CV

Education

• B.E. Computer Engineering, University of Pune, India, 2008
• M.Sc. Interactive Entertainment Technology(CS), Trinity College Dublin, Ireland, 2012
• Graduate Program in Neuroscience(PhD), University of British Columbia, Canada, 2022 (expected)

Summer Schools/ Workshops

• Summer Workshop on the Dynamic Brain (Allen Institute; U. Wash., USA) Aug 2021
• (TA)Neuromatch Academy 2020, 2021 (held online, world-wide) Aug. 2020, July 2021
• CNEURO 2020: Theoretical and Computational Neuroscience (Tsinghua University, China) Aug 2020
• (TA)Frontiers in Neurophotonics Summer School (Universit´e Laval, Canada) Aug 2020
• Methods in Neuroscience at Dartmouth (Dartmouth College, USA) Jul - Aug 2018
• Translational Neuroscience and Neural Engineering (Brown Uni. & EPFL) June 2018
• Computational Approaches to Memory and Plasticity (NCBS, Bangaluru, India) Jul - Aug 2017

Work experience

• Graduate Student Neurodata Tutor- UBC Dynamic Brain Circuits cluster Mar. 2020 - current
• Lead Teaching Assistant- UBC Neuroscience NRSC-501(2021W) course Dec. 2020 - May 2021
• Teaching Assistant- NeuroMatchAcademy (2020, 2021) Summer School, held online Aug. 2021, July 2020
• Teaching Assistant- Frontiers in Neurophotonics Summer School, Quebec City, Canada June 2019
• Research Assistant- Brown University, Providence, RI, USA Oct. 2015 - Jun. 2018
• Research Engineer- ATR International, Kyoto, Japan Dec. 2012 - Jul. 2015
• Intern (M.Sc. Thesis)- ATR International, Kyoto, Japan May 2012 - July 2012
• Sr. Software Developer- Propalms Network Pvt. Ltd., Pune, India Dec. 2008 - Aug. 2011
• Associate Software Developer- GlobalLogic, Noida, India Aug. 2008 - Dec. 2008

Skills

• Concepts: Optogenetics, Calcium imaging, Electrophysiology, Near Infra-red Spectroscopy, Signal processing; Supervised and Unsupervised Machine Learning; Statistics; Linear Algebra; Computer Vision; Augmented Reality; Computer Network Programming;
• Programming env.: Python; Matlab; C; C++; C#; OpenCV; OpenGL; Windows; Linux

Publications

Brain-machine interfaces for assistive smart homes- A feasibility study with wearable near-infrared spectroscopy

Takeshi Ogawa, Jun-Ichiro Hirayama, Pankaj Gupta, Hiroki Moriya, Shumpei Yamaguchi, Akihiro Ishikawa, Yoshihiro Inoue, Motoaki Kawanabe, Shin Ishii

Multi-sensor based state prediction for personal mobility vehicles

Jamilah Abdur-Rahim ,Yoichi Morales ,Pankaj Gupta ,Ichiro Umata ,Atsushi Watanabe ,Jani Even ,Takayuki Suyama,Shin Ishii

What are the visual features underlying human versus machine vision?

Drew Linsley, Sven Eberhardt, Tarun Sharma, Pankaj Gupta, Thomas Serre

Cortex-wide Computations in Complex Decision Making in Mice

Pankaj K Gupta, Timothy H Murphy

Real-time selective markerless tracking of forepaws of head fixed mice using deep neural networks

Brandon J. Forys, Dongsheng Xiao, Pankaj Gupta and Timothy H. Murphy

The value of choice in 3- to 7-year-olds’ use of working memory gating strategies in a naturalistic task

Livia Freier,Pankaj Gupta,David Badre,Dima Amso

Neuromatch Academy- a 3-week, online summer school in computational neuroscience

't Hart, Bernard M., et al.

Real-time neural feedback of mesoscale cortical GCAMP6 signals for training mice

Pankaj K Gupta, Timothy H Murphy

A three-dimensional virtual mouse generates synthetic training data for behavioral analysis

Luis A. Bolaños, Dongsheng Xiao, Nancy L. Ford, Jeff M. LeDue, Pankaj K. Gupta, Carlos Doebeli, Hao Hu, Helge Rhodin & Timothy H. Murphy

Using Computational Analysis of Behavior To Discover Developmental Change In Memory-Guided Attention Mechanisms In Childhood

Dima Amso, Lakshmi Govindarajan, Pankaj Gupta, Diego Placido, Heidi Baumgartner, Andrew Lynn, Kelley Gunther, Tarun Sharma, Vijay Veerabadran, Kalpit Thakkar, Seung Chan Kim, Thomas Serre

PyMouseTracks: flexible computer vision and RFID-based system for multiple mouse tracking and behavioral assessment

T Fong, H Hu, P Gupta, B Jury, TH Murphy

Real-Time Closed-Loop Feedback System For Mouse Mesoscale Cortical Signal And Movement Control: CloPy

PK Gupta, TH Murphy

Talks

DBC Intro to Programming Courses

April 01, 2019

Tutorial at DMCBH, Vancouver, Canada, Vancouver, Canada

Programming Hardware with the Raspberry Pi using Python

June 02, 2019

Tutorial at Frontiers in Neurophotonics Summer School 2019, Quebec City, Canada

Real-time Neural Feedback of Mesoscale Cortical GCaMP6 Signals Using Raspberry-Pi

July 11, 2019

Poster at NeuroFutures 2019, Portland, Oregon, USA

Real-time Neural Feedback of Mesoscale Cortical GCaMP6 Signals Using Raspberry-Pi

October 19, 2019

Poster at Society for Neuroscience 2019, Washington DC, USA

Functional Cortical Imaging in Mouse Models of Stroke

July 22, 2020

Talk at SPiN Workshop 2020, Online

What classical neuroscience result would you revisit with a BMI? (Neural Interfaces for Neurobiological Insights)

October 09, 2020

Talk at Sainsbury Wellcome Centre, 25 Howland Street, London, W1T 4JG, London, UK

Real-time Neural Feedback of Mesoscale Cortical GCaMP6 Signals Using Raspberry-Pi

May 17, 2021

Talk at Online, Online

Can we aid in stroke recovery?

June 03, 2021

Talk at UBC Psychiatry Research Day 2021, Vancouver, Canada

Real-time sensory feedback of cortical activity with a BCI

June 07, 2021

Talk at Unifying Neuroscience and Artificial Intelligence in Quebec (UNIQUE) - Student Symposium 2021, Quebec City, Canada

Real-time sensory feedback of cortical activity with a BCI

June 16, 2021

Talk at Canadian Student Health Research Forum 2021, Manitoba, Canada

Real-time sensory feedback of cortical activity with a BCI

June 17, 2021

Talk at NeuroSymposium 2021, Montreal, Qc

NapHack – Hack your naps for better productivity!

August 02, 2021

Hackathon at natHACKS - NeurAlbertaTech's inaugural brain-computer interface hackathon, Alberta, Canada

LOUDy Bird - to fulfill the therapeutic needs of Parkinson’s Disease (PD) patients

August 14, 2021

Hackathon at Brain-Tech 2021, Vancouver, Canada

Can we aid in stroke recovery?

November 02, 2021

Talk at Frontiers in Neurophotonics Highlights 2021, Quebec City, Canada

Introduction to DeepLabCut

August 10, 2022

Tutorial at Precision Health Bootcamp 2022, Vancouver, Canada

Modeling multi-region cortical interactions using task-specific data-constrained recurrent neural networks

November 16, 2022

Poster at Society for Neuroscience 2022, San Diego, USA

Platform for real-time closed-loop feedback of behavior and/or cortical GcaMP activity in mice using an all-optical strategy at the mesoscale

November 12, 2023

Talk at Society for Neuroscience 2023, Washington DC, USA

Platform for real-time feedback of cortical GCaMP activity and specific body movements in mice

August 09, 2024

Talk at NeuroAI Seattle 2024 conference, Eugene, OR, USA

Teaching

Intro to Programming in Matlab

Service and leadership

• Committee member, Diversity Mentorship Program, UBC
• Editor and Communications Manager at Neuropsyched, a UBC-student run science magazine
• Science communicator for Community Science Initiative 2019 at Science World, Vancouver
• Assistant Vice President (Academic services) at Interdisciplinary Graduate Student Network (iGSN) at University of British Columbia, Vancouver
• Volunteer at planning committee for Psychiatry Research Day 2019 at University of British Columbia, Vancouver
• Added support for non-Admin users of OpenVPN client on Windows platform
• Hiking & cleaning drives of natural places with Kansai International Outdoor Club, Osaka, Japan
• Note-taker at Student Disability Services, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

Awards

• Frontiers in Neurophotonics Highlights 2021: video contest winner
• AccelNet IN-BIC fellowship
• Student choice award for project at SWDB 2021
• Brain-Tech 2021 hackathon winner
• DMCBH Neural Repair Endowment 2021
• Edward Squires Memorial Fellowship 2020
• MIT GrandHack2016 healthcare at home award
• SAMSUNG BADA codeathon 2011 winner