Research Assistant Positions Are Available at DVXR Lab

Research Assistant Positions are available for both Graduate and Undergraduate students [Application Form] PDF FORM. The students are expected to work on research projects in the area of Data Science, Data Visualization, Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality, Gaming, Agent based Modeling, 3D Animation, and Mobile App development. The current list of research projects can be found at the Data Visualization and Extreme Reality (DVXR) Lab website. Students who are proficient in Unity 3D, Sketch-Up, C#, Java, Power BI, and Tableau will be preferred.

Interested students should send their Application Form, current resume and personal biographical statement of interest to Dr. Sharad Sharma at sharad.sharma@unt.edu

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From Left: Yonas Lemma, Suruthi Selvam, Dr. Fred Harris (UNR), Dr. Sharad Sharma (UNT), Dr. Sergiu Dascalu (UNR), Maruthi Prasanna, Rishitha Reddy Pesaladinne, Sri Chandra Dronavalli, Bala Chikkala, Naga Sirisha Ponnaganti

Current Students at DVXR Lab

Doctoral Students

  1. Pranav Moses (Group Leader)
  2. Maimuna Patwary (Information Science Department)
  3. Tharun Swaminathan Ravi kumar (CS Department)
  4. Yonas Lemma (Information Science Department)
  5. Md Al Samiul Amin Rishat (Information Science Department)
  6. Ian Abeyta (Health Informatics )
  7. Danah Omary (Electrical Engineering )
  8. Sam Rahimzadeh Holagh (Information Science Department)
  9. Kate Kargozari (Data Science Department)
  10. Jaime Reborn

Masters Students

  1. Johannas Meela Katikala (Group Leader)
  2. Kanishk Sharma
  3. Keerthana Srinivasan 
  4. Krishna Sai Desaboina
  5. Abhaya Ladalla
  6. Pranitha Seemalamudi 
  7. Lavanya Nidamanuri
  8. Faria Alam
  9. Navatha Maloth
  10. Srikanth Peethani
  11. Srikanth Guntupalli
  12. Sai Prasanth Mantha
  13. Alwin Prabu
  14. Kavya Parvathapuram
  15. Jahnavi Chintakindi
  16. Charmika Shridhar Sadhula
  17. Nanda Gowri Ganta
  18. Bhoj Bhatt

Undergraduate Students

  1. Andrew Summitt
  2. Jason Weinstein
  3. Rowan Fink
  4. Devshree Bhatt
  5. Jennifer Ha
  6. Mackenzie Moore
  7. Rahul Sharma
  8. Aryan Sharma

High School Students

  1. Dhruv Srivastava (High School)
  2. Archith Sharma (TAMS)
  3. Jason Sha (TAMS)
  4. Aditya Udayasekar (High School Student)

Past Students

  1. Alwin Prabu
  2. Kavya Parvathapuram
  3. Jahnavi Chintakindi
  4. Komal Cherukuri
  5. Charmika Shridhar Sadhula
  6. Rishitha Reddy Pesaladinne
  7. Nanda Gowri Ganta
  8. Suruthi Selvam
  9. Bhoj Bhatt
  10. Sri Chandra Dronavalli
  11. Bala Chikkala
  12. Maruthi Prasanna
  13. Saivishal Thota
  14. Naga Sirisha Ponnaganti
  15. Sai Priya Nallamala
  16. Kavya Gundla
  17. Praneeth Koppolu
  18. Shiva Muppa
  19. Mounica Siri Chandana Tamalampudi
  20. Sujit Murahari Giridharan
  21. Mounica Kanumuru

Career Fields for Students at DVXR Lab

Typical roles

  1. Immersive Data Scientist   
  2. XR Data Visualization Engineer
  3. Research Scientist in immersive analytics
  4. Data Visualization Specialist
  5. Visual Analytics Engineer
  6. BI Developer
  7. XR Developer
  8. AR/VR Software Engineer
  9. Simulation Engineer
  10. Computer Vision Engineer
  11. Spatial Data Scientist
  12. Digital Twin Engineer   
  13. Simulation Data Scientist
  14. UX Researcher (XR)
  15. Interaction Designer
  16. Cognitive Data Scientist

Core Data Science Roles (most common)

1. Data Scientist: Build models, analyze trends, generate insights, Uses statistics, machine learning, and programming
2. Data Analyst: Focuses more on dashboards, reporting, and business insights, Heavy use of tools like Tableau and Power BI
3. Machine Learning Engineer: Deploys and scales ML models in production, Strong in coding + systems
4. AI Engineer: Works with deep learning, NLP, automation, Applies Deep Learning in real-world systems
5. Data Engineer: Builds data pipelines and infrastructure
6. Business Intelligence (BI) Developer: Designs reporting systems and dashboards for companies
7. Data Visualization Specialist: Turns data into interactive visuals, immersive dashboards
8. XR Data Visualization Engineer: Combines VR/AR/XR with analytics, Uses tools like Unity to build 3D data environments
9. Immersive Analytics Researcher: Works in labs or advanced companies exploring VR + data
10. Healthcare Data Scientist: Works with medical data, predictions, patient analytics
11. Financial Data Analyst / Quant Analyst: Focuses on risk, trading, forecasting
12. Marketing/Data Analytics Specialist: Customer behavior, ad performance, growth metrics
13. Digital Twin Engineer: Builds virtual models of real-world systems using data
14. Computer Vision Engineer: Works with images/video (important for AR/VR) based on Computer Vision

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Undergraduate Data Science Summer Research Opportunities (Available:Summer 2024)