About me
Hello! My name is Priyankan Kirupaharan and I am a 2nd-year Computer Science PhD student at the University of Rhode Island. Currently, I am pursuing my academic journey with a keen focus on Virtual Reality, A11y and HCI4D. I have the privilege of being guided by Prof. Krishna Venkatasubramanian and also been lucky to collaborate with Dr. Tina-Marie Ranalli .
I did my undergraduate at University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka with major and honors in Computer Science and minors in Mathematics and Physics. I have industrial experience as software developer for 4 years developing enterprise application in Spring boot.
Join Our Study on VR! 
Participants Wanted!
Researchers from the ASSET research group at the University of Rhode Island need your help to develop guidelines for the development of accessible virtual reality (VR) apps for adults with intellectual or developmental disabilities (I/DD).
Requirements:
- Must be at least 18 years of age
- Should have some form of I/DD
Participants will receive appropriate compensation at the conclusion of the study.
Interested? Have questions?
Email us at asset.uri@proton.me
Updates
| Mar 2024 | B. Lewis, P. Kirupaharan, T-M. Ranalli, and K. Venkatasubramanian. ``A3C: An Image-Association-Based Computing Device Authentication Framework for People with Upper Extremity Impairments,'' ACM Transactions of Accessible Computing (TACCESS), 2024 (Accepted for publication) |
| December 2023 | Our app designed to help individuals with intellectual and developmental disability recognize abuse and report was covered in The Boston Globe |
| Nov 2023 | K. Venkatasubramanian, T-M. Ranalli, P. Kirupaharan, D. Solanki, K. Mankodiya “Understanding the challenges nurses encounter with monitoring technologies in a NICU International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction.” International Journal of Human Computer Interaction (IJHCI). |
| May 2023 | Our app designed to help individuals with intellectual and developmental disability recognize abuse and report has been released on the Apple app store and Amazon app store |
| April 2023 | Brittany, Tina, Alex, and Priyankan's paper on the use of security-focused smart home devices by people with disabilities has received ACM CHI 2023 Honorable Mention Award. |
| Feb 2023 | Brittany, Tina, Alex and Priyankan's paper “'I... caught a person casing my house... and scared him off:' The Use of Security-Focused Smart Home Devices by People with Disabilities” has been accepted at ACM CHI 2023. |
Publications
| Nov 2023 | K. Venkatasubramanian, T-M. Ranalli, P. Kirupaharan, D. Solanki, K. Mankodiya “Understanding the challenges nurses encounter with monitoring technologies in a NICU International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction.” International Journal of Human Computer Interaction (IJHCI) Paper / Talk / Bibtex |
| Feb 2023 | 'I... caught a person casing my house... and scared him off:' The Use of Security-Focused Smart Home Devices by People with Disabilities. Brittany, Dr. Tina-Marie Ranalli , Alex, Priyankan and Prof. Krishna Venkatasubramanian Paper / Talk / Bibtex |
| September 2021 | Mobile Application to Identify Fish Species Using YOLO and Convolutional Neural Networks. Priyankan and Dr.TGI Fernando Paper / Talk / Bibtex |