Kshitijaa Jaglan

Data, Networks, Open Source

University of Zürich [2024-]
- PhD student at Social Computing Group
- PhD Advisor: Prof. Dr. Anikó Hannák
International Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad [2019-2024]
- MS by Research in Computing in Human Sciences + B.Tech in Computer Science (Thesis: Sampling Cohesive communities in unbounded networks)
- Research Advisor: Prof. Dr. Ponnurangam Kumaraguru “PK”
ETH Zurich [Jul 2023 - Dec 2023]
- Project mobility student working on predicting hidden user attributes in networks under Prof. Dr. Ulrik Brandes
- Project grant: Homophily and Spread of (Dis)Information in Social Media
- Publication: Tight Sampling in Unbounded Networks. Accepted at ICWSM’ 24
Amity International School, Gurgaon [2017 - 2019]
- Class X: CGPA 10
- Class XII: 94.8%

Google - Strategic Cloud Engineering Intern (Data)
^{May 2022 - July 2022}
Engineered ETL (Extract, Transform, Load) data pipelines using Apache Beam and Dataflow to read, process and write data from Google customers
Tensorflow (Outreachy) - Software Engineering Intern
^{May 2021 - September 2021}
Designed components like feature selection and schema curation for TFX ML pipelines to address use cases not currently covered by TFX.
Indian School of Business - Research & Development Intern
^{February 2020 - September 2021}
Led data scraping, extraction, analysis and visualisation as a part of Digital Identity and Research Initiative (DIRI). Implemented different NLP algorithms for privacy-related projects

Building Custom Components with Tensorflow Extended at Google on July 21, 2022. Slide deck and presentation for the same have been published on an internal website for Global Tech Talks initiative!
Introduction to MLOps and Tensorflow Exntended at Felicity@IIIT-Hyderabad on March 20, 2022. Presented as a part of college’s annual tech and cultural fest - Felicity.

Zonta International Women in Tech Scholar: One of 20 scholars from all over the world
Merit List [Monsoon 2020 & Spring 2020] at IIIT Hyderabad
vGHC Student Scholarship: Selected as one of ~1300 scholars from all over the world to attend the (virtual) Grace Hopper Celebration 2021 organised by AnitaB.org
WiCyS (Women in CyberSecurity) Student Scholarship: Selected as one of 750 global scholars to attend the largest women in cybersecurity conference (WiCyS 2022) in Cleveland, OH. Could not attend due to COVID restrictions.
Generation Google Scholar 2021: Selected as one of the 70 scholars for 2021 Generation Google Scholarship (Asia Pacific region)
Google Code-In 2017: Global Finalist with Liquid Galaxy Lab
NTSE Scholar 2017: Received scholarship from the Government of Haryana for classes XI and XII

September 2020 - January 2022: Open Source Developers’ Group, IIIT Hyderabad - President
December 2019 - May 2021: E-Cell, IIIT Hyderabad - Full Stack Developer -> Tech lead
Aug 2019 - June 2021: Ping! IIIT Hyderabad - Full Stack Developer -> Tech lead

Vyartharth (2018-2019): Co-Founder – Efficient Waste Management ‑ 100+ volunteers ‑ 200+ activities ‑ with 10+ NGOs
Jalanjali (2017-2018): Volunteer, documentation head – Water Management