SHARMAD KALPANDE

Innovative AI-Driven Computer Scientist & Researcher
Actively seeking PhD & Predoc positions in feild of Human Sensing & Affecteve Computing.

Human-Centered Computing
Ubiquitous Computing
AI & ML
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About Me

I'm a Master's student in the BS-MS program at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Bhopal, specializing in Computer Science within the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS). I joined the SIRL Lab under the mentorship of Dr. Haroon Lone in my second year and have since dedicated extensive time—including focused summer research periods—to my work there, which has led to published papers at top venues like ACM ISWC. My research interests lie at the intersection of Human-Centered Computation and Ubiquitous Computing, where I have gained hands-on experience with machine learning, wearable sensing, signal processing, and IoT systems. I am actively looking for PhD and Predoc positions in these fields.

Academia

BS-MS in Engineering Sciences (Major: Computer Science)

Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Bhopal

(2022 - 2027)

Projects

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Multimodal HAR with Egocentric Video & IMU Sensor Fusion Deep learning multimodal pipeline fusing IMU signals and egocentric video with diverse fusion strategies and loss functions for the 3rd WEAR Dataset Challenge @ HASCA.
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Noise Detection in ECG Signal ML framework to detect noise in wearable ECG signals, achieving 96.4% accuracy on Shimmer sensor data.
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IoT-Enabled Braille Display for UPI Payment Verification Low-cost IoT Braille display under $35 with ESP32, BLE, and Android app for accessible UPI payments.
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Evaluating Federated Learning for Mood Inference Hybrid FL model for cross-cultural mood inference on the DiversityOne dataset across 6 countries.
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Analyzing Multimodal Physiological Signals for Social Anxiety Detection Multimodal ECG & EDA analysis with ML to detect social anxiety biomarkers from wearable sensors.
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Multimodal IMU Data for Real-Time Cooking Activity Recognition ConvLSTM-based HAR from IMU data with a 40-recording user study at IIT Jodhpur.
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Decentralized Multi-Robot Task Allocation (DC-MRTA) RL-based multi-robot coordination with ORCA collision avoidance for 10-robot autonomous task allocation.
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Publications

Sharmad Kalpande, Nilesh Kumar Sahu, and Haroon R. Lone. 2025. Investigating the Generalizability of ECG Noise Detection Across Diverse Data Sources. In Proceedings of the 2025 ACM International Symposium on Wearable Computers (ISWC '25). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 113–119. Published. [Link]

Sharmad Kalpande, NK Sahu, and HR Lone. 2026. Are You Performing, Anticipating, or Observing? Role-Aware Physiological Sensing in Group Interactions. ACM International Symposium on Wearable Computers (UbiComp / ISWC), 2026. Accepted. [Link]

Posters

Exploring Physiological Signals in Social Anxiety Disorder with Wearable ECG and EDA Devices
EECS Symposium, IISER Bhopal (Feb 2025)

Internships

I have been fortunate to complete research internships at premier institutes like IISER Bhopal and IIT Jodhpur. Click the button below to see the details of my projects and work.

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Grants & Awards

Ubicomp/ISWC 2025 Travel Grant

Awarded a travel grant to attend and present my work at the ACM International Symposium on Wearable Computers (ISWC '25).

Best Poster Presentation

EECS Symposium, IISER Bhopal (Feb 2025)
Awarded for examining correlations between Social Anxiety Disorder (SAD) and physiological signals from wearable devices.

Contact Me

I am always open to discussing new projects, research collaborations, or opportunities. Please feel free to reach out through any of the platforms below.

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