Ph.D. HCI; Google Search User Interfaces
San Francisco Bay Area
- Current
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- Software Engineer, Search User Interfaces at Google
- Past
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- Ph.D. Student in Human-Computer Interaction at Virginia Tech
- Research Intern at Google
- Engineering Intern at Google
- Engineering Intern at Google
- Software Engineer at BlueWave Computing
- Education
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- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
- Georgia Institute of Technology
- University of Mumbai
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Manas Tungare’s Experience
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Software Engineer, Search User Interfaces
Google
(Public Company; GOOG; Internet industry)
April 2009 — Present (8 months)
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Ph.D. Student in Human-Computer Interaction
Virginia Tech
(Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)
August 2004 — April 2009 (4 years 9 months)
My dissertation examined how users manage their personal information (e.g. files, email, bookmarks, etc.) on multiple devices such as laptops, desktops and cellphones. More about my work so far is available from my publications page: http://manas.tungare.name/publications
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Research Intern
Google
(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; GOOG; Computer Software industry)
May 2007 — August 2007 (4 months)
Worked with Dr. Bill Schilit and the Google Book Search team. I implemented a feature (with help from three full-timers) to let users share clipped pictures and text from books into their blogs or notebooks. I was invited to write a post on the Official Book Search blog <http://booksearch.blogspot.com/2007/08/share-and-enjoy.html> about it, and was also mentioned on the Official Google blog <http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2007/09/collect-share-and-discover-books.html>.
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Engineering Intern
Google
(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; GOOG; Computer Software industry)
May 2006 — August 2006 (4 months)
Worked on a secret project to take over the world.
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Engineering Intern
Google
(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; GOOG; Computer Software industry)
May 2005 — August 2005 (4 months)
Worked on Google Desktop for Windows.
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Software Engineer
BlueWave Computing
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)
May 2003 — May 2004 (1 year 1 month)
Developed random cool stuff with random cool technology.
Manas Tungare’s Education
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Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Ph.D. , Computer Science/HCI , 2004 — 2008
Studying User's Personal Information Management Practices across Multiple Devices.
- Activities and Societies:
- Secretary, Computer Science Graduate Council.
Member, Virginia Tech Center for HCI, BayCHI, ACM SIGCHI, Upsilon Pi Epsilon.
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Georgia Institute of Technology
M.S. , Computer Science , 2001 — 2003
- Activities and Societies:
- International Students' Representative, Graduate Students' Council, CoC, GeorgiaTech; (2001 — 2003).
Vice President, IndiaClub of GeorgiaTech; (2002 — 2003).
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University of Mumbai
B.E. , Computer Engineering , 1997 — 2001
Ranked 1st in my graduating class.
- Activities and Societies:
- Chairperson, IEEE-CRCE Student Branch, Mumbai; (Jan — Dec 2000).
Chief Editor, Annual College Magazine, (1999 — 2000).
Additional Information
Manas Tungare’s Websites:
Manas Tungare’s Groups:
ACM, BayCHI, Family
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BayCHI -
C.R.C.E. Alumni Network
Manas Tungare’s Honors:
* First Place in College of Engineering, Virginia Tech, at the Annual Research Symposium 2006.
* Best-in-Show and Crowd Favorite awards in the Virginia Tech Grad Design Contest, 2007.
* Ranked 1st in the State of Maharashtra, India, among 750 recipients of the National Talent Scholarship.
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