About

I am a full-time Ph.D. scholar in the Department of Computer Science at IIIT Delhi. My work lies in the intersection of Speech processing, Natural Language Processing (NLP), and Human-Computer Interaction (HCI). My research focuses on developing cost-effective solutions to mitigate linguistic bias in speaker verification systems using DL and NLP concepts. I successfully cleared my Ph.D. comprehensive exam on the 19th of August, 2022. Before joining the Ph.D. program in August 2019, I worked as a Teaching Fellow in the Department of Computer Science at IIITD between August 2018 and July 2019.

Research Interests:
Speech Processing, Natural Language Processing, Human-Computer Interaction

Email: divyas@iiitd.ac.in

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Education

  • M.Tech (CSE)

    I did my MTech from IIITD (2016-2018) and secured a CGPA of 8.55. I did my MTech Thesis under the supervision of Dr. Arun Balaji Buduru. My MTech Thesis topic was Context-Aware RNN Based Voice Authentication System.

  • B.Tech (CSE)

    I completed my B. Tech (2011-2015) from RKGITM (formerly RKGITW), affiliated with the UPTU, with an overall percentage of 80.68%. My BTech project topic was HiFi-Delivering Thoughts. It is a social networking website with speech-to-text conversion.

Skills

  • Programming Languages

    Python, C, C++, Java, C#

  • Tools & Technologies

    Visual Studio, Eclipse, Netbeans, Django, Pycharm, Latex, SQL Server, PostgreSQL, Wireshark, Oracle, Firebase, Proto.io

  • Courses

    Database Systems Implementation, Data Mining, Graduate Algorithms, Introduction to Spatial Computing, Object Oriented Programming and Design, Research Methods, Graph Theory, Information Retrieval, Foundations to Computer Security, Wireless Networks, Designing Human Centered Systems, Natural Language Processing, Topics in Adaptive Security, Optimization Methods for Machine Learning

  • Coursera

    Deep Learning Specialization, Natural Language Processing Specialization

Teaching

  • Teaching Fellow at IIITD

    Advanced Programming (Aug,18-Dec,18)

    Data Structures and Algorithms (Jan,19-June,19)

    Algorithm Design and Analysis (Jan,19-Apr,19)

    Refresher module: Data Structures and Algorithms (July,19)

  • Teaching Assistant at IIITD

    Systems Programming (Aug,16-Dec,16)

    Introduction to Media in Society(Jan,17-Apr,17)

    Cloud Computing (Aug,17-Dec,17)

    Data Structures and Algorithms (Jan,18-Apr,18)

    Refresher module on Data Structures and Algorithms for MTech ECE students (July, 2018)

    Foundations to Computer Security (Aug,19-Dec,19)

    Advanced Programming (Aug,20-Dec,20)

    Database Management Systems (Jan,21-Apr,21)

    Introduction to programming (Dec,21-Apr,22)

Publications

  • Divya Sharma. 2024. EcoSpeak: Cost-Efficient Bias Mitigation for Partially Cross-Lingual Speaker Verification. In Findings of the Association for Computational Linguistics: NAACL 2024 [ Core Rank A | Long paper ] [Accepted]
  • Divya Sharma and Arun Balaji Buduru. 2022. FAtNet: Cost-Effective Approach Towards Mitigating the Linguistic Bias in Speaker Verification Systems. In Findings of the Association for Computational Linguistics: NAACL 2022 , pages 1247–1258, Seattle, United States. Association for Computational Linguistics. [ Core Rank A | Long paper ] [ Paper Link | Code ]

Talks

  • [15th October, 2022] Presented my work on "Investigating Cost-Effective Solutions towards Mitigating the Linguistic Bias in Speaker Verification" at the ACM India Ph.D. students Meet-up at IIIT Delhi
  • [13th July, 2022] Presented my paper titled, "FAtNet: Cost-Effective Approach Towards Mitigating the Linguistic Bias in Speaker Verification Systems" in the NAACL 2022 [ Recorded Presentation ]

Achievements

  • Qualified CBSE-UGC NET November 2017 exam
  • Secured 1st Rank in B.Tech CSE department
  • Qualified GATE 2015
  • Microsoft Technology Associate for .Net Fundamentals

Updates

  • [13th March, 2024] Delighted to share that my paper titled "EcoSpeak: Cost-Efficient Bias Mitigation for Partially Cross-Lingual Speaker Verification" has been accepted to appear in the Findings of NAACL 2024.

  • [15th October, 2022] Presented my work on "Investigating Cost-Effective Solutions towards Mitigating the Linguistic Bias in Speaker Verification" at the ACM India Ph.D. students Meet-up at IIIT Delhi

  • [19th August, 2022] Successfully cleared my Ph.D. comprehensive exam !!!
  • [13th July, 2022]: Super happy to give a flash talk to present my paper at the NAACL 2022!
  • [31st May, 2022]: Memorable moments

  • [8th April, 2022]: My paper titled, "FAtNet: Cost-Effective Approach Towards Mitigating the Linguistic Bias in Speaker Verification Systems" got accepted to appear in the Findings of the Association for Computational Linguistics: NAACL 2022 .