Thivya KANDAPPU

Thivya KANDAPPU is an Assistant Professor at the School of Computing and Information Systems, Singapore Management University (SMU). Her research focuses on mobile and wearable computing systems for human cognition monitoring, memory modeling, and technology-enhanced learning.

• Education: PhD in Computer Science, University of New South Wales (2014)

Research Interests span:

• Human-Centric Wearable Systems
• Cognitive State Analysis
• Event-Based Vision & Sensing
• Privacy in Pervasive Systems
• Health & Wellbeing Applications
• Smart City Mobility Analytics

Selected Publications demonstrate expertise in eye tracking, cognitive monitoring, and privacy-preserving wearables, with recent work appearing in NeurIPS and ACM IMWUT.

Research Grants include projects funded by MOE and A*STAR on cognitive dynamics, privacy-aware systems, and multimodal travel analytics.

Professional Service involves organizing AutoMLPerSys 2025, and serving on TPCs for ACM MobiSys 25, IEEE PerCom 25, and ICDCN 25.