Ananya Appan
Research Assistant at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Champaign, Illinois, United States
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Top SchoolAnanya Appan is a PhD candidate and research assistant at UIUC with eight years of experience spanning cryptographic research, teaching, and software development. With an integrated MTech from IIIT Bangalore and a master’s thesis focus on secure multi-party computation, she blends theoretical depth with practical engineering from internships and roles at IISc, SAP Labs, and startups. She has extensive teaching experience—supporting courses in cryptography, discrete math, and algorithms for NPTEL and IIITB—demonstrating a talent for translating complex concepts to learners. Comfortable across research and product settings, she has also contributed front-end work early in her career, signaling versatility beyond pure theory. Outside academics, she pursues semi-classical dance and sketching, hinting at a creative, disciplined approach to problem solving.
8 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
International Institute of Information Technology BangaloreIntermediate (12 Grade), Science (PCMC), Intermediate (12 Grade), Science (PCMC) at Chetana PU CollegeHigh School, Science, 1st Grade - 10th Grade, High School, Science, 1st Grade - 10th Grade at Delhi Public School Bangalore North
English, Tamil
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (23)
opencv10
image-processing10
computer-vision10
deep-learning9
react8
music8
android8
ios8
react-native8
mobile7
photo-upload6
react-native-fs6
java6
cross-platform6
react-native-image-picker5
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
AnanyaAppan/VR-Group-Project-1
Mar 2020 - Mar 2020
Contributions:10 commits, 8 pushes, 1 branch in 14 days
SLR1999/Human-Aware-Motion-Deblurring
Jul 2020 - Sep 2020
Contributions:21 commits, 18 pushes in 1 month
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