Poorva Bedmutha

La Jolla, San Diego, CA

ECE 1, Room 4314

I am a PhD student in the Electrical and Computer Engineering department at UC San Diego, where I build human-centered analytics for immersive and assistive technologies. Working with Prof. Pamela Cosman, I study how gaze, head motion, speech, and physiological signals reveal attention and comfort in triadic VR interviews designed for neurodivergent participants. My goal is to translate these multimodal insights into equitable wellbeing tools that adapt to the people using them.

Currently, I am:

Designing VR analysis pipelines that align gaze sequences, audio cues, and joint attention to flag moments where autistic candidates may need interviewer support.
Prototyping PulsePal, a conversational biofeedback coach that pairs pulse oximeter feedback with generative guidance to reduce stress prior to interviews.
Serving as Junior Data Scientist at UCSD Health to deploy a recommendation API that connects students with mental health services and campus programming.

Previously, I developed personalized HRTFs with the Qualcomm Institute’s Audio Spatialization Lab, created respirator-free cough monitoring systems that earned the ACM UbiComp/ISWC WellComp Best Paper Award, and led canonical correlation analyses that linked music features with neural entrainment at IIT Gandhinagar.

Through service, I founded the GradWIC mentorship circles at UCSD (now supporting 40+ mentees), review for IEEE ISMAR and CHI LBW, and organize community-building programming for ECE graduate students.

Get in touch if you’d like to collaborate on VR accessibility, physiological sensing, or inclusive wellbeing technology.

Google Scholar – Publications and citations
GitHub – Research code and prototypes
CV (PDF) – Full academic CV

news

Feb 01, 2024	Launching GradWIC mentorship circles
Oct 01, 2023	Wrapped up audio spatialization internship

latest posts

Dec 12, 2023	a post with TikZJax
Jul 12, 2023	a post with bibliography
Jul 04, 2023	a post with jupyter notebook

selected publications

Analysis of Gaze, Head Orientation and Joint Attention in Autism with Triadic VR Interviews

Saygin Artiran , Poorva Satish Bedmutha , and Pamela Cosman

IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering, 2024

Accepted for publication

Bib Cite
@article{artiran2024analysis, title = {Analysis of Gaze, Head Orientation and Joint Attention in Autism with Triadic VR Interviews}, author = {Artiran, Saygin and Bedmutha, Poorva Satish and Cosman, Pamela}, journal = {IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering}, year = {2024}, note = {Accepted for publication}, }
Citation Formats:

APA:

Artiran, S., Bedmutha, P., & Cosman, P.(2024). Analysis of Gaze, Head Orientation and Joint Attention in Autism with Triadic VR Interviews. IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering.

MLA:

Artiran, Saygin., Poorva Satish Bedmutha, and Pamela Cosman. "Analysis of Gaze, Head Orientation and Joint Attention in Autism with Triadic VR Interviews" IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering 2024.

Chicago:

Saygin Artiran, Poorva Satish Bedmutha, and Pamela Cosman. "Analysis of Gaze, Head Orientation and Joint Attention in Autism with Triadic VR Interviews" IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering. 2024.
Gaze and Head Rotation Analysis in a Triadic VR Job Interview Simulation

Saygin Artiran , Poorva S. Bedmutha , Aaron Li , and Pamela Cosman

In 2023 IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality Adjunct (ISMAR-Adjunct) , 2023

Bib Cite
@inproceedings{artiran2023gaze, title = {Gaze and Head Rotation Analysis in a Triadic VR Job Interview Simulation}, author = {Artiran, Saygin and Bedmutha, Poorva S. and Li, Aaron and Cosman, Pamela}, booktitle = {2023 IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality Adjunct (ISMAR-Adjunct)}, pages = {381--386}, year = {2023}, organization = {IEEE}, }
Citation Formats:

APA:

Artiran, S., Bedmutha, P., Li, A., & Cosman, P.(2023). Gaze and Head Rotation Analysis in a Triadic VR Job Interview Simulation. In 2023 IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality Adjunct (ISMAR-Adjunct).

MLA:

Artiran, Saygin., Poorva S. Bedmutha, Aaron Li, and Pamela Cosman. "Gaze and Head Rotation Analysis in a Triadic VR Job Interview Simulation" In 2023 IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality Adjunct (ISMAR-Adjunct), 2023.

Chicago:

Saygin Artiran, Poorva S. Bedmutha, Aaron Li, and Pamela Cosman. "Gaze and Head Rotation Analysis in a Triadic VR Job Interview Simulation" In 2023 IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality Adjunct (ISMAR-Adjunct), 2023.
Privacy-Aware Respiratory Symptom Detection in-the-Wild

Manas Satish Bedmutha , Poorva Satish Bedmutha , and Nadir Weibel

In Adjunct Proceedings of the 2023 ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing & the 2023 ACM International Symposium on Wearable Computing , 2023

WellComp Workshop Best Paper Award

Bib Cite
@inproceedings{bedmutha2023privacy, title = {Privacy-Aware Respiratory Symptom Detection in-the-Wild}, author = {Bedmutha, Manas Satish and Bedmutha, Poorva Satish and Weibel, Nadir}, booktitle = {Adjunct Proceedings of the 2023 ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing \& the 2023 ACM International Symposium on Wearable Computing}, pages = {428--432}, year = {2023}, note = {WellComp Workshop Best Paper Award}, }
Citation Formats:

APA:

Bedmutha, M., Bedmutha, P., & Weibel, N.(2023). Privacy-Aware Respiratory Symptom Detection in-the-Wild. In Adjunct Proceedings of the 2023 ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing & the 2023 ACM International Symposium on Wearable Computing.

MLA:

Bedmutha, Manas Satish., Poorva Satish Bedmutha, and Nadir Weibel. "Privacy-Aware Respiratory Symptom Detection in-the-Wild" In Adjunct Proceedings of the 2023 ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing & the 2023 ACM International Symposium on Wearable Computing, 2023.

Chicago:

Manas Satish Bedmutha, Poorva Satish Bedmutha, and Nadir Weibel. "Privacy-Aware Respiratory Symptom Detection in-the-Wild" In Adjunct Proceedings of the 2023 ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing & the 2023 ACM International Symposium on Wearable Computing, 2023.