About Me
Hey there! I'm Manash. I'm currently in my second year of graduate school at the University of Houston pursuing my PhD in Developmental, Cognitive, and Behavioral Neuroscience. In short, I'm interested in how studying the development of human infants through the lens of cybernetics and control systems can lead to insights for building better robots and AI. I am also generally interested in software development, web development, and data science. Outside of academics, I love video games, everything Gundam/Gunpla, and hanging out with my 11-year old pup Holly.
Development
I love computer science. I use my knowledge to develop free and open-source tools that allow researchers to easily pre-process data. I'm most fluent in MATLAB, but also proficient in C/C++, Python, R, and JavaScript.
Data Analysis
I leverage a diverse array of statistical and computational tools to gain deep insights into data. I'm knowledgable in simple statistical techniques like N-way-ANOVAs, A/B testing, and linear mixed effects models as well as more complex techniques like unsupervised and deep learning.
Web Design
I enjoy web design as a hobby, but I also build simple and accessible websites for a small fee. If you like this website and need design solutions, shoot me an email!
Projects
Reconstructing Gaze in the Real World: A Proof of Concept.
Using markerless pose estimation and projective geometry to effectively create a unitary representation of the human body and gaze as it exists within the 3-dimensional enviornment. Presented at DCBN Brown Bag Seminar 2026.
View TalkMultimodal Physiological States Underlie Infant Visual Attention
Using K-Means clustering and probability density distributions to understand how heart rate, respiration rate, and body movement interact during moments of low gaze velocity. Presented at MindBrainBody Symposium 2026.
View PosterProsody of Utterances Interact with Infant Sustained Visual Attention
Using linear modeling, time-series clustering, and time-series bootstrap permutation tests to understand the function of infant-directed speech
In ProgressTonaFlow: A Free and Open Source Software for ECG Pre-Processing
A simple-to-use GUI-based software for filtering and calculation of heart-rate from raw electrocardiogram.
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