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General Information

Full Name Shivam Chaudhary
Date of Birth 2nd August 1999
Languages English, Hindi

Education

  • 2023
    MSc Cognitive Science
    Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India
    • Coursework consists of Cognitive Psychology, Neuroscience, Philosophy of Mind, Computational Neuroscience, Human-Robot Interaction and Research Methods.
    • I undertook multiple independent research projects, they are listed below-
      • Integration of Lab Streaming Layer (LSL) with open-source stimulus presentation software PsychoPy and EGI Amp Server Pro high-density EEG system.
      • Building of a cable-drive upper-limb exoskeleton using steel cables and brushless DC motors.
      • EEG-based brain-computer interface for grasp open vs. close classification.
  • 2020
    BSc Information Technology
    St. Xavier's College (Autonomous), Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
    • Undertook a project on Emotion Classification using EEG signals from the SEED dataset.
    • Created and deployed multiple websites and mobile applications for student-run college festivals.

Experience

  • Sept 2023 - Present
    Research and Development Engineer
    University of California Berkeley
    • Working under the guidance of Prof. Preeya Khanna at UC Berkeley to determine neural correlates of hand dexterity and invasive BCIs on non-human primates.
  • Apr - Jun 2022
    Research Intern
    Delft University of Technology, Netherlands | Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar
    • Collaborated with Prof. Derek Lomas and Prof. Krishna P. Miyapuram to investigate the relationship between electroencephalography (EEG) signals and drumbeats. Conducted data analysis and implemented signal processing techniques to identify stimulus-response correlations. Presented findings at the 6th Joint International Conference on Data Science & Management of Data (CODS-COMAD ’23).
  • Apr - Sep 2020
    Full Stack Developer
    Prodio Designworks, Mumbai
    • Worked as a MERN (Mongo, Express, React, Node) stack web developer with teams in an agile manner and assisted by cloud services such as Jira, Trello, Bitbucket, and Invision.
  • Apr-Jun 2019
    Android Backend Developer
    Kadamba Kanan Pvt Ltd, Mumbai
    • Worked on connecting milk vendors with customers and delivery executives across the city of Mumbai to automate the process of daily delivery and payment using a mobile app created on Android Studio and with Firebase backend.
  • Apr-Jul 2018
    Machine Learning Research Intern
    AITechno Labs, New York
    • License Plate Detection using supervised machine learning approaches. Worked on Face Recognition based Bio-metric System to improve the overall security of electronic devices.

Honors and Awards

  • 2022
    • Rs. 120,000 worth of travel grant to present research paper at the University of Padova, Italy.

Academic Interests

  • Brain-computer interfaces.
    • I currently work in non-invasive brain-computer interfaces using motor executions.
    • I am currently looking for PhD positions in invasive/non-invasive brain-computer interfaces for neural prosthetics.
  • Computational Neuroscience.
    • I enjoy decoding brain states using machine learning and deep learning approaches.
    • I have experience in decoding EEG signals during music listening, meditation, and movie watching sessions.

Other Interests

  • Hobbies: Swimming, Running, Mixed Martial Arts.