Divya Mereddy

Divya Mereddy is a PhD student and research assistant in the Computer Science department at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, TN. She entered the field of data analytics and data science in 2015 following her undergraduate degree and gained industry experience at organizations including Medicare, AT&T, and 7-Eleven before completing a Master's in Data Science at the University of Cincinnati. Now in the fourth year of her PhD at Vanderbilt, Divya specializes in multimodal machine learning and multimodal learning analytics, applying these to improve training systems for critical care air transport teams that provide ICU services during aeromedical evacuations. Her work has resulted in research papers published in CVPR and a nomination for best paper at the Itzwick Conference. She organizes a multimodal machine learning reading group at Vanderbilt and is a member of Women in Computer Vision and Women in AI. Divya attributes her success to her passion for the work, which she describes as her first hobby, and she values projects that improve life for herself and others.