Rudra Sarkar

I am a graduate student at the University of Nebraska Omaha and a former Software Engineer at Neural Semiconductor Limited. I am currently a Graduate Research Assistant in the COACH Lab, working under the supervision of Dr. Jaydeb Sarker.

Research interests

  • Human Factors in Software Engineering
  • Empirical Software Engineering
  • Natural Language Processing for Software Engineering
  • Human-Computer Interaction
  • Online toxicity and anti-social behavior in developer communities

Current focus

  • Empirical research on toxicity in software development repositories, including GitHub pull requests and bug reports.

Background

Before joining the University of Nebraska Omaha, I worked as a Software Engineer at Neural Semiconductor Limited, where I contributed to backend development and software engineering projects. This industry experience informs my research interest in real-world software development practices and developer collaboration.

I am always open to discussing research ideas related to software engineering, developer communities, NLP, and human-centered computing.