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Pavithren | V | Viren

"We shape technology; thereafter it shapes us."

PhD Candidate
@ Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Digital Health and Prevention & Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich

EDUCATION

PhD (Human-Centred Digital Health)  '22 - Present @ LMU Munich

M.Eng by Research (Inclusive Mobile Privacy and Security)  '18 - '21 @ SUTD 🇸🇬

B.Eng - Information System Technology and Design (HCI)  '14  to '17 @ SUTD 🇸🇬 & KTH 🇸🇪

Dip. - Computer Engineering with Merit - 2011 @ TP 🇸🇬





 

WORK EXPERIENCE

Research Associate - Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore (Sept. '21 - Aug. '22)

Technical Consultant and Cloud Architect - Hitachi Asia, Hitachi Consulting and Hitachi Vantara (Sept. '17 - Sept. '21)

IT Infrastructure Intern - Hitachi Asia (May to Sept '16)

Technical Support Officer, Lab & Teach Assistant - Temasek Polytechnic (April to Aug '11 & Sept  '13 to Apr '14)

01 SKills

Design

Design Thinking Facilitation

Inclusive & Universal Design

Participatory Design

Mixed Methods Studies

Hi-Fi & Lo-Fi Prototyping

Empathy & Journey Mapping

Usability Testing

Ethnography

Computing & Cloud

AWS Solutions Architecture

Google Cloud Architecture

Adobe Experience Manager

Solution Architecture & Migration

Privacy and Security Compliance

System Administration

Programming

Python

Java

JavaScript

HTML

C++

Arduino

Processing

Electronics

Raspberry Pi

Arduino

Particle

Microbit

PROFESSIONAL 
Experience

02 Design, Engineering & Research Experience

"Post" - Graduate

2018 - 2021

Designing Inclusive Mobile Privacy and Security - Master's Research
  1. Poster: Towards Inclusive Design for Privacy and Security: Perspectives from an Aging Society @ SOUPS '20, USENIX '20, Link

  2. Report: Towards Universal Digital Access in Singapore, Link. Contribution: Assisted investigators with conducting field studies.

  3. Co-authored Full Paper: Does Mode of Digital Contact Tracing Affect User Willingness to Share Information? A Quantitative Study @ CHI '22: Link

Thesis Advisors:

Asst. Prof Simon Perrault

Prof. Jianying Zhou

Asst. Prof Hyowon Lee

Independent Reviewer:

Prof. Sun Sun Lim

Collaborators:

Dr. Camellia Zakaria

Dr. Sujithra Raviselvam

Lim Chang Siang

Prof. Dr. Gerald Koh

Dr. Pin Sym Foong

Ahmad Nurhadi

2019

Designing Inclusive Spaces

Keywords: Inclusive Design, Universal Design Mentorship, Open Innovation

Mentored 2 teams:

  1. ENpower (Winner)

  2. ReIgnite

consisting of tertiary students and Persons with Disability (PwD) to co-design inclusive spaces in Frasers Property malls in Singapore. 

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2018

Deaf-A-Loper Workshop

Keywords: Participatory Design, Making, Accessibility

A 4-part participatory design workshop series for the deaf conducted by a group of passionate engineers, designers and educators. Aimed a equipping the deaf with basic maker skills which could assist them with solving their everyday problems.

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2019

Conceptualized Singapore Airlines App Challenge

Keywords: UI Design, Service Design, AdobeXD, Wireframe

Identified common pain points faced by travellers. Developed colour-coded digital boarding passes for a seamless boarding experience

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Team Members:

Alvin Tan

Christine Soh

Derrick Ng

2018

Ring-A-Light - Visual Doorbell for Deaf

Keywords: Electronic Prototyping, DIY, Accessibility, Smarthome, IoT

Implemented a visual doorbell for the deaf and hard of hearing which provides visual and audio (for hearing) notifications. The system integrates with Philips Hue lights to provide visual alerts using different colors and patterns. 

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Collaborator:

Kenneth

Under-Graduate

2017

Inclusive Mobile Banking

Keywords: UI, UX, Design

Redesign of existing mobile banking applications to increase the elderly's learn-ability and generating a set of heuristics for designing applications or the elderly.

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Team Members:

Ardy Kartolo Samsir

Chuyi Wu

Janice Zhaojuan

 

2015

Smahjong

Keywords: Electronic Prototyping,  Software Prototyping

An internet connected Mahjong gameplay platform consisting 3D printed tiles with integrated display. Aimed at recreating the mahjong gameplay experience in an online context while removing geographical barriers.

2014 - 2017

Project Peri

Keywords: Product Design, Assistive Technologies, Human Augmentation

An assistive device for which translates auditory information into visual cues.

National Winner of James Dyson Award 2017

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Featured in:

Futurism, Mashable, SpringWise, Straits Times

2017

MSD - Digital Health Studio

Keywords: UI, UX, IoT, Smart Spaces, Design

Designing a multi-functional Executive Briefing Centre (EBC) and Digital Health Studio(DHS) to showcase MSD's healthcare innovation as well as to provide meeting space for employees.

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2017

Cross Cultural Product Design

Keywords: UI, UX, Culture, Product Design

Designed a grocery shopping application adapted to the shopping habits of Singaporean Chinese and Indians - Foodify

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2015-2016

Towards Single Pixel Sound Visualization

Keywords: Human Augmentation, Wearables

Co-authored a short paper for OzCHI 2016 on using a single pixel to convey information about sound for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing.

Contribution: Planned and conducted  experiments, developed electronic prototype.

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