Research Associate
Department:
School of Health and Related Research
Faculty:
Medicine, Dentistry and Health
Contact:
Telephone: +44 (0) 114 222 2996
Email: s.sehgal@sheffield.ac.uk
Biography
I am the Research Associate on the STAR project.
I received an undergraduate degree, BSc in Mathematics from the University of Delhi, India in 1996 and a postgraduate degree, MSc in Operational Research from the University of Delhi, India in 1999. I also have a computational background with a 3 year professional diploma in Network Centered Computing (2000) and a Post Graduate Diploma (PgDip) in Computer Science.
From 2000 – 2003 I worked as a Software Engineer at SBICPSL which is a joint venture between India’s largest bank, State Bank of India (SBI) and the financial service unit of General Electrics (GE Capital).
I pursued another postgraduate degree, MSc in Advanced Computer Science from the University of Sheffield between 2003 – 2004 and since 2005 I have worked as a Research Associate at the Department of Computer Science and Human Communication Sciences. I am currently working at the School of Health and Related Research (ScHARR) department. I am involved in the Research and Development of embedded speech technology in clinical domains such as assistive technology and environmental control systems.
Since 2010, I am also pursuing a part-time PhD from the Department of Human Communication Sciences at the University of Sheffield.