About Me
As a Software Developer at Barclays, I bring a strong academic foundation and diverse experience spanning Software Development, HCI-focused research, Conversational AI, and Google Cloud. I take a results-driven approach to software development and am dedicated to delivering innovative solutions that drive measurable impact.
Before joining Barclays, I worked at the LearnDialogue Lab developing an interface for middle school students that can empower them to create their own spoken conversational agents. Watch this video to see how it is helping students.
Software/Web Development
90%Google Cloud
80%Research Methods
85%Conversational AI
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Experience
February 2023 - Present
Software Developer
Barclays
- Implemented new features in the bank's core risk engine, improving functionality across asset classes and ensuring consistent performance.
- Designed a React Dashboard using TypeScript and Node.js, integrating JIRA and TeamCity to deliver real-time metrics and streamline collaboration.
- Developed and enhanced Python-based regression testing tools, automating cross-version consistency checks and improving release quality.
- Contributed to language bindings implementation using JNI, while utilizing scripting languages like Perl and Lua for fulfilling project requirements.
- Utilized technologies including C++, React, Python, Typescript, Node.js, Java, Perl, Lua, JIRA, GitLab, Bitbucket, Docker, and OpenShift.
May 2021 - December 2022
Graduate Research Assistant
University of Florida (LearnDialogue Lab)
- Lead Software Developer: Spearheaded the creation of a full‑stack conversational AI development web application, AMBY, benefiting over 50 middle school students and providing impactful learning opportunities.
- Developed system prototypes, focus group protocols, wireframes, and mockups for multiple research studies spanning around 70 middle school students.
- Analyzed and reported results from multiple usability studies, resulting in three conference publications and one journal article.
- Leveraged technologies such as React, MUI, Speech recognition, Dialogflow, Node.js, Express.js, MongoDB, AWS, Heroku, Figma, and SPSS.
July 2018
Advanced Study and Research
Georgia Institute of Technology
- Built a program to implement parallel programming algorithm on multi core systems using Java’s Fork/Join framework and tested its efficiency relative to single core system performance.
- Documented and reported the followed procedure and the testing result for others students to refer to.
Education
2021 – 2022
University of Florida
Master of Computer Science
GPA: 4.0/4
2017 – 2021
Bennett University, India
Bachelor of Technology (Computer Science Engineering)
Publications
AMBY: A development environment for youth to create conversational agents
Xiaoyi Tian, Amit Kumar, Carly E Solomon, Kaceja D Calder, Gloria Ashiya Katuka, Yukyeong Song, Mehmet Celepkolu, Lydia Pezzullo, Joanne Barrett, Kristy Elizabeth Boyer, Maya Israel
Journal article in International Journal of Child-Computer Interaction, vol. 38, 2023.
LinkA Summer Camp Experience to Engage Middle School Learners in AI through Conversational App Development
Gloria Ashiya Katuka, Yvonika Auguste, Yukyeong Song, Xiaoyi Tian, Amit Kumar, Mehmet Celepkolu, Kristy Elizabeth Boyer, Joanne Barrett, Maya Israel, Tom McKlin
Paper in 2023 ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE TS).
LinkAI Made By Youth: A Conversational AI Curriculum for Middle School Summer Camps
Yukyeong Song, Gloria Ashiya Katuka, Joanne Barrett, Xiaoyi Tian, Amit Kumar, Tom McKlin, Mehmet Celepkolu, Kristy Elizabeth Boyer, Maya Israel
Paper in 2023 Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI).
LinkEarly Design of a Conversational AI Development Platform for Middle Schoolers
Amit Kumar, Xiaoyi Tian, Mehmet Celepkolu, Maya Israel, Kristy Elizabeth Boyer
Poster in 2022 IEEE Symposium on Visual Languages and Human-Centric Computing (VL/HCC).
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