Pradipta Biswas

My research focuses on user modelling and multimodal human-machine interaction for aviation and automotive environments and for assistive technology. I set up and lead the Interaction Design (I3D) Lab. My research won Microsoft’s AI 4 Accessibility Grant Award, Facebook’s Responsible AR/VR Award and research grants from British Telecom (on AR/VR Systems), Faurecia Groupe Services Ltd. (on Automotive UI), Wipro Ltd (On Autonomous Vehicle), Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO), Departments of Science & Technology (DST) and BioTechnology (DBT). My research was featured in New Scientist, NDTV, All India Radio and various other media outlets.

Earlier, I was a Senior Research Associate at Engineering Department, Research Fellow at Wolfson College and Research Associate at Trinity Hall of University of Cambridge. I completed PhD in Computer Science at the Rainbow Group of University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory and Trinity College in 2010 and was awarded a Gates-Cambridge Scholarship in 2006. I undertook a master degree in Information Technology at the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur.