Ananya Srinivasan

Computer Science @ University of Maryland

XR Developer & Software Engineer passionate about HCI, Affective Computing, and making technology inclusive.

Ananya Srinivasan in front of Big Ben

Experience & Internships

NASA Glenn Research Center

SWE/XR Development Intern (2x Intern) | Ohio, USA | Jan 2024 - Aug 2024

Designed an end-to-end mixed-reality flight simulator for the EPFD project in Unity with an AI copilot and flight-yoke integration, showcased to 700K+ at EAA Oshkosh (including Administrator Bill Nelson). Developed multiplayer AR experiences on HoloLens 2.

Google

STEP Development Program Intern | Tokyo, Japan | May 2024 - June 2024

Built 6+ Java projects optimizing algorithms and data structures. Received mentorship on systems programming and memory management.

Google STEP Intern Team

Japan Business Systems

AI and Data Science Intern | Tokyo, Japan | July 2024 - Aug 2024

Built an AWS-integrated chatbot connecting ChatGPT with 10,000+ internal documents via RAG pipelines.

Japan Business Systems Intern Team

University of Maryland & NASA

Motion Capture Systems & Data Science Researcher | Maryland, USA | Present

Developing markerless motion-capture systems in Unity/Captury. Built a Python ETL pipeline and real-time 3D visualization system for 23 years of NASA PACE data, showcased live at the Kennedy Center.

Kennedy Center Exhibit

Featured Projects

Leadership & Community

PIXL (People, Interaction, and eXperience Lab)

Founder & President

Created an intercollegiate organization dedicated to bringing women, beginners, and underrepresented groups into AR/VR, HCI, and Game Development.

Key Milestones: Successfully brought 10 members to the Game Developers Conference (GDC) in San Francisco, and partnered with XR Bootcamp to provide $18K worth of free XR educational material to underrepresented students.

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