Office Location
Fuller Lab, 319
Contact
Phone :
917-861-9738
,
email :
tkakar@wpi.edu
AWARDS
ORISE Fellowship for Ph.D. at WPI
Fulbright Scholarship for MS at WPI.
Data Science Leadership award at WPI (2016, 2017). ·         
Third position at Graduate Research Innovation Exchange WPI, 2017.
GHC scholarship to attend Grace Hopper Conference (2016).
Lucky Cement Scholarship for BS at GIK Institute (GIKI) of Engineering Sciences and Technology, Pakistan.
Gold Medalist at GIKI in Computer Software Engineering Department.
Tabassum Kakar
Data Science
Affiliated Department
Data Science
Education
Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI), Master of Science in Data Science, May 2016
Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute Of Engineering Sciences And Technology (GIKI), Bachelor of Computer Software Engineering, June 2011

 I am a PhD candidate in data science program at WPI. I completed my MS at WPI as a Fulbright scholar. After my BS, I have worked for three years in telecommunication industry as a BI developer and database administrator.  My research interests include using machine learning techniques on big data and design visual analytical systems to help domain experts analyze their data effectively.

Office Location
Fuller Lab, 319
Contact
Phone :
917-861-9738
,
email :
tkakar@wpi.edu
AWARDS
ORISE Fellowship for Ph.D. at WPI
Fulbright Scholarship for MS at WPI.
Data Science Leadership award at WPI (2016, 2017). ·         
Third position at Graduate Research Innovation Exchange WPI, 2017.
GHC scholarship to attend Grace Hopper Conference (2016).
Lucky Cement Scholarship for BS at GIK Institute (GIKI) of Engineering Sciences and Technology, Pakistan.
Gold Medalist at GIKI in Computer Software Engineering Department.

Research Interests

Visual Analytics
Human Computer Interaction
Machine Learning