Saurav Karmakar, PhD

Senior Research Engineer at Digital Reasoning Systems

acasyw@r.postjobfree.com

Summary

I am involved into data mining (specifically unstructured natural language data), software engineering, data

visualization, big data, statistical analysis, modeling related research for quite some years now. I have worked

for biological data but lately I have acquired seer passion for unstructured and big data mining, mostly natural

language based data through its syntactic and semantic domain exploration.

Experience

Senior Research Engineer at Digital Reasoning Systems

February 2013 - Present (10 months)

• Acting as scrum lead.

• Design schema, propose and develop whole processing scheme for Twitter data through engines to produce

nlp metrics and queryable knowledge out of the content.

• Handle and propagate multiple communication data format through pipeline for advanced analytics.

• Local coreferencing on entities, temporal, spatial entries and facts from communication data.

• Generate hidden inherent relationships from email characteristic regions.

• Discover communication network and pattern using advanced analytics.

• Handling unstructured big data through hadoop.

Co Principal Investigator at Georgia State University

December 2011 - Present (2 years)

• Discussing and collaborating on semantic information extraction research on text.

• Joining group meetings and writing proposal and ideas driving research.

• Extracting events from text based on semantic signatures.

• Resolving events extracted from texts in global perspective.

Research Scientist at Digital Reasoning Systems

March 2012 - February 2013 (1 year)

• Extracting realistic facts from text.

• Experimenting on clustering based fact categorization.

• Multimodal fact graph summarization.

• Experimenting on document classifier.

• Detecting specific regions of communication data.

• Handling unstructured big data through hadoop.

Founder President at Asha for Education Chapter of GSU

April 2011 - December 2011 (9 months)

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Establish and execute the club activities:

• Set up the charter.

• Forming the structure, vision and webpage for the club.

• Recruit the executive committee and advisers.

• Connecting the club to the Atlanta non-profit chapter.

• Promoting fundraising event idea and executing.

President at Squash Club @ Georgia State University

April 2011 - December 2011 (9 months)

Establish and execute the club activities:

• Set up the charter.

• Forming the structure, vision and plan for the club.

• Recruit the executive committee and adviser.

President at Cricket Club @ Georgia State University

April 2011 - December 2011 (9 months)

Establish and execute the club activities:

• Set up the charter.

• Forming the structure, vision and plan for the club.

• Recruit the executive committee and adviser.

1 recommendation available upon request

Founder President at Computer Scince Club at Georgia State University

December 2010 - December 2011 (1 year 1 month)

Establish and execute the club activities:

• Set up the charter.

• Forming the structure, vision and plan for the club.

• Recruit the executive committee and adviser.

• Planning for raising bringing informal connection between faculty and students.

• Guiding webpage and communication development for reach out.

1 recommendation available upon request

Doctoral Research Associate at Georgia State University

August 2005 - December 2011 (6 years 5 months)

• Performing extensive research on the syntactic and semantic aspect of unstructured English texts through

analytical tools and visualizations to finish doctoral dissertation.

• Producing articles from research into top conferences and journals in the field.

• Preparing doctoral dissertation from the research.

• Providing public presentation on research works.

4 recommendations available upon request

Founder Chair at GSU Student Branch of the IEEE

December 2010 - November 2011 (1 year)

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Establish and maintain the branch:

• Set up the charter.

• Forming the structure of the branch.

• Recruit the executive committee, along with panel of advisers.

• Executing the branch activities through sheer planning and leading in action plan execution.

• Proposing and executing novel ideas for branch funding and popularity.

3 recommendations available upon request

Brain & Behavior Fellow at Neuroscience Institute, Georgia State University

July 2010 - June 2011 (1 year)

• Conducting research on dissertation topic and publishing articles.

• Taking part in Brain and Neuro science related research talks

• Presenting related research ideas in group and collaborate with group members.

1 recommendation available upon request

Chair at GSU Student Chapter of the ACM

May 2009 - May 2011 (2 years 1 month)

Lead and execute the chapter activities:

• Plan and execute the public speech events.

• Proposing and executing ideas on member recruitment.

• Raise the chapter popularity through different mode of communication.

• Planning and executing innovative ideas on fund raising.

• Designing and producing chapter attires for first time.

• Arranging out of state trips for educational and social reach out.

• Bringing companies to get interested and donate for chapter.

2 recommendations available upon request

Graduate Research & Teaching Assistant at Georgia State University

August 2003 - June 2010 (6 years 11 months)

Course Instructor:

• Preparing course syllabus and structure

• Preparing lecture slides and delivering lectures

• Preparing and grading course assignments and exams

• Planning for group projects and guiding them.

• Arranging for educational out reach tour

for Courses:

Operating Systems(CSC 4320/6320)

Data Structure (CSC 3410)

Principle Of Computer Programming II(C++)

Computers & Application(CSC 1010)

Elementary Statistics (MATH 1070)

2 recommendations available upon request

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Research Assistant : IT Architect at Georgia State University Office of International Affairs

August 2008 - December 2009 (1 year 5 months)

Developed, maintained and augmented functionalities for the Office of International Affairs (now Office of

International Initiatives) and Study Abroad programs database (MS-Access) and web (ASP.Net). Dealt with

multi facet data entry related issues of international agreements; created secure and nonerroneous data entry

interface (through VBA); generated MS-Access based related reports as well. Also responsible for the

technical coordination and set up for related conferences and events.

Secretary at GSU Student Chapter of ACM

May 2008 - April 2009 (1 year)

• Taking and distributing the executive committee meeting minutes and public meetings.

• Keeping communication promptly amongst the officers and members.

• Throwing ideas for making public events better and popular.

• Hands on activities for public events arrangement and execution.

• Preparing the budget request for chapter funding.

1 recommendation available upon request

Organizations

Omicron Delta Kappa - The National Leadership Honor Society

Member

Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)

Member

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

Member

Courses

Bachelor of Technology (BTech), Electronics &

Communication Engineering

Kalyani Govt. Engg. College

Data Structures

Computer Networks

Operating Systems

Numerical Analysis & Computer Programming

Advanced Control System

VLSI Techniques

Communication Systems

Microprocessor based System

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Master of Science (MS), Mathematics & Statistics

Georgia State University

Linear Statistical Analysis

Analysis of Qualitative Data

Time Series Analysis

Computational Methods in Statistics

Advanced Biostatistics

Survival Analysis

Sample Survey

Bioinformatics

Mathematical Statistics

Doctor of Philodophy (PhD), Computer Science

Georgia State University

Scientific Visualization

Deductive Database & logic Programming

Database and Web

Advanced Software Engineering

Discrete Event Modeling & Simulation

Parallel & distributed Computing

Advanced Graphics Algorithms

Automata

Applied Cryptography

Design & Analysis of Algorithms

Languages

Hindi

Bengali

Publications

Mining Collaboration through Textual Semantic Interpretation

In the Proceedings of the 11th IEEE International Conference on Hybrid Intelligent Systems (HIS

2011) December 2011

Authors: Saurav Karmakar, PhD, Ying Zhu

In this paper, we report our attempt to evaluate the degree of online collaboration with quantitative analysis.

Since most online collaborations are carried out through natural language, such quantitative analysis must

rely on natural language processing. Here we discuss our work in analyzing an online social visualization web

site using the semantic similarity measures of collaborative textual snippets. We use word-based textual

similarity measures to study the relationships among user comments. We also detect and visualize the

patterns of user collaborations.

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Visualizing Text Readability

In the Proceedings of the 2nd IEEE International Conference on Data Mining and Intelligent Information

Technology Applications (ICMiA 2010) November 2010

Authors: Saurav Karmakar, PhD, Ying Zhu

Many readability tests have been developed to assess the reading difficulty of a text document. They are

largely based on two categories of readability metrics: word complexity and sentence complexity. However,

most of the readability tests assign a single readability index for the entire document, making it difficult to

assess how the various readability metrics are distributed across the document. We have developed a method

for visualizing the text readability metrics that allows readers and writers to quickly identify the distribution

of complex words and sentences across a document. Using our visualization, users can quickly compare not

only the sentence lengths but also the syntactic structures of sentences. Our readability visualization can help

readers and writers to quickly identify complex words, sentences, or paragraphs that are more difficult to

read, or quickly compare multiple documents based on their reading complexity.

Recommendation by Composition Style

In the proceedings of the Tenth IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Systems Design and Applications

(ISDA 2010) November 2010

Authors: Saurav Karmakar, PhD, Ying Zhu

Composition style is often an important factor in readers' selection of reading materials. For example, a reader

may seek out articles written in similar style as his or her favorite writer. We present a new method for

providing recommendations based on the composition style. Our algorithm analyzes and encodes the

readability index and syntactical structure of a model document, and then searches for articles with similar

readability index and structure. The text readability and syntactical structures are visualized to help readers

compare the documents and make the selection. Our method adds a "search by style" component to the

traditional keyword based search, and provides recommendation that fits the user's personal preferences

better. We demonstrate our method by applying it to product review recommendation based on user preferred

composition style.

Template Analysis of the Collaborations on a Social Visualization Website

In the proceedings of the 2nd IEEE International Conference on Information Systems and Technology (ICIST

2012) March 2012

Authors: Saurav Karmakar, PhD, Ying Zhu

In recent years, online social data visualization has captured attention from the users as a new platform for

constructing and sharing data visualizations as well as collaboration through user comments. Many Eyes and

Tableau are the most popular among them. In this paper, we present a statistical analysis of the data retrieved

from Many Eyes - an IBM research project. By analyzing all the data visualizations constructed by users from

2007 to 2010, we provide an insight into the online user behavior as well as the patterns and trends in social

data visualization.

Analysis of a Social Data Visualization Web Site

In the proceedings of the 10th IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Systems Design and Applications

(ISDA 2010) November 2010

Authors: Saurav Karmakar, PhD, Ying Zhu

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In the past few years, online social data visualization has emerged as a new platform for users to construct,

share, and comment on data visualizations online. The most well known online data visualization tools

include Many Eyes, Swivel, and Tableau Public. In this paper, we report our analysis of Many Eyes - an IBM

research project. By analyzing all the data visualizations constructed by users from 2007 to 2010, we provide

insight into online user behavior as well as patterns and trends in social data visualization.

Visualizing Multiple Text Readability Indexes

In the proceedings of the IEEE 2010 International Conference on Education and Management Technology

(ICEMT 2010) November 2010

Authors: Saurav Karmakar, PhD, Ying Zhu

Many readability tests have been developed to assess the reading difficulty of a text document. However, a

typical readability index is a single average number for the entire document, which does not indicate the

readability at the paragraph level. In addition, multiple readability indexes often do not correlate well at the

paragraph level, leading to variations of readability measurements for paragraphs. In this paper, we propose

two visualization methods to present readability indexes at the paragraph level. We use a colored ring to

indicate the overall readability index for a paragraph and a Chernoff face to encode multiple readability

indexes. Our methods can help readers and writers to quickly identify complex paragraphs for revisions. They

are particularly helpful for documents with multiple authors.

Analyzing Comments on Social Media Web Sites with Latent Semantic Analysis

In the proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Knowledge, Information and Creativity Support

Systems (KICSS 2010) November 2010

Authors: Saurav Karmakar, PhD, Ying Zhu

In this study, we use Latent Semantic Analysis (LSA) to analyze and

visualize the collaborative activities in a social media web site. LSA is a

statistical technique for natural language processing. The technology has been

proven effective in analyzing complex patterns that are part of composite

conversations. In particular, we analyzed Many Eyes, a popular online social

visualization web site, developed by IBM research lab. We analyzed the cooccurrence

frequency of word usage in user posted comments on that web site

as well as their semantic meaning. We show that LSA is an effective tool for

clustering user comments based on their contextual meaning. It is also effective

for identifying outliers in user comments. Our method is useful for retrieving

the most relevant comments on a social media web site, and also for filtering

out irrelevant comments, such as spam.

Individual Characteristics and Their Effect on Predicting Mu Rhythm Modulation

International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction (IJHCI), Volume 27, Issue 1, January 2011 January

2011

Authors: Saurav Karmakar, PhD, Adriane Randolph, Melody Moore

Brain–computer interfaces (BCIs) offer users with severe motor disabilities a nonmuscular input channel for

communication and control but require that users achieve a level of literacy and be able to harness their

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appropriate electrophysiological responses for effective use of the interface. There is currently no formalized

process for determining a user's aptitude for control of various BCIs without testing on an actual system. This

study presents how basic information captured about users may be used to predict modulation of mu rhythms,

electrical variations in the motor cortex region of the brain that may be used for control of a BCI. Based on

data from 55 able-bodied users, we found that the interaction of age and daily average amount of

hand-and-arm movement by individuals correlates to their ability to modulate mu rhythms induced by actual

or imagined movements. This research may be expanded into a more robust model linking individual

characteristics and control of various BCIs.

Towards Predicting Control of a Brain-Computer Interface

The Proceedings of the AIS International Conference on Information Systems 2006 December 2006

Authors: Saurav Karmakar, PhD, Adriane Randolph, Melody Moore

Individuals suffering from locked-in syndrome are completely paralyzed and unable to speak but otherwise

cognitively intact. Traditional assistive technology is ineffective for this population of users due to the

physical nature of input devices. Brain-computer and biometric interfaces offer users with severe motor

disabilities a non-muscular input channel for communication and control, but require that users be able to

harness their appropriate electrophysiological responses for effective use of the interface. There is currently

no formalized process for determining a user’s aptitude for control of various biometric interfaces without

testing on an actual system. This study presents how basic information captured about users may be used to

predict their control of a brain-computer interface that is based on electrical variations in the motor cortex

region of the brain. Based on data from 55 able-bodied users, we found that the interaction of age and daily

average amount of hand-and-arm movement by individuals correlates to their ability in brain- computer

interface control. This research may be expanded into a more robust model linking individual characteristics

and control of various biometric interfaces.

Modeling Social Group Structures in Pedestrian Crowds

In the Proceedings of the International Conference on System Simulation and Scientific Computing October

2008

Authors: Saurav Karmakar, PhD, Xiaolin Hu

Group structure is an important characteristic of

social crowd. However, up to now, the effect of group structure

to crowd behavior has not been widely studied. This is partially

due to the fact that modeling group-related behavior is a

challenging task because of the many factors that need to be

considered. This paper presents a uniformed framework for

modeling different group structures in a pedestrian crowd. Both

intra-group structure and inter-group relationships are

considered and their effects on the group behavior are modeled.

Crowd behavior simulations based on two different group

structures are developed and promising results are obtained.

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Skills & Expertise

Text Mining

Natural Language Processing

Visualization

Computer Science

Teaching

Research

Non-profits

C++

Programming

Educational Leadership

Statistics

Mathematics

Data Analysis

Java

Data Mining

Public Speaking

Microsoft Office

Business Intelligence

SQL

SAS

PowerPoint

C

R

MySQL

Social Media

Matlab

Python

Perl

PHP

Analysis

Machine Lear

Graph Theory

Software Engineering

Big Data

Hadoop

Knowledge Discovery

Knowledge-based Systems

Conference Proceedings

Data Visualization

Machine Learning

Algorithms

Artificial Intelligence

Distributed Systems

Statistical Modeling

High Performance Computing

Mathematical Modeling

Analytics

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Bioinformatics

Image Processing

Education

Georgia State University

Doctor of Philodophy (PhD), Computer Science, 2005 - 2011

Activities and Societies: ACM Chapter, IEEE Branch, CS Club, ASHA Chapter, Cricket Club, Squash Club,

Omicron Delta Kappa - The National Leadership Honor Society

2 recommendations available upon request

Georgia State University

Master of Science (MS), Computer Science, 2005 - 2010

Activities and Societies: ACM Chapter

Georgia State University

Master of Science (MS), Mathematics & Statistics, 2003 - 2005

University of Calcutta

Post Graduate Advanced Diploma, Bioinformatics, 2002 - 2003

Kalyani Govt. Engg. College

Bachelor of Technology (BTech), Electronics & Communication Engineering, 1998 - 2002

Honors and Awards

1) "Royal Flame Student Leader of the Year 2011" Award, from Georgia State University.

2) "Outstanding Service Award 2011" from Dept. Of Computer Science, Georgia State University.

3) Brain and Behavior Fellow Spotlight for March 2011 at Neuroscience Institute, Georgia State University.

4) "GSU Dissertation Grant" Award (with $1000) for 2010-2011 at Georgia State University.

5) Brains and Behavior Fellowship for 2010-2011, Neuroscience Institute, Georgia State University.

6) Outstanding Teaching By A Graduate Student 2010 Award, from Dept. Of Computer Science, Georgia State

University.

7) Nominated for "Royal Flame Student Leader of the Year 2010" Award, from Georgia State University.

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Saurav Karmakar, PhD

Senior Research Engineer at Digital Reasoning Systems

acasyw@r.postjobfree.com

17 people have recommended Saurav

"Excellent communication and organizing skills. cool head on his shoulders"

Vineeth Kumar Murali, Student, Georgia State University, worked directly with Saurav at Cricket Club

@ Georgia State University

"Saurav was a valuable asset to our department. He is well organized, a hard worker, and a self-starter. He

founded and ran several clubs at Georgia State University, including the computer science club. He is a

natural leader, and someone whom I could count on to get the task-at-hand done. I highly recommend him."

Michael Weeks, Associate Professor, Computer Science, Georgia State University, managed Saurav at

Computer Scince Club at Georgia State University

"Dr.Saurav is self initiative, smart and have oustanding leadership capabilies in addition to oustanding

teaching capabilities. I heard lot of students that like his way of teaching to the extent that I went to audit one

of the classes that he taught to improve my teaching capabilities and liked his way so much. He was excellent

chair for our ACM branch in GSU and I liked his way of management and communications. he is so

organized, talented and confident. Saurav also established the IEEE branch in GSU, he was very active and

lovely person."

Bassam Tork, Student, Georgia State University, worked with Saurav at Georgia State University

"As a well-known figure in Georgia State University, Dr. Saurav has demonstrated outstanding leadership in

organizing the IEEE, ACM branches in GSU. He is a very responsible person, easy-going, and talented in

teaching/communication. He also demonstrated strong abilities in research, thanks to his solid mathematical

background."

Yang Wang, Instructor, Research Assistant, Georgia State University, worked with Saurav at Georgia

State University

"Saurav joined the department of Computer Science in 2005 as a graduate student and even before that he

took some courses during his Statistics masters program, so it's really a long time since I've known him. He

finished his doctoral with many shining achievements. GSU dissertation grant, Brain and Behavior

fellowship, graduate teaching award, outstanding service awards are just some of the tokens he collected on

this journey. He is very dedicated to the core once he believes and commits in something and always leads

the way and inspires others thorough creating real examples. He served as chair of the ACM chapter for two

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years and on the first year of his service due to all his initiatives our chapter for first time in the history won

the Student Chapter Excellence Award for Outstanding Recruitment Program in 2010. Along with tackling

his research responsibilities quite amazingly at times, he founded five more student organizations and gave

them the best foundation through his presidency. He is very innovative and hard working to bring his ideas in

to reality and due to all these GSU crowned him "Royal Student Leader of the year 2011". He always brought

ideas of collaboration and opening up more opportunities and put them to work through his amazing

leadership skills. He always pushed the extra mile and put down the required effort to bring the outcome to

the peak. He always came up as a great mentor to the students, groups whenever required. Definitely he

possesses some incredible qualities of positive enthusiasm at best with novel thoughts and great leadership

qualities and last but not least hard working work ethics with best problem solving abilities.This all

eventually lead him to win an NSF grant in research before graduation. Obviously he is a great communicator

and logical analyzer, draws crowd and friendship quite eminently. He was a great asset to our department and

I am sure he will be wherever he goes. No matter whatever comes, I am very assured that he would be able to

deal the best and I wish him the best."

Tammie Dudley, Administrative Specialist-Academic, Georgia State University, worked with Saurav at

Georgia State University

"Saurav is a highly dedicated instructor and an outstanding student. He'd done a thorough job of teaching us a

Data Structures class a couple of years ago and we'd discussed some of my master's project work on several

occasions. While working under the same adviser, I found our collaboration around LSA and graph theory to

be engaging, especially in the preliminary stages of my project's design. From first hand observations, Saurav

is quite sincere and energetic in his ACM duties--he has taken sound measures to solidify the GSU ACM

chapter's productivity and reach!"

Kireet Kokala, Student, Georgia State University, worked directly with Saurav at Georgia State

University

"I started as the Event Chair of GSU student branch of the IEEE. Saurav just founded the great organization

back then and he was serving as the first president. Frankly speaking, Saurav has a great view as a leader. He

is very certain about where the organization is going and he has the skills to make sure it's on the right track.

What set him apart from other people is that he had bigger goals. For example, when we are thinking about

keeping the organization functioning correctly, Saurav had already thought about how to make our branch the

best and most influential of the country. Saurav is also my personal friend, he is easy-going and never boring

to talk with. He has all kinds of innovative ideas and possess characteristics that a great leader should have. i

have seen his success while he was a student and i have no doubt in his greater achievements in the future."

Guangming Wang, Chair of IEEE Student Branch, Georgia State University, reported to Saurav at GSU

Student Branch of the IEEE

"Saurav is a great mentor and an extremely experienced leader. When I frist started with the IEEE Branch I

was doubtful that I could handle the load. Saurav let me know clearly what my duties were and if I ever had

any questions or needed advice he was quick to help. When Saurav left GSU we felt comfortable in keeping

the IEEE branch going. Dr. Karmakar is a capable leader and an asset to any team."

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Mackenzie Bechtel-Hall, Research Assistant, Georgia State University, worked directly with Saurav at

GSU Student Branch of the IEEE

"I know Saurav as senior PhD student in the Computer Science department of Georgia State University for

last couple years. He carries very high motivation and energy in leadership. He was president of the GSU

ACM chapter for two years and during his service the chapter won the 2009–2010 Student Chapter

Excellence Award for Outstanding Recruitment Program, which is prestigious. After such a success Saurav

formed the IEEE branch at GSU, where I am serving as an advisor. He was hard working, self-starter, full of

new ideas and prompt in organizing and motivational tasks. He put quite an effort to charter the chapter single

handedly and later he formed a coherent team of officers and advisers to run the organization. Along with this

he also formed some more student organizations like Computer Science Club in GSU and provided them a

solid definition. As a result, he received the prestigious "GSU Student Leader of the Year 2011" award as

well as Outstanding Service by a graduate student award from the department. I commend him duly as he

balanced his final year of research work before graduation along with such leadership activities.

Undoubtedly, he will bring beyond every expectations in future and I wish him best."

Xiaojun Cao, Asso. Professor, Georgia State University, managed Saurav indirectly at GSU Student

Branch of the IEEE

"Dr. Saurav is a dedicated research scientist with exceptional computational skills."

Abir Ashfakur Rahman, Graduate research assistant, Georgia State University, worked directly with

Saurav at Neuroscience Institute, Georgia State University

"Saurav is a very enthusiastic man who was never afraid to take on way more than what seems to be possible.

As the treasurer of the ACM chapter at GSU, I witnessed his hard work to take this chapter to another level.

Under his direction, the chapter grew significantly and quickly established itself as one of the leading

technology groups at GSU. I am sure that Saurav hard work will help not only him but also people around

him."

Emmanuel Sebastien Thomas, Treasurer, Association for Computing Machinery (GSU chapter), worked

directly with Saurav at GSU Student Chapter of the ACM

"Saurav showed excellent leadership as the Chair of the ACM at Georgia State University. His guidance and

organization allowed us to host quality presentations for our members. Under his leadership our student

chapter received the national Outstanding Recruitment Award from the ACM."

Umar Arshad, Lecturer, Georgia State University, worked directly with Saurav at GSU Student Chapter

of the ACM

"Dr. Saurav Karmakar is a great professor who made sure that the students understand the content for the

course. Even though it was an introductory course, students received many opportunities like experiencing

the supercomputer room at Georgia State University and make our own website. Students were able to get

hands on experience while obtaining the content knowledge needed from the lectures. Dr.Karmakar is an

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extremely knowledgeable, thoughtful, helpful, and encouraging professor who inspired each and every

student to become engaged in class and be eager to learn about the content."

Mehak Lalani, Student, Georgia State University, reported to Saurav at Georgia State University

"Saurav is dedicated and sincere in his duties. He has good teaching skills and leadership qualities. Worked

with him in ACM student chapter. He is the chair for the ACM student chapter at GSU. He motivates others

in the group and also a good team player.Wish him all success."

Lakshminarayana G Kollepara, Graduate Student and Computer Specialist, Georgia State

University, worked directly with Saurav at Georgia State University

"Saurav was a great speaker, full of enthusiasm and imagination, an excellent person to work with. During the

one-year term of working as a secretary for ACM student chapter at GSU, he was active, care to details and

successfully launched several big meeting events. With his help, the number our chapter members had grown

significantly. He is full of potentials to turn a small thing to a big epic. I was very glad he was elected as chair

for the successive year, and I enjoyed working with him."

Zejin Ding, Chair, GSU Student Chapter of ACM, managed Saurav at GSU Student Chapter of ACM

"Dr. Karmakar was very thorough in his teachings and explained computer concepts well. His power point

presentations allowed students to visualize the concept and refer back to the lessons in the future to study for

tests. He was also very quick to respond to the needs of his students. All in all great instructor!"

Kristin Weiland, Student, Georgia State University, studied with Saurav at Georgia State University

"I knew Saurav as both an instructor at GSU for my Operating Systems class and as the ACM Chair when I

served on his officer board. As an instructor, Saurav gave an excellent coverage of subject of Operating

Systems and his assignments were always challenging but highly instructive. As ACM chair, Saurav raised

the bar and encouraged every other officer to reach his maximum potential. In particular, Saurav emphasized

membership and recruitment, ultimately resulting in substantial membership growth that earned us

international recognition in the form of an award from ACM headquarters."

Jason Marcell, Student, Georgia State University, studied with Saurav at Georgia State University

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