Education

• Bachelor’s degree from Department of Computer Science and Engineering, College of Engineering Perumon, [Cochin University of Science and Technology (CUSAT)] (https://cusat.ac.in/), 2011
• Master’s degree from School of Computer and Information Sciences, Unversity of Hyderabad, 2016
• Doctorate degree from Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, 2024 (expected)

Work experience

• [Jan 2019 - July 2024] Half-Time Teaching Assistant @Indian Institute of Technology Madras
  • Alongside doctoral research, assisted professors at IIT Madras in offering various Graduate and Undergraduate level courses.
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     Speech Technology (CS6300) [Jan 2021, Jan 2023] 
     Pattern Recogntion and Machine Learning (CS5691) [Jan 2022, July 2023] 
     Advanced Programming Lab(CS6150) [July 2021, July 2022] 
     Programing and Data Structres (CS2700) [July 2020] 
     Programing and Data Structres Lab (CS2710) [July 2020]  Discrete Mathematics (CS1200) [Jan 2020] 
     Artificial Intelligence (CS6380) [Jul 2019] 
     Introduction to Programming (CS1100) [Jan 2019] </pre></details>
    
    

• [May 2016 - Dec 2018] Assistant Professor @VFSTR University
  • University Teaching: Data Structures, Computer Graphics, and Discrete Mathematics.

Skills

• Programming Languages: C, C++, Python
• Deep Learning Tools: PyTorch, TensorFlow
• Other Tools/Libraries: MATLAB, Git, Shell Script, Latex
• Biomedical Data (Imaging and Signals) processing, AI in Health Care
• Pattern Recognition and Machine Learning
• Cryptography, Cryptanalysis

Publications

Oscillating PDF in termini of circadian pacemaker neurons and synchronous molecular clocks in downstream neurons are not sufficient for sustenance of activity rhythms in constant darkness

Pavitra Prakash, Aishwarya Nambiar, and Sheeba Vasu. "Oscillating PDF in termini of circadian pacemaker neurons and synchronous molecular clocks in downstream neurons are not sufficient for sustenance of activity rhythms in constant darkness." PLoS One 12.5 (2017): e0175073. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0175073

Hsp40 overexpression in pacemaker neurons delays circadian dysfunction in a Drosophila model of Huntington’s disease

Pavitra Prakash, Arpit Kumar Pradhan, Vasu Sheeba; Hsp40 overexpression in pacemaker neurons delays circadian dysfunction in a Drosophila model of Huntington's disease. Dis Model Mech 1 June 2022; 15 (6): dmm049447. doi: https://doi.org/10.1242/dmm.049447

First person – Pavitra Prakash

First person – Pavitra Prakash. Dis Model Mech 1 June 2022; 15 (6): dmm049678. doi: https://doi.org/10.1242/dmm.049678

Talks

Teaching

Teaching experience 1

Service and Achievements

• Served as reviewer for Biomedical signal processing and control journal.
• Achieved one-year Doctoral Fellow scholarship grant from IITM Pravartak Technologies Foundation.
• Organised An Introduction to Neuroscience and EEG Processing (EEG Workshop), Jan 08-10, 2024, IIT Madras, India.
• Organised Introduction to Computational Musicology, a Carnatic Music perspective (CompMusic workshop), Dec 12-16,2022, IIT Madras, India.
• STAR TA award for outstanding contribution as a Teaching assistant.
• Participated in the South Zone (India) inter-university badminton championship 2014-2016.
• Participated in the south zone (Kerala) badminton championship in 2003-2007.
• Served as sports secretary in undergraduate college.