Resume

Education

Drexel University

December 2021
Drexel Univeristy

Ph.D., Computer Science

“On the Real–World Interactivity Potential of Minimalistic Knitted Sensors at the Intersection of Artificial Intelligence and User Experience”

September 2017
Drexel Univeristy

M.S., Computer Science

June 2015
Drexel Univeristy

B.S. Computer Science, Magna Cum Laude

Major concentrations were Computing Systems & Computer Network Security. Minored in Psychology.

Teaching Assistantships

Database Systems

Fall 2021

Data Structures and Algorithms (graduate-level)

Fall 2019

Software Design

Winter 2018

Fundamentals of Computer Science

Fall 2017

Operating Systems

Summer 2017

Web and Mobile App Development

Summer 2016

Research Experience

April 2022 - Current
Center for Autism Research, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Computer Vision Postdoctoral Fellow

Creating computational models to automatically extract relevant social–behavioral information from video data capturing conversations in typically developing and neurodivergent populations.

November 2018 - January 2022
Department of Computer Science & Center for Functional Fabrics, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA

Research Assistant

Created high-accuracy computational models for recognizing complex user touch input on minimalistic knitted sensors which have limited connections to external hardware, to enable interactive applications based on them.

October 2015 - August 2018
Advanced Interaction Research Lab, Department of Computer Science, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA

Research Assistant

Investigated the development of efficient human–centric systems that accurately adapt their behavior based on an individual’s functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) brain sensor data used as an implicit input.

June 2018 - July 2018
Human-Centered Ubiquitous Media Institute of Computer Science, Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich, Germany

Visiting Research Assistant

Exposure to different areas and modalities of human–centered media, as well as best techniques for user study design.

April - September 2014
Privacy, Security, and Automation Lab, Department of Computer Science, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA

Undergraduate Research Assistant

Exposure to the idea that textual data can be used in authorship attribution, techniques todo so, as well the potential benefits and privacy threats of using them.

Programming Skills

Python

100%

Java

95%

C++/C#

90%

C

85%

SQL

70%

JavaScript

70%

HTML/CSS

70%

MIPS

55%

Operating Systems

Linux (Ubuntu, Debian)

Windows

Mac OS

Frameworks and Libraries

PyTorch

95%

PyCharm

95%

GitHub

85%

Jupyter

85%

MATLAB

80%

Keras

70%

PostgreSQL

70%

Wireshark

65%

Languages

English

100%

Albanian (native)

100%

Italian

60%

Spanish

50%

Turkish

45%

Industry Internships

April-September 2013
Comcast Corporation

Technology and Product Development Engineering Intern

April-September 2012
PECO, An Exelon Company

Smart Grid/Smart Meter Engineering Intern

Professional Activity

Review Work for Journals and Conferences

International Journal of Human-Computer Studies: July 2017, January 2017, May 2016.ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI): September 2016, September 2020.

REThink CS @ Drexel Graduate Assistant

The program offers computer science research experience for STEM high school teachers and 2-year college faculty in the Philadelphia area

Mentorship

Mentor to two undergraduate students interested in research.

Entrepreneurship

Co-founder of Frankly, I think, a mobile application which aimed to collect and summarize users’ sentiments regarding different topics.

Select Graduate Courses

Machine Learning

Data Structures and Algorithms

Advanced Artificial Intelligence

Computer Vision

Developing User Interfaces

Biomedical Signal Processing

Theory of Computation

Organizations & Conferences

November 2022
Remote

ICMI Workshop on Bridging Social Sciences and AI for Understanding Child Behavior

May 2022
New Orleans, LA

ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI)

September 2021
Remote

ACM Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing (UbiComp)

July 2018
Weimar, Germany

Multimodal Interaction in Augmented and Virtual Reality

July 2018
Munich, Germany

Intelligent Interactive Systems Workshop, PerDis

May 2017
Denver, CO

ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI)

May 2017
Denver, CO

Designing Sustainable Food Systems Workshop

May 2017
Denver, CO

2-nd Symposium on Computing and Mental Health

April 2017
Washington, D.C.

CRA-W Grad Cohort Workshop

April 2016
San Diego, CA

CRA-W Grad Cohort Workshop

October 2014
Phoenix, AZ

The Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing