EDUCATION
- Ph.D., Computer Science, Worcester Polytechnic Institute (2008-) current GPA: 3.9/4
- M.A., Sociology, Patan Campus, Tribhuvan University, (2009) First division
- B.E. (Electronics and Communication Engineering) (2005),
Pulchowk campus, I.O.E., Tribhuvan University, First Division
WORK EXPERIENCE
- (May 2007- July 2008) Founding Member: Paila, NGO for awareness and literacy: Script writer and Project coordinator for a short film on AIDS awareness , “Kamala: home or away, be safe, be sure”, selected as 8 finalists from nationwide competition to receive USAID fund
- (Nov 2007 – April 2008) Teaching (subject: Microprocessor): Bachelor in Information Management, Prime College, Nepal
- (Oct 2007 – April 2008 ) Graphics Designer: Savant Associates, Kupondole
- (Feb 2006 – Aug 2007) Creative Engineer, D2Hawkeye Services, Kathmandu
User Interface and Experience design of D2 flagship products like D2Explorer, D2Analyzer, D2Reporter, premium web based healthcare data analytics and reporting tools with over 150 corporate users and logging more than 4000 hours of active usage per month and annual revenue of more than 12 million dollar.
- (Sep 2006 – Feb 2007) Software Engineer, D2Hawkeye Services, Kathmandu
Programming in development team of D2Explorer
- Freelance graphics design: Corporate identity, website, magazine layout
PUBLICATIONS
- Dovan Rai, Joseph E. Beck: Exploring user data from a game-like math tutor: a
case study in causal modeling, The 4th International Conference on Educational Data Mining, Eindhoven, Netherlands (2011)
- Dovan Rai, Joseph E. Beck: Causal Modeling of user data from a math learning environment with game-like elements, The 15th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Education, Auckland, New Zealand (2011)
- Dovan Rai, Joseph E. Beck, Neil T. Heffernan: Mily's World: Coordinate Geometry Learning Environment with Game-like Properties , Tenth International Conference on Intelligent Tutoring Systems, Pittsburgh, USA. (2010)
- Dovan Rai, Joseph E. Beck: Analysis of a causal modeling approach: a case study with an educational intervention , Third International Conference on Educational Data Mining, (2010)
- Dovan Rai, Joseph E. Beck, Neil T. Heffernan: Coordinate Geometry Learning Environment with Game-like Properties , Young researchers track of Tenth International Conference on Intelligent Tutoring Systems, Pittsburgh, USA. (2010)
- Dovan Rai, Yue Gong and Joseph Beck: Using Dirichlet priors to improve model parameter plausibility , International Conference on Education Data Mining, 2009
- Yue Gong, Dovan Rai, Joseph Beck and Neil Heffernan: Does Self-Discipline impact students’ knowledge and learning?, International Conference on Education Data Mining, 2009
- Dovan Rai, Neil Heffernan, Janice Gobert, Joseph Beck: Mily’s World: Math game involving authentic activities in visual cover story, Workshop: Intelligent Educational games, 14th international conference on Artificial Intelligence, 2009
WRITING
- साकेला, सुम्निमा र सन्स्कृति, an op-ed piece in Kantipur Daily, leading newspaper in Nepal ( May 11, 2008 )
- 'Antarmanko yatra': Celebration of life in the face of death, an op-ed piece in Kathmandu Post, leading english newspaper in Nepal ( May 11, 2008 )
- स्वागत गरौ महिला नेत्रीहरुलाई , an op-ed piece in Kantipur daily ( April 4, 2008 )
- पुस्तक मेलामा जादा , an op-ed piece in Kantipur daily ( Nov 29. 2007 )
- हाई हिल जुत्ता र सौदर्य राजनीति, an op-ed piece in Kantipur daily ( April 28, 2007)
AWARDS
- Fulbright Science and Technology Ph.D. Scholarship, 2008
- Merit based full scholarship from government for B.E. (2001-2005)
- Full scholarship from WIT for Cisco CCNA (2004)
- National Students Conference on IT, NaSCoIT, Nepal (2006) - Best Paper Award
- Paper presentation, LOCUS, International technological festival,Nepal (2004 ) – 1st Position
- Inter technical college Story writing contest (2003)- 2nd position
- Poetry Contest, IOE (2004)- 2nd position
- Mathematics Competition, SEDP, Nepal government (1997)- 2nd position
SKILLS
Programming: C/C++, Actionscript, Java, MATLAB, OpenLaszlo, Prolog
Design: Flash, Illustrator, Photoshop, Dreamweaver
