Shikhar Kumar Gupta

Student at Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology
Developer at Laboratory of Natural Information Processing at DA-IICT

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I am currently pursuing B. Tech. Information and Communication Technology(ICT) at Dhirubhai Ambani Institute Of Information and Communication Technology as a final year student. I am also part of the Laboratory of Natural Information Processing at DA-IICT working on research projects involving development and design of softwares based on DNA Self-Assembly, Chemical Reaction Networks and Error correction in DNA Codes.

“Science is simply common sense at its best, that is, rigidly accurate in observation, and merciless to fallacy in logic.”

-Thomas Henry Huxley

Address:

G-111 Hall of Residence-Men
Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology
Near Indrora Circle
Gandhinagar
Gujarat -382007
India

Contact Me:

Email:
shikhar_gupta@daiict.ac.in
gupta.shikhar@hotmail.com

Research Interests

  • Natural Computing
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  • Algorithms
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  • Coding Theory and Applications
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  • DNA Self-Assembly
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  • Chemical Reaction Networks
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  • Models of Computation
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  • Data-Driven Modeling and Scientific Computation
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  • Database Management Systems
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Curriculum Vitae

A short CV on my works and experiences can be viewed/downloaded from this link.

List of Projects

  3DNA - A tool for DNA Sculpting

Developed at the Laboratory of Natural Information Processing at DA-IICT (Gupta Lab at DA-IICT), 3DNA is a software suite that can be used to model/design/visualize complex shapes using single stranded DNA bricks. 3DNA also has an integrated sequence generator which provides the DNA sequnces corresponding to the shape designed.
Guide: Prof. Manish K Gupta
Environment:Java,Java 3D.
Software Website

The software was selected for poster presentation at the 11th Annual Conference on FOUNDATIONS OF NANOSCIENCE: SELF-ASSEMBLED ARCHITECTURES AND DEVICES (FNANO14)

  DNA Pen - A tool for Drawing on Molecular Canvas

DNA Pen is a software interface that provides user friendly interactive environment to aid scientists and users in making 2 D shapes at nanoscale using DNA. The software provides error free DNA sequences which can be used to envisage the shape drawn at nano- scale.
Guide: Prof. Manish K Gupta
Environment:JAVA.
Software Website

The software was selected for poster presentation at the 19th International Conference on DNA Computing and Molecular Programming (DNA19)

  Acclivia- Grow with Groups

A group project activity management website, I was involved in the design and implementation of the database and the user interface of the website. Developed a message passing interface for the platform and significantly contributed in the integration and testing of the final website.

Guide: Prof. Asim Bannerjee
Environment:Javascript, HTML5, Twitter Bootstrap.
DA-IICT Files Catalogue- P2P File Sharing System

A Database Management System for a peer-to-peer file sharing software with IMDB like features eg.(requesting new files, ratings, comments etc). I was involved in the design and implementations of the database, relevant queries, triggers and console integration.

Guide: Prof. P. M. Jat
Environment:PostgreSQL, JDBC, JAVA.
Wildlife Tracker Device

Designed a client-server implementation for a tracker device that connects to a server and sends information and files along-with real time message passing.

Guide: Prof. Sanjay Chaudhary
Environment: C, BSD Sockets

Internships

Research Internship

This internship at the end of third year was to familiarize with the research done in the areas of DNA Computing and Molecular Programming, so as to develop insight for research capabilities.
Project: Understanding the DNA Self Assembly process, and developing a software to aid drawing at nano-scale.
Guide: Prof. Manish K Gupta

Rural Internship

This internship was at the end of first year to familiarize with the socio-economic and living conditions of the rural India, so as to develop ICT applications for improving the living standards of the rural folk.
Project: Social analysis, gauging problems and suggesting solutions under the field of Women Empowerment, Health and Education,and Skill development in various villages.
Guide: Prof. Ganesh Devy

Courses

Core Courses
  • Object Oriented Programming
  • Discrete Mathematics
  • Linear Algebra
  • Computer Organisation and Programming
  • Data Structures and Algorithms
  • Database Management System
  • Software Engineering
  • Introducation to Programming
  • Object Oriented Programming
  • Discrete Mathematics
Elective Courses
  • Natural Computing
  • Coding Theory and Applications
  • Introduction to Algorithms
  • Computer Graphics
  • Introduction to Biotechnology
  • Operating Systems
  • Web Programming

Presentations & Publications

Presentations

  • Poster presentation for the software 3DNA at the 11th Annual Conference on FOUNDATIONS OF NANOSCIENCE: SELF-ASSEMBLED ARCHITECTURES AND DEVICES (FNANO14)
    Poster Download: Poster (pdf)
  • Poster presentation for the software DNA Pen at the 19th International Conference on DNA Computing and Molecular Programming
    Poster Download: Poster 71 (pdf)

Publications

  • DNA Pen: A Tool for Drawing at Molecular Canvas
    arXiv Preprint: arXiv Link

Achievements & Hobbies

Achievements

  • Software 3DNA was selected for poster presentation at the FNANO14 conference, Duke University, USA
  • Software DNA Pen was selected for poster presentation at the DNA19 conference, Arizona State University, AZ, USA
  • Interface Design selected as Top 5 entries in I.Design contest at I.Fest (Annual Technical Festival) DA-IICT
  • Member of the batch Badminton Team

Hobbies

Watching TED Talks, learning new tools and technologies, participating in online discussions, playing badminton, travelling and bird watching.

Contact Details

Address:

G-111 Hall of Residence-Men
Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology
Near Indrora Circle
Gandhinagar
Gujarat -382007
India

Contact:

Email: shikhar_gupta@daiict.ac.in gupta.shikhar@hotmail.com