Shwetha Rajaram
Doctoral Student at University of Michigan - School of Information
Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolShwetha Rajaram is a PhD student in Human-Computer Interaction at the University of Michigan with nine years of experience designing and evaluating AR/VR and voice-driven interaction systems. Her research blends HCI theory with applied prototyping—work that produced UIST 2024 papers on generative AI for customizable meeting and VR environments and a CHI 2025 paper on gesture and audio-haptic guidance for wearable voice interfaces from a Meta internship. She has industry research experience at Microsoft and Meta, plus practical engineering internships across finance and manufacturing, giving her a rare combination of user-centered research and production-oriented development. Based in Ann Arbor, she channels her background in computer science and hands-on systems work into crafting interaction techniques that make immersive and conversational interfaces more controllable and context-aware.
9 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
PhD, Human Computer Interaction, PhD, Human Computer Interaction at University of Michigan - School of InformationBachelor’s Degree, Computer Science Engineering, Bachelor’s Degree, Computer Science Engineering at University of Michigan College of EngineeringWashtenaw Community CollegeHigh School, High School at Skyline High School
English, Spanish, Tamil
Github Skills (5)
nlp3
natural-language-processing2
chatbot2
machine-learning2
ai1
Github contributions (5)
shwetharajaram/shwetharajaram.github.io
Jun 2019 - Mar 2025
Contributions:41 pushes, 1 branch in 5 years 9 months
mi2lab/paper-trail
Mar 2022 - Apr 2022
Contributions:27 commits, 22 pushes, 8 branches in 1 month
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