Nithiya Uppara
Tempe, Arizona, United States
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Top SchoolNithiya Uppara is a software engineer and researcher with a decade of experience blending industry-grade engineering at AWS and Visa with interdisciplinary academic work in computer science, cognitive science, and psychology. She holds a Master’s in Computer Science from ASU and an honors degree from IIIT Hyderabad, and is pursuing advanced research roles across ASU and NYU projects focused on learning, development, and embodied cognition. Her background spans cloud-native development, web and API design, and deep learning—she’s built production services at scale and academic tools like an iPad reading-intervention app and a Flask-based contextual tagging platform. A seasoned teaching assistant, she’s also automated grading and built instructional tools for deep learning courses, revealing a knack for making complex ML concepts accessible. That mix of large-scale software delivery and hands-on cognitive-research implementations gives her a unique edge in building human-centered AI systems.
10 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Primary Education, Primary Education at Sri Aurobindo International SchoolMasters with Thesis Computer Science, Masters with Thesis Computer Science at Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering at Arizona State UniversityHigh School, High School at Narayana Junior College - IndiaMasters in science Psychology, Masters in science Psychology at ASU New College of Interdisciplinary Arts and SciencesBachelor's degree with honors in Cognitive Science Computer Science, Bachelor's degree with honors in Cognitive Science Computer Science at International Institute of Information Technology Hyderabad (IIITH)Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Psychology, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Psychology at The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Arizona State University
Telugu, English, Hindi
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Github Skills (17)
overpass-api10
osm-data10
openstreetmap9
webservice9
django9
gis9
rights9
react9
chat8
react-native7
javascript7
slack7
zulip7
python7
collaboration6
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
unithiyashree/Mini-Sql-Engine
Oct 2015 - Jun 2021
Contributions:5 pushes, 1 branch in 5 years 8 months
unithiyashree/Automatic-Tag-Prediction-System
Mar 2016 - Jun 2021
Contributions:1 push, 1 branch in 5 years 3 months
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