gregory Abowd & Dr. John Stasko JANUARY 2012 - PRESENT
Knowledge discovery from on-body sensors to collect additional data concerning Autistic patients & performing visual analytics on the data, which aids in better medical care tailored to the patient’s requirements.
Tabletop/Tangible Data Visualization – Information Visualization Developed interactive visualizations on a tabletop surface using tangibles – in collaboration with Tangible Anchoring team in Synlab. Handled hardware calibration, created documentation for the hardware calibration, created storyboard, mockup visualization and contributed in coding. 3D GEM – Ubiquitous Computing Developed a gesture based 3D workspace scenario (using projectors and depth camera). Contributed in designing scenario NUI and created the user study. Interactive Storytelling – Principles of UI Software Created a new interface implementing a Volvelle to tell a dynamic user driven story on a tablet. Coded the application using Air for Android in Flash.
Platforms Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7 Linux (Ubuntu 8/9/10) Mac OS X iOS Android
Tools Visual Studio Dreamweaver Flash Photoshop
Interests Photography Design Social Work Trekking Football Cycling Movies & Music
Netbeans Eclipse MS Office MS Visio