Pranav Rajan

Education

University of Utah

2021 - 2022
MS Computing: Human-Centered Computing
2017 - 2022
B.S. Computer Science
Advisor: Alexander Lex

Work Experience

University of Utah

2021 - 2022
Graduate Teaching Assistant

Rocket EMS

Summer 2022
Software Engineering Intern

University of Utah Scientific Computing and Imaging Institute

2020 - 2021
Undergraduate Research Assistant

Honeywell

Summer 2019
Software Engineering Intern

Research Experience

Huntsman Mental Health Institute, Advanced Data Visualization

Fall 2021
Graduate Researcher
Project: Biomedical Visual Analysis
Mentors: Hilary Coon, Bei Wang Phillips

Utah Transportation Group, Advanced Data Visualization

Fall 2021
Graduate Researcher
Project: Electric Bus Transit
Mentors: Cathy Liu, Bei Wang Phillips

Utah Visualization Design Lab

2020 - 2021
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Project: Aggregation Methods for Multivariate Network Visualization and Analysis
Mentors: Derya Akbaba, Roni Choudhury, Alexander Lex, Jack Wilburn

Cuppa: tea-lang, tisane and other tools for data analysis

Summer 2020
Undergraduate Researcher
Project: Tea-Vis: Visualizing the outout of Tea Programs
Mentors: Eunice Jun

Awards

2020

NSF REU Supplement Grant NSF OAC 1835904

University of Utah UROP Scholarship

2017

Non-Resident Academic Achievement 4-Year Scholarship, University of Utah College of Engineering

2013

Presidential Academic Achievement Award, White House, President Barack Obama

Talks & Presentations

Presentations

2021. MultiAggr: A Technique for Aggregating Multivariate Networks
Proceedings of IEEE VIS 2021, InfoVis Posters Session(Virtual), New Orleans, Louisiana
2021. Integrating Origraph into MultiNet: Aggregation for Multivariate Networks.
University of Utah Undergraduate Research Symposium(Virtual), Salt Lake City, UT

Teaching

Graduate Teaching Assistant

Fall 2022. Visualization for Data Science(CS 6630).
University of Utah
Spring 2022. Accelerated Introduction to Object Oriented Programming(CS 1420).
University of Utah
Fall 2021. Accelerated Introduction to Object Oriented Programming(CS 1420).
University of Utah
Summer 2021. Data Analytics and Visualization(CS 6017).
University of Utah MSD

Service

Student Volunteer

Summer 2022

Club Coordinator

Skills

Programming Languages

Python, JavaScript, TypeScript, Golang, SQL, Java, C99, C++, HTML, CSS, R, Racket

Libraries

D3, Numpy, Scipy, Pandas, Matplotlib, Altair, p5.js, ggplot2, ml5, Pytorch, TensorFlow

Frameworks

Svelte, SvelteKit, Vue, Flask, Gin, Streamlit

Tools + Platforms

Git, gRPC, Linux, REST

Relevant Coursework

Graduate

Distributed Systems, Multidisciplinary Perspectives of HCI, HCI, Operating Systems, Scientific Visualization, Advanced Data Visualization: Machine Learning, Big Data, Data Art

Undergraduate

Programming Language Concepts, Visualization for Data Science, Software Practice (I + II), Foundations of Data Analysis, Data Mining, Computer Systems, Computer Architecture, Algorithms, Scientific Data Computing: Numerical Methods for Data Science and Machine Learning