Parantapa Bhattacharya
Research Assistant Professor 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
9 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Engineering (BE), Information Technology, Bachelor of Engineering (BE), Information Technology at IIEST, ShibpurDoctor of Philosophy (PhD), Online Social Networks (Computer Science), Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Online Social Networks (Computer Science) at Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur
English, Hindi, Bengali
Github Skills (44)
twitter10
keyboard-shortcuts10
timer10
twitter-api10
python9
git-mirror8
syntax-checking8
firefox8
lint8
jupyterlab8
vim-plugin8
linter8
jupyter8
testing7
simulation7
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
parantapa/parantapa.github.com
Jan 2015 - Jan 2022
Contributions:55 pushes in 7 years 1 month
parantapa/pomodoro
Nov 2011 - Feb 2018
Pomodoro timer plugin for Xfce4 panel.
Contributions:8 commits, 7 PRs, 4 pushes in 6 years 3 months
xfce4pomodoropomodoro-timertimerpanel
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