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SIDDHARTH

SIDDHARTH

SIDD
HARTH

UX ENGINEER /
RESEARCH IN MOTION

UX ENGINEER /
RESEARCH IN MOTION

UX ENGINEER /
RESEARCH IN MOTION

Researcher. Designer. Front-end builder. From VR research studies to React interfaces. Turning insight into experiences people actually enjoy.

Researcher. Designer. Front-end builder. From VR research studies to React interfaces. Turning insight into experiences people actually enjoy.

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UX ENGINEER / HCI @ INDIANA UNIVERSITY

  • NOW / GRADUATING MAY 2027 / VR RESEARCH AT SETH LAB / FULL STACK AT THE POLIS CENTER / DRAGON TOWER AT MEANINGFUL PLAY, OCT 13 TO 15 / ALWAYS UP FOR A GOOD CONVERSATION /

  • NOW / GRADUATING MAY 2027 / VR RESEARCH AT SETH LAB / FULL STACK AT THE POLIS CENTER / DRAGON TOWER AT MEANINGFUL PLAY, OCT 13 TO 15 / ALWAYS UP FOR A GOOD CONVERSATION /

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THE ROUTE SO FAR

Six stops, three countries, one direction.
BACHELOR'S IN

PUNE

INDIA
INTERNSHIP IN

SHARJAH

UAE
MASTER'S IN

INDIANA

USA / INDIANA UNIVERSITY
WORK AND RESEARCH IN

INDIANAPOLIS

USA / THE POLIS CENTER
SEPT 2021 TO JUNE 2025

B.TECH IN COMPUTER SCIENCE

SYMBIOSIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, INDIA

Where it started: computer science, and the first co-authored research papers.

JAN TO JUL 2025

UI/UX AND FRONT-END INTERN

COMMTEL NETWORKS, SHARJAH, UAE

Built a shared React and TypeScript component library, took it to WCAG 2.1 AA, and shipped a timezone-aware scheduling component.

AUG 2025 TO MAY 2027

MASTER'S IN HCI

INDIANA UNIVERSITY INDIANAPOLIS

GPA 3.9 and Merit Scholar. Interaction design, user research and accessible interfaces.

AUG 2025 TO PRESENT

RESEARCH ASSISTANT

INDIANA UNIVERSITY INDIANAPOLIS

A de-identification tool and Unity games with Prof. Ming Chen, plus a VR gaze pipeline with Prof. Ekaterina Muravevskaia at SETH Lab.

MAY 2026 TO PRESENT

WEB PROGRAMMING INTERN

THE POLIS CENTER, INDIANAPOLIS

Building both the front end and the back end of a project. Details are under NDA.

NOW

BUILDING AND LEARNING

GRADUATING MAY 2027

Always up for a good conversation. Say hello.

B.TECH
COMMTEL
IU / HCI
RESEARCH
POLIS
NOW

RIGHT NOW.

UPDATED OCT 2026

NEXT UP / OCT 13 TO 15

DRAGON TOWER AT MEANINGFUL PLAY

A game I worked on with Professor Ming Chen is part of the Game Exhibition at Meaningful Play 2026, at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh.

WORKING / MAY 2026 TO PRESENT

FULL STACK AT THE POLIS CENTER

Web programming intern in Indianapolis, building both the front end and the back end of a project. Details are under NDA.

RESEARCHING / AUG 2025 TO PRESENT

A STUDY DE-IDENTIFICATION TOOL

As a research assistant for Professor Ming Chen I am designing and building a study de-identification tool, and I have made games in Unity with her.

LET’S TALK.

Whether you are a colleague, a student, faculty, a founder or just curious, I would like to hear from you.

  • NOW / GRADUATING MAY 2027 / VR RESEARCH AT SETH LAB / FULL STACK AT THE POLIS CENTER / DRAGON TOWER AT MEANINGFUL PLAY, OCT 13 TO 15 / ALWAYS UP FOR A GOOD CONVERSATION /

  • NOW / GRADUATING MAY 2027 / VR RESEARCH AT SETH LAB / FULL STACK AT THE POLIS CENTER / DRAGON TOWER AT MEANINGFUL PLAY, OCT 13 TO 15 / ALWAYS UP FOR A GOOD CONVERSATION /

UX ENGINEER / HCI @ INDIANA UNIVERSITY

INDIANAPOLIS, IN. GRADUATING MAY 2027.

© 2026 SIDDHARTH PRABHAKAR

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  • NOW / GRADUATING MAY 2027 / VR RESEARCH AT SETH LAB / FULL STACK AT THE POLIS CENTER / DRAGON TOWER AT MEANINGFUL PLAY, OCT 13 TO 15 / ALWAYS UP FOR A GOOD CONVERSATION /

  • NOW / GRADUATING MAY 2027 / VR RESEARCH AT SETH LAB / FULL STACK AT THE POLIS CENTER / DRAGON TOWER AT MEANINGFUL PLAY, OCT 13 TO 15 / ALWAYS UP FOR A GOOD CONVERSATION /

UX ENGINEER / HCI @ INDIANA UNIVERSITY

INDIANAPOLIS, IN. GRADUATING MAY 2027.

© 2026 SIDDHARTH PRABHAKAR

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  • NOW / GRADUATING MAY 2027 / VR RESEARCH AT SETH LAB / FULL STACK AT THE POLIS CENTER / DRAGON TOWER AT MEANINGFUL PLAY, OCT 13 TO 15 / ALWAYS UP FOR A GOOD CONVERSATION /

  • NOW / GRADUATING MAY 2027 / VR RESEARCH AT SETH LAB / FULL STACK AT THE POLIS CENTER / DRAGON TOWER AT MEANINGFUL PLAY, OCT 13 TO 15 / ALWAYS UP FOR A GOOD CONVERSATION /

UX ENGINEER / HCI @ INDIANA UNIVERSITY

INDIANAPOLIS, IN. GRADUATING MAY 2027.

© 2026 SIDDHARTH PRABHAKAR

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