InfoViz project- Junk in your Trunk

Visualization of an internal School of Information Listserv

An aesthetic and easy-to-use email listserv visualization to enable individuals identify the trending discussion topics, involved groups of people, and also create filters to reduce the inflow of junk email threads.

Mobile Application - One Can Can

A Mobile Application to Facilitate Food Donation

Encouraging food donation by providing a seamless and well integrated system which spreads awareness and calls for more participation
Substantiating small donations through proper channelization.

Interactive Tabletop Device

An Interactive Table Top Device to Enhance Music Playing Experience
(1 Book and 2 International Conference publication on the project)

Formulation of an extensible method for media table platforms.
Developing a detecting and processing approach for dynamic object tracking on acrylic surface.

fridgeTop device

An Interactive fridgeTop device to recreate home-like experience
(Project submitted to CHI 2012 Student Design Competition)

A device on the fridge surface to establish non-deliberate communication for fostering home-like experiences. fridgeTop invites people to perform a familiar and collaborative family activity on the refrigerator surface.

kyocera mobile interface design entry

Concept Design of Mobile Phone with Inbuilt Security Features
(1st Prize winning entry in All-India Kyocera Design competition '06)

Conceptualization of an Interaction Model for Mobile Phone with embedded emergency detecting and responding system. The main target user group of this application is urban working women.

Navigation aid for visually imapaired

Concept Design of Mobile with Naviagtion Aid for the Visually Impaired
(Among Top 7 entries worldwide in Nokia Forum Deisgn Challenge '09)

Conceptualization of two mobile and GPS based applications to support the visually impaired in navigating freely by providing them the much needed psycholofical reassurance while travelling.

Wireframing of FICO products

Product Wireframing for FICO Enterprise Suite
(Client: FICO, Position: User Experience Engineer)

Analyze FICO products to be included in the Enterprise Suite.
Build stencils and icon libraries to support consistency and efficiency
Created wireframes of 12 modules across 3 different products.

enah- an online retail portal

Enah: Design of an online retail portal for an Indian Garment Line
(Client: Indian Entrepreneur, Ms. Neha. Tentative launch: May 2012)

Online retail and sales portal for an Indian garment brand “Enah” with a payment-on-delivery model and ethical fashion theme. The portal has backend support (PHP, MySQL) and an easy-to-manage client end.

UX Library in FICO

FICO UX Library Setup and Maintenance
(Client: FICO, Position: User Experience Engineer)

Created FICO Persona template and Personas of 2 products.
Established Icon and Pattern library for the FICO Enterprise Suite.
Created FICO UX template library for testing and evaluation documents.

User Testing of FICO products

Benchmark Usability Tetsing and Evaluation of FICO legacy products
(Client: FICO, Position: User Experience Engineer)

Spotting drawbacks of existing keypad based Hindi text-entry methods. Using Predictive Model to calculate the ideal rate of input.
Suggesting alternate solution in the form of handwriting recognition.

Hindi text entry in handheld devices

A Handwriting Based Hindi Text-entry Solution for Handheld Devices
(A Springer Book and an International Conference publication)

Spotting drawbacks of existing keypad based Hindi text-entry methods. Using Predictive Model to calculate the ideal rate of input.
Suggesting alternate solution in the form of handwriting recognition.

Projects in Progress

Includes: Term papers on Computer Supported Coorperative Work (CSCW) Analysis, Design of Recommender and Reputation Systems

CSCW based analysis of employee performance review process
Analysis of Amazon gift recommender system
Reputation System for websites like couch surfing

e-learning package for congo drums

An e-learning Package for Congo Drums: "Virtual Congo"

Development of a flash application with demonstration and pratice lessons. The main feature of the application is Digital simulation of Congo Drums "Virtual Congo" using touch screen, audio-visual and tactile interactions.

Control panel redesign of a PDA

Usability Evaluation and Redesign of a Palm Top's Control Panel

Evaluating the usability of the control panel of an m100 PDA (Personal Digital Assistant) with respect to a specified set of tasks based on parameters derived from standard usability metrics.. Redesigning the control panel to enhance its usability based on the data obtained.

Product design projects

Product Conceptualization, Design, Prototyping and Development

Incorporating the anthropometric parameters of Human Factors and Ergonomics into Product Design for making everyday products more usable and user-friendly.

Redesign of System Information Architecture of Library

Redesign and Semi-Automation of IIT Guwahati Library System

Analysis of the existing working system and docuemntation using UMLs. Semi-automation of Book Procurement system. Developement of signage system and way-finder application for augmenting navigation.