Parantapa Bhattacharya
Research Scientist at University of Virginia
Charlottesville, Virginia, United States
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Top SchoolParantapa Bhattacharya is a research scientist based in Charlottesville with 14 years of experience at the intersection of high-performance computing, agent-based modeling, and large-scale data analysis. With a PhD from IIT Kharagpur focused on online social networks, he blends rigorous academic foundations with applied research roles at UVA and Virginia Tech and industry internships including Amazon and MPI-SWS. His recent work emphasizes Explainable AI for NLP, translating complex model behavior into interpretable insights for scientific and engineering problems. Known for tackling computationally intensive simulations and dataset-scale analyses, he brings both systems-level thinking and practical tooling to research teams. Colleagues describe him as someone who pairs deep theoretical knowledge with hands-on experimentation across academia and industry.
14 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Online Social Networks (Computer Science), Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Online Social Networks (Computer Science) at Indian Institute of Technology, KharagpurBachelor of Engineering (BE), Information Technology, Bachelor of Engineering (BE), Information Technology at Bengal Engineering and Science University, Shibpur
English, Hindi, Bengali
Stackoverflow
113reputation
32kreached
1answer
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Github Skills (76)
twitter10
keyboard-shortcuts10
twitter-api10
shortcuts10
keyboard9
python9
firefox-addon9
jupyterlab9
timer9
jupyter9
rust8
firefox8
jupyter-widget8
syntax-checking8
testing8
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
parantapa/parantapa.github.com
Jan 2015 - Jan 2022
Contributions:55 pushes in 7 years 1 month
parantapa/dotfiles
Nov 2011 - May 2022
Contributions:1187 commits, 362 pushes, 2 branches in 10 years 8 months
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