Pallabi Bhowmick
Hi there!
I'm a Ph.D. student in Informatics, being advised by Prof. Erik Stolterman Bergqvist at Indiana University, Bloomington with an MS in Informatics from Technical University of Munich, Germany and a B. Tech. in Computer science from India.
My research interest is focused on developing IoT toolkits to support older adults in improving their social communication and in enabling them to maintain their independence with the help of technology. Older adults are an increasing part of the global population and they frequently report of social isolation. I am primarily focusing on rural older adults and investigating how older adults check-in with each other and how we can facilitate an easy and convenient way of check-in on their loved ones using hardware toolkits, thereby empowering them to be more socially connected.
I’ve had the opportunity to work on a few interesting projects that I’m pleased to share. Feel free to browse through my portfolio, and get in touch if you have a project in mind that you’d like to explore together! :)
Portfolio of Work
I have been fortunate enough to be a part of a wide range of works spanning IoT development, Design Thinking, UI development, improving healthcare with image-guided surgeries and more.
Here's a glimpse of all of them. Hope you enjoy going through them! :)
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Events
Mentoring, IUB
March, 2018
Opportunity to mentor two CEWIT Undergraduates as part of the Emerging Scholars Research Experiences for Undergraduate Women program.
Mentored a high school teacher as part of the NSF-funded Research Experience for Teachers program.
Conference Volunteering
2020, 2021
Excellent experiences of being part of the wide community of researchers at various conferences - CHI, CSCW, UbiComp, ASSETS, working hand in hand with other researchers to make the conference a success.
Recognitions, IUB
2019-2021
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International Student Ambassador - GPSG (Graduate and Professional Student Government, IUB)
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GPSG Elected Rep for Informatics (PhD & Grad)
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Luddy Graduate Student Ambassador
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Board member of International Affairs Committee of the Bloomington Faculty Council
Women in Computing Workshop, Google
March, 2018
Invited for the technical workshop for Women in Computing at Google. It was a great opportunity to learn directly from the tech leaders about problem-solving, innovation and tricks of the tech industry.
Female Tech Leaders' Workshop, Microsoft
September, 2017
Invited for an eventful workshop at Microsoft for Female Tech Leaders involving inspirational talks by innovators and industry experts on entrepreneurship and networking.
Guiding students as a Senior Mentor
Guiding students as a Senior Mentor
Guiding students as a Senior Mentor
Talk about Courses & Exams, TU Munich
June & December 2016, June 2017
Invited thrice as a speaker at the event of Let’s talk about Courses & Exams @ TUM as Senior Mentor at Technical University of Munich. It was a great opportunity to guide and interact with new students from the department of Informatics as well as other related departments of TUM.
Evaluation of Dept. of Informatics, TU Munich
December, 2017
Appointed by the Dean, Prof. Bungartz, on behalf of TUM Board of Management, to participate in the event of Evaluation of the TUM Department of Informatics by international reviewer board.
“Creativity is nothing,
but a mind set free”
–Torrie T. Asai
