Arjun Arunasalam
Location
West Lafayette, IN
Education
P
Purdue University-Main Campus
August 2020 - May 2025
degree
Ph.D
major
Computer Science
U
University of Michigan
Work Experience
P
Purdue University
Research Assistant
August 2020 - present
company
Purdue University
title
Research Assistant
overview
- Designed surveys, focus groups, and interviews to study refugee interaction with digital abuse
- Designed between subjects user study for ongoing WebVR project
- Analyzed mental wellness service data using unsupervised ML and performed
- Conducted in-depth literature survey to curate a misconception dataset and asses large language
- Designed interactive surveys to quantitatively infer user perception of permission alerts
- Led online ethnography via data crawling to study abuse on content & e-commerce platforms
- Disseminated research through top-tier academic conference papers (acceptance rates ∼15-25)
A
Academic Reviewing
Oakland, CA, US
January 2022 - December 2023
P
Purdue University
Lead one lecture on user
January 2022 - December 2023
P
Purdue University
Teaching Assistant
January 2020 - December 2023
P
Purdue University
January 2020 - December 2023
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Skills
Algorithm DesignAlgorithmsAnalytical ThinkingAnnotationsApplication Programming Interfaces (APIs)AutomationCascading Style Sheets (CSS)Cloud Computing SecurityComputer EngineeringComputer ProgrammingComputer VisionC++ (Programming Language)Data MiningData StructuresE-CommerceErgonomicsEthnographyEvent ManagementFocus GroupHTMLHuman-Computer InteractionIBM System IInformation TechnologyJavaScript (Programming Language)Knowledge of StatisticsLeadershipLiteratureMachine LearningMATLABMentoringProgramming LanguagesPublishing SkillsPython (Programming Language)Qualitative AnalysisQualtricsResearch MethodologiesRisk AnalysisSafety PrinciplesSurveysTeachingTeam WorkingUsability TestingUser ExperienceUser ModellingVulnerability AnalysisWeb Crawlers