Namrata Srivastava
Research Scientist, Computer Science
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Learning analytics, Machine learning, Data science, Eye-tracking, HCI
Dr. Namrata Srivastava is currently a Research Scientist at the Vanderbilt University. Prior to joining this role, she honed her research skills as a Postdoctoral Researcher in the Penn Center for Learning Analytics (PCLA) lab at the University of Pennsylvania, United States, and also as a Research Fellow in the Centre for Learning Analytics at Monash University (CoLAM) in Australia for three years. With a PhD in Computer Science from the University of Melbourne and a thesis titled “Towards Sensor-based Learning Analytics”, she has developed a unique interdisciplinary skill set with expertise at the intersection of three different fields – data science, human-computer interaction, and learning analytics. Over the past years, Dr. Srivastava has advocated for the use of non-invasive sensors, such as eye-trackers and webcams, along with advanced data science techniques such as process mining and predictive analytics, to better understand individual learners’ characteristics and to guide the development of adaptive learning systems.