I am a Ph.D. candidate and final year doctoral student at the Department of Computer Science & Engineering, Texas A&M University. Currently, I work in HUman Bio-Behavioral Signals (HUBBS) Lab, under the supervision of Dr. Theodora Chaspari. In broader sense, my research interests are affective computing, signal processing, and machine learning. My works focus on building computational frameworks to understand people’s stress/anxiety in different settings using the multimodal bio-behavioral signals obtained from wearable sensors.

Prior to joining TAMU, I completed my undergraduate studies in 2015 from the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET). I grew up and lived in Dhaka, the bustling capital city of Bangladesh, before moving to College Station, Texas, USA.

You can call me Ehsan. Here’s a good example to illustrate how to say it, as sometimes people find it difficult to pronounce. My countryfolks call me by my last name, Nirjhar, which actually is my nick name, not surname in conventional manner. (funny story!)

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I am in the job market for research-focused full-time role in the industry or academia from Summer 2024.

Recent News

• [March 2024] 1 paper (as 2nd author) has been accepted at International Journal of Human–Computer Interaction
• [September 2023] I am going to Cambridge, MA, USA to attend ACII 2023 and present my doctoral consortium paper titled “Expression and Perception of Stress Through the Lens of Multimodal Signals: A Case Study in Interpersonal Communication Settings.”
• [June 2023] My doctoral consortium paper based on my dissertation research has been accepted in ACII 2023
• [May 2023] 1 paper (as 1st author) has been accepted at Elsevier Smart Health Journal
• [April 2023] I passed my preliminary exam and completed my dissertation proposal defense. Officially a Ph.D. candidate now!
• [April 2023] 1 paper (as 2nd author) has been accepted at Nature Scientific Reports
• [December 2022] 1 paper (as 2nd author) is accepted in NLP4PI Workshop@EMNLP 2022
• [October 2022] I am going to Nara, Japan to attend ACII 2022 in-person and present my paper titled “Investigating the Interplay Between Self-Reported and Bio-Behavioral Measures of Stress: A Pilot Study of Civilian Job Interviews with Military Veterans.” Excited to attend my first in-person conference!!
• [July 2022] 1 paper (as 1st author) is accepted in ACII 2022, and 1 paper (as 2nd author) is accepted in ICMI 2022
• [May 2022] I will be working as a Research Intern at Bosch Research this summer as part of their Audio AI team.