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General Information

Full Name Keerti Banweer
About Doctoral Candidate at University of Oklahoma
Email keerti.banweer@ou.edu
Website https://keertibanweer.com/

Education

  • July 2025
    PhD in Computer Science
    University of Oklahoma
    • Dissertation: Developing Code Reading Skills in Entry-Level Computer Science Courses
  • July 2017
    M.S. in Data Science and Analytics
    University of Okhahoma
  • June 2010
    B.Tech. in Electronics, Instrumentation and Control Engineering
    Rajasthan Technical University

Teaching Experience

  • Instructor: Java for Programmers
    School of Computer Science, University of Oklahoma
    Fall 2023 - present, Fall 2020 - Fall 2021, Fall 2018 - Spring 2019
    • Manage the whole course along with delivering lectures and providing student support hours.
    • Organized the lecture content through Canvas
    • Design and grade assignments and exams
  • Instructor: Introduction to Programming
    School of Computer Science, University of Oklahoma
    Spring 2024 - present, Fall 2019, Summer 2023
    • Manage the whole course along with delivering lectures and providing student support hours.
    • Organized the lecture content through Canvas
    • Design and grade assignments and exams
  • Lab Instructor
    School of Computer Science, University of Oklahoma
    Fall 2020 - Spring 2023, Spring 2018 - Spring 2019
    • Teach the lab for an entry-level programming class
    • Grade the assignments
    • Provide student support hours for an average of 3 hours per week
  • Graduate Teaching Assistant
    School of Computer Science, University of Oklahoma
    Spring'24 - present, Fall 2019, Summer 2023
    • Deliver guest lecture and provide student support hours
    • Organize and design assignments through Canvas
    • Grade assignments and exams

Professional Experience

  • Graduate Research Assistant
    School of Computer Science, University of Oklahoma
    January 2017 - December 2017
    • Analyze the database management system of FAA (Federal Aviation Academy)
    • Suggest meaningful inputs to transform existing FAA data into usable information for FAA to leverage the insights to make decisions and for effective management of Aviation safety.
  • Student software developer
    CCE-IT, University of Oklahoma
    September 2016 - December 2016
    • Design and develop website using Django framework
    • Write test cases to evaluate the web application
  • Technical Analyst
    Infosys Ltd.
    December 2010 - September 2015
    • Develop and manage applications for healthcare company based in US.
    • Develop and maintain applications with COBOL and JCL with DB2 as backend using z/OS IBM Mainframe OS.
    • Prioritize, discuss and address existing and new issues with Business Analysts

Honors and Awards

  • Fall 2024
    GCoE Graduate Student Travel Award
    University of Oklahoma
  • Spring 2022
    CS Alumni Grad Fellowship
    University of Oklahoma
  • Fall'21, Spring'19
    Provost's Certificate of Distinction in Teaching
    University of Oklahoma
  • Fall 2018
    Robberson Conference Presentation & Creative Exhibition Travel Grant
    University of Oklahoma

Publications

  • Fall 2024
    WIP: Code Insight: Combining Code Reading and Debugging Practices for Active Learning in Entry-Level Computer Science Courses
    • Presented this work-in-progress paper at the FIE 2024 conference in Oct 2024
  • Fall 2024
    WIP: A Qualitative Study of Students’ Code Review Practices in a Computer Science Program
    • Presented the poster for the work-in-progress research work at FIE 2024 conference in Oct 2024
  • Fall 2018
    Multi-stage Collaborative filtering for tweet geo-location
    • Banweer, K., Graham, A., Ripberger, J., Cesare, N., Nsoesie, E. and Grant, C., 2018, November. Multi-stage collaborative filtering for tweet geolocation. In Proceedings of the 2nd ACM SIGSPATIAL Workshop on Recommendations for Location-based Services and Social Networks (pp. 1-4).
  • Summer 2017
    Learner Database management at FAA
    • Presented a poster of a project on Learner database management at COE SOAR conference

Academic Service

  • Officer of Computer Science Graduate Student Association
    University of Oklahoma
    Spring 2018 - Spring 2020
    • Organize talks and workshops for CS graduate students
  • DataBite series at School of Computer Science
    Fall 2018, Fall 2019 and Spring 2020
    • Planned and Organize a tutorial series on Big Data to provide an understanding of simple data analytics tools useful in different domains
  • Mentoring students
    University of Oklahoma
    Spring 2019 - Summer 2020
    • Mentor students with research in Data analysis

Skills

Languages Python, R, SQL, Java, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, C#, Matlab, C, C++, Bash/Shell, PHP, COBOL, CICS, JCL, VBA, AMPL
Frameworks Pandas, SciPy, NumPy, Scikit-learn, Matplotlib, Plotly, Django, BeautifulSoup, Gurobi, Unity, Jquery, Bootstrap, Android API, UWP API, D3.js, Git, OOP, Caret, doParallel, Gradle, JIRA, Jenkins, Cucumber, Selenium
Database PostgreSQL, MongoDB, SQLite, MySQL, Oracle
Software Jupyter Notebook, Tableau, MS Office, AnyLogic, Google Analytics, Windows, Linux, Mac, Visual Studio, Visual Studio Code
Modelling Linear Regression, KNN, K-Means, Decision Tree, Random Forest, SVM, PCA, Elastic Net, Ridge Regression, Lasso Regression, AdaBoost, Reinforcement Learning, Deep Learning, Neural Networks, Large Language Models

References

  • Dr. Deborah Trytten
    • Presidential Professor
    • School of Computer Science
    • University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 73109
    • Email: dtrytten@ou.edu
  • Dr. Christan Grant
    • Arnold and Lisa Goldberg Rising Star Associate Professor in Computer Science
    • Computer & Information Science & Engineering
    • University of Florida, Gainesville 32611
    • Email: christan@ufl.edu
  • Abinash Borah
    • Graduate Teaching Assistant
    • Department of Computer Science
    • Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK 74078
    • Email: aborah@okstate.edu