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 the design and development of IoT systems to adress social isolation among older adults, support them in improving their social communication and in enabling them to maintain their independence with the help of technology. I am primarily investigating how tangible technologies and hardware toolkits can potentially provide a more accessible, intuitive, and familiar interface for older adults, thereby enabling older adults to be active participants in the communication process, address bias and ageism, and encourage technology adoption.
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 had the opportunity 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
2020-2021
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, '21, '22, '23
Excellent experiences of being part of the wide community of researchers at various conferences - CHI, CSCW, UbiComp, ASSETS, TEI, working hand in hand with other researchers to make the conference a success.
Service, IUB
2019-current
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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
Workshops: CRA, Google, Microsoft
2017, 2018, 2021
Invited for an eventful workshop at Microsoft for Female Tech Leaders, a technical workshop for Women in Computing at Google, involving inspirational talks by innovators and industry experts on problem-solving, entrepreneurship, and networking.
Guiding students as a Senior Mentor
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.
