Arpan Sainju
Assistant Professor at Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU)
Murfreesboro, Tennessee, United States
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Top SchoolArpan Sainju is an assistant professor and researcher with a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Alabama and about a decade of experience bridging academia and industry in spatial big data, GIS, and spatiotemporal data mining. He has led projects that applied GPU-accelerated algorithms and deep learning to real-world problems—achieving over 50x speedups for spatial pattern mining and measurable accuracy gains in road-safety and flood-mapping models. Prior to academia he built and optimized C++/CUDA simulation solvers and visualization tools in industry, and has experience deploying cloud and teaching frameworks for undergraduate computing courses. His work spans interdisciplinary applications across earth science, transportation, public health, and public safety, often translating research prototypes into practical software artifacts (including an Empatica E4 Node package and web-based flood tools). Based in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, he combines rigorous systems-level optimization skills with hands-on teaching and project leadership. An understated strength is his track record of turning complex spatial problems into performant implementations that directly improved both research metrics and operational workflows.
10 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
10+2, Physical Sciences, 10+2, Physical Sciences at National School of ScienceBachelors in Computer Engineering, Bachelors in Computer Engineering at Tribhuvan UniversitySLC, SLC at Butwal Elite English SchoolDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science at The University of Alabama
English, Nepali, 日本語 (japanese)
Github Skills (28)
portable7
java7
gradient7
machine-learning7
scalable6
distributed-systems6
python6
scala6
xgboost6
spark6
dataflow5
big-data4
boosting4
django4
dask4
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
htil/empatica-e4-client
Oct 2017 - Jun 2018
Contributions:15 commits, 9 pushes, 1 branch in 7 months
amsainju/amsainju.github.io
Sep 2019 - Apr 2021
Contributions:15 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 7 months
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