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
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
- Pranav Moses (Group Leader)
- Maimuna Patwary (Information Science Department)
- Yonas Lemma (Information Science Department)
- Md Al Samiul Amin Rishat (Information Science Department)
- S M Saiful Islam Badhon (Information Science Department)
- Ian Abeyta (Health Informatics )
- Danah Omary (Electrical Engineering )
- Sam Rahimzadeh Holagh (Information Science Department)
- Kate Kargozari (Information Science Department)
- Jaime Reborn
Masters Students
- Kanishk Sharma (Group Leader)
- Ananya Agarwal
- Johannas Meela Katikala
- Abhignya Jagathpally
- Umme Israt Afroz
- Khawja Imran Masud
- Gowtham Vuppaladhiam
- Ashrafe Alam
- Faria Alam
- Bhoj Bhatt
Undergraduate Students
- Andrew Summitt
High School Students
- Tareni Moorty (TAMS)
- Arshiya Bajaj (High School)
- Dhruv Srivastava (High School)
- Raj Seth (High School)
- Rohan Seth (High School)
- Bhav Seth (High School)
- Soham Sharma (High School)
Past Students
- Keerthana Srinivasan (Past Group Leader)
- Tharun Swaminathan Ravi kumar (Phd student, CS Department)
- Krishna Sai Desaboina
- Abhaya Ladalla
- Pranitha Seemalamudi
- Lavanya Nidamanuri
- Alwin Prabu
- Kavya Parvathapuram
- Jahnavi Chintakindi
- Navatha Maloth
- Srikanth Peethani
- Srikanth Guntupalli
- Sai Prasanth Mantha
- Jason Weinstein (Undergraduate Students)
- Rowan Fink (Undergraduate Students)
- Devshree Bhatt (Undergraduate Students)
- Jennifer Ha (Undergraduate Students)
- Mackenzie Moore (Undergraduate Students)
- Rahul Sharma (Undergraduate Students)
- Aryan Sharma (Undergraduate Students)
- Archith Sharma (TAMS)
- Jason Sha (TAMS)
- Aditya Udayasekar (High School Student)
- Charmika Shridhar Sadhula
- Nanda Gowri Ganta
- Jahnavi Chintakindi
- Komal Cherukuri
- Charmika Shridhar Sadhula
- Rishitha Reddy Pesaladinne
- Nanda Gowri Ganta
- Suruthi Selvam
- Bhoj Bhatt
- Sri Chandra Dronavalli
- Bala Chikkala
- Maruthi Prasanna
- Saivishal Thota
- Naga Sirisha Ponnaganti
- Sai Priya Nallamala
- Kavya Gundla
- Praneeth Koppolu
- Shiva Muppa
- Mounica Siri Chandana Tamalampudi
- Sujit Murahari Giridharan
- Mounica Kanumuru
Career Fields for Students at DVXR Lab
Typical roles
- Immersive Data Scientist
- XR Data Visualization Engineer
- Research Scientist in immersive analytics
- Data Visualization Specialist
- Visual Analytics Engineer
- BI Developer
- XR Developer
- AR/VR Software Engineer
- Simulation Engineer
- Computer Vision Engineer
- Spatial Data Scientist
- Digital Twin Engineer
- Simulation Data Scientist
- UX Researcher (XR)
- Interaction Designer
- 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)








