Ankita SinghView profile
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Ankita Singh is a PhD candidate and Research Associate at Kühne Logistics University (KLU) , Hamburg, Germany, since 2023. Under the primary supervision of Prof. Dr. Alexander Himme and secondary supervision by Prof. Dr. Henrik Leopold, her research explores the intersection of machine learning, accounting, and marketing by applying advanced machine learning algorithms to forecast the influence of non-financial information from earnings calls on firm value. Bachelor of Engineering in Information Technology, Amaravati University (2006-2010) Master of Science in Computer Science and Engineering, Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki Vishwavidyalaya (2016-2018) Ankita’s research interests span Machine Learning , Data Science , and their applications in Computational Finance and Marketing Analytics . Her work leverages Artificial Intelligence and Computer Vision to detect facial emotions in real time using deep learning. The system, validated on the ADFES-BIV dataset, achieves 81.67% training accuracy in recognizing universal emotions (happy, sad, neutral, surprise, anger) and micro-emotions (contempt, embarrassment, fear, disgust, pride) via DCNN and Haar-cascade classifiers. Her prior industry experience as a Senior Software Engineer and Team Lead at Accenture Solutions Pvt Ltd (2011-2019) and internship at Pantech Solutions Pvt Ltd (2022-2023) highlight her expertise in software engineering and team leadership across financial and telecommunications sectors in London, Düsseldorf, and India.


