Manasa Kalanadhabhatta

I am an M.S./Ph.D. student in the Manning College of Information and Computer Sciences at UMass Amherst. I am advised by Profs. Deepak Ganesan and Tauhidur Rahman as part of the MOSAIC Lab. My research interests lie at the intersection of ubiquitous sensing, human computer interaction, and machine learning for applications in health and wellbeing.

I use behavioral data and neurophysiological signals from wearable and ubiquitous devices to develop novel multimodal methods for sensing mental health and cognitive wellbeing. My dissertation research focuses on human-centered development and evaluation of scalable mental health screening tools for young children. I collaborate closely with Prof. Adam Grabell and the SEED Lab in the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences on this work. Additionally, some of my past work has examined the relationship between sleep, activity, and cognitive performance and explored PTSD prediction using wearable and brain signals.

I have also spent time as a research intern at Meta Reality Labs and at Nokia Bell Labs. Previously, I earned a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science and Engineering from Shiv Nadar University, India and was a visiting research student at Singapore Management University.