I am a Postdoctoral Researcher at Lero, the Science Foundation Ireland Research Centre for Software at the University of Limerick (UL), working with Prof. Brian Fitzgerald on the TREES project.
I finished my Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville (UTK) with Dr. Audris Mockus.
I received my Bachelors and Masters Degree (under the Dual-Degree program) from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur in Electronics and Electrical Communication Engineering and worked in IBM for 3 years before joining my Ph.D.

In terms of Research, my interests comprise the topics of Open Source and InnerSource software development, Empirical Software Engineering, Mining Software Repositories, and data analytics.

• Our papers The Secret Life of Hackathon Code and Tracking Hackathon Code Creation and Reuse have been accepted in the MSR'21 conference in the Techinal and Hackathon tracks respectively.
• I'm honored to serve as a PC member for the MSR'21 conference.
• Our paper Representation of developer expertise in open source software has been Accepted in ICSE'21 conference with an "Available" badge based on Artifact Evaluation.

• TREES Project: Enabling InnerSource software development/Corporate Software Engineering Capability at Huawei as part of the TREES project.
• Results of the State of the InnerSource survey 2020 [ Video of the Talk presented at the 2020 APAC InnerSource Commons summit]
• A tool for estimating the "Fitness" of a project for InnerSource style development. (Can be translated to English and Chinese on the fly)
• Our proposed model for assessing InnerSource-readiness of a candidate project has been accepted as a Pattern in InnerSource Commons.

Knowledge, to me, is the ultimate ecstasy, and I strive to understand and decipher the way the world works. To me, it's not so much about "How the world works?", but about "Why does the world work the way it does?".
I also am fascinated by how artificial and virtual intelligence can change our world, how we can cohabit the world peacefully, and how it will change the society in future.
I also am a staunch supporter of the Open Science Movement, and support making knowledge accessible to everyone. I'm a big fan of Vsauce, Veritasium, Kurzgesagt, SciShow, and similar informative YouTube channels.
In terms of coding, I prefer using R (for statistical analysis), shell script (for running small errands and big jobs), and Python (everything else).

• Software Supply Chain: Exploring the Effects of Interdependencies in a Software Ecosystem on Popularity
• Predicting Pull Request Quality
• Effects of Software Usage on Perceived Quality of a Software

• Spring 2021 — Lecturer: CS4911 - Introduction to Information Technology @ UL
• Fall 2020 — Lecturer: CS4911 - Introduction to Information Technology @ UL
• Spring 2017 — Teaching Assistant: Programming Languages and Systems @ UTK
• Fall 2016 — Teaching Assistant: Fundamentals of Digital Archeology @ UTK
• Spring 2016 — Teaching Assistant: Operating Systems @ UTK
• Fall 2015 — Teaching Assistant: Fundamentals of Digital Archeology @ UTK