Shobhit Jagga

Hi! I'm a 2021 batch graduate in Computer Science from IIT Kanpur. I like working on analytical problems and implementing solutions on them. To generically list a few research directions, I like to approach those statements using human computer interaction, computational cognitive science and game theoretical methods. In my free time, I enjoy playing badminton and reading fiction.

Experience

  • [March 2022 - Ongoing] Quantitative researcher at Quadeye
  • [June 2021 - March 2022] Data engineer at Microsoft
  • [May - July 2020] Software Development Intern at Microsoft
  • [May - August 2019] Research Intern at Indiana University, Bloomington under Prof. Sameer Patil
  • [September 2018 - April 2019] Member of team ERA participating in ICRA DJI Robomaster under Prof. Laxmidhar Behera
  • [May - July 2018] Summer of Code organised by Nutanix under Prof. Sandeep Shukla

Research

I have worked in the area of computational cognitive science, game theory, human computer interaction and computer systems.
I have worked on the following research projects with some of them fortunately getting published as a full paper or poster :).

  • Computational Modeling of Procrastination(accepted in CogSci2021 as a full paper)
    We model procrastination as rational metareasoning of task effort with the framework of evidence accumulation models.
    Coauthors: Prof. Nisheeth Srivastava and Prof. Narayanan Srinivasan [pdf].
  • Inducing preference reversals by manipulating revealed preferences (published in CogSci2020 as a full paper)
    We induced preference reversals by a process observable to the experimenter to gain better insights into the decision making process.
    Coauthors: Harish Balakrishnan and Prof. Nisheeth Srivastava [pdf]
  • Parallel application scaling analysis using harware counters (accepted in HPDC2021 in the poster category)
    We built a counter collection light weight library using PAPI for analysis of parallel program scaling behaviors using clustering, correlation and graphical methods.
    Coauthor: Prof. Preeti Malakar [pdf]
  • No-wastage resource allocation without money
    Our proposed mechanism is a no-wastage (of resource) truthful mechanism which works without any monetary transfers among agents.
    Supervisor: Prof. Swaprava Nath .
  • User privacy management in android phones using an android app paired with smartwatch
    The aim was to build a smartphone application which can help the users monitor and manage their privacy permissions better to reduce privacy leaks
    Supervisor - Prof. Sameer Patil
  • Desktopography - Smart desk using Microsoft kinect and OpenCV
    The project ended up with us performing actions with hand on a non touch screen desk using projector, camera and image processing.
    Mentored by Electronics club, IIT Kanpur

Teaching

I have been a teaching assistant for the course ESC101 (Introduction to Programming in C) for the freshman students in 2020-21-I and 2020-21-II.

Contact

Feel free to shoot me an email at shobhitjagga.9@gmail.com if you want to discuss anything.