Publications

Books Edited/ Book Chapters

  1. Sharma, S, Dronavalli, S.C., Chellatore, M.P., Pesaladinne R., "Interactive Visualizations for Crime Data Analysis by Mixed Reality", Springer Nature Switzerland AG, in J. Y. C. Chen and G. Fragomeni (Eds.): HCII 2024, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-61047-9_19, LNCS 14708, pp. 1–18, 2024.
  2. Chellatore, M.P., Sharma, S, "Mobile application for identifying anomalous behavior and conducting time series analysis using heterogeneous data", Springer Nature Switzerland AG, in J. Wei and G. Margetis (Eds.): HCII 2024, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-60458-4_12, LNCS 14737, pp. 1–16, 2024.
  3. Sharma, S and Ali, S., "Multi-agent Crowd Simulation in an Active Shooter Environment", Springer Nature Switzerland AG, In J. Y. C. Chen and G. Fragomeni (Eds.): Virtual, Augmented and Mixed Reality: Applications in Education, Aviation and Industry, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-06015-1_8, LNCS 13318, pp. 1–13, 2022.
  4. Sharma, S, Bodempudi S.T., Reehl A., "Real-Time Data Analytics of COVID Pandemic Using Virtual Reality", In: Chen J.Y.C., Fragomeni G. (eds) Virtual, Augmented and Mixed Reality. HCII 2021. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 12770. Springer, Cham, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-77599-5_9, 2021.
  5. Sharma, S, "Improving Emergency Response Training and Decision Making Using a Collaborative Virtual Reality Environment for Building Evacuation", In HCI International 2020 Late Breaking Papers: Virtual and Augmented Reality, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 12428, pp. 1-12, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-59990-4_17, Springer Nature, 2020.
  6. Sharma, S, Bodempudi S.T., Scribner D., Grynovicki J., Grazaitis P., "Emergency Response Using HoloLens for Building Evacuation", In Virtual, Augmented and Mixed Reality. Multimodal Interaction. HCII 2019, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 11574, pp 299-311, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-21607-8_23, Print ISBN 978-3-030-21606-1, Springer, Cham, 2019.
  7. Frederick C Harris, Jr., Sergiu M. Dascalu, Sharad Sharma, and Rui Wu (eds), Proceedings of the 28th International Conference on Software Engineering and Data Engineering, SEDE2019, San Diego, CA, USA, Sept 30-Oct 2, 2019.
  8. Frederick C Harris, Jr., Sergiu M. Dascalu, and Sharad Sharma (eds), Proceedings of the 27th International Conference on Software Engineering and Data Engineering, SEDE 2018, New Orleans, LA, USA, Oct 8-10, 2018.
  9. Frederick C Harris, Jr., Sergiu M. Dascalu, and Sharad Sharma (eds), Proceedings of the 26th International Conference on Software Engineering and Data Engineering, SEDE 2017, San Diego, CA, USA, Oct 2-4, 2017.

Journals

  1. Sharma, S and Pesaladinne R.,"Spatial Analysis and Visual Communication of Emergency Information through Augmented Reality", Journal of Imaging Science & Technology (JIST), JIST, Vol. 67, Issue 6, https://doi.org/10.2352/J.ImagingSci.Technol.2023.67.6.060401, 2023.
  2. Arteaga, C., Park, J.W, Morris, B.T, Sharma,S., "Effect of trained evacuation leaders on victims' safety during an active shooter incident", Elsevier Safety Science, ISSN 0925-7535, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssci.2022.105967, Volume 158, 105967, 2023.
  3. Rajeev,S., Sharma, S, "Evaluation of Game-Theme Based Instructional Modules for Data Structure Concepts ", International Journal of Computers and their Applications, IJCA, Vol. 27, No. 1, March 2020.
  4. Stigall, J., Bodempudi, S.T., Sharma, S, Scribner, D., Grynovicki, J., Grazaitis, P., "Use of Microsoft HoloLens in indoor evacuation", International Journal of Computers and their Applications,IJCA, ISSN 1076-5204, Vol. 26, No. 1, March 2019.
  5. Frederick C. Harris, Jr., Sergiu M. Dascalu, Sharad Sharma, "Guest Editorial: Special Issue from ISCA, 2019 SEDE Conference, "International Journal of Computers and Their Applications, Vol 27, No 1, pg 2-3, March 2020.
  6. Frederick C. Harris, Jr., Sergiu M. Dascalu, Sharad Sharma, "Guest Editorial: Special Issue from ISCA, 2018 SEDE Conference, "International Journal of Computers and Their Applications, Vol 26, No 1, pg 2-3, March 2019.
  7. Frederick C. Harris, Jr., Sergiu M. Dascalu, Sharad Sharma "Guest Editorial: Special Issue from ISCA, 2017 SEDE Conference, "International Journal of Computers and Their Applications, Vol 25, No 1, pg 2-3, March 2018.
  8. Oladunni, T, Sharma, S, "H2O Deep Learning for Hedonic Pricing", International Journal of Computers and their Applications, IJCA, Vol. 25, No. 1, March 2018.
  9. Sharma, S, "A Collaborative Virtual Environment for Safe Driving in a Virtual City by Obeying Traffic Laws", Journal of Traffic and Logistics Engineering (JTLE, ISSN: 2301-3680), doi:10.18178/jtle.5.2.84-91, pp. 84-91, Volume 5, No. 2, 2017.
  10. Sharma, S., Ogunlana, K.,P., Scribner, P., Grynovicki, "Modeling human behavior during emergency evacuation using intelligent agents: A multi-agent simulation approach", Springer special issue of Information Systems Frontiers on Disaster Management and Information Systems, DOI: 10.1007/s10796-017-9791-x, ISSN 1387-3326, Page 1-17, 2017. [http://rdcu.be/vjtS]
  11. Onodueze, F, Sharma, S., "Rijndael Algorithm for Database Encryption on a Course Management System", International Journal of Computers and their Applications, IJCA, Vol. 24, No. 1, March 2017.
  12. Oladunni, T Sharma, S.," Predicting Fair Housing Market Value: A Machine Learning Investigation", International Journal of Computers and their Applications, IJCA, Vol. 23, No. 3, Sept. 2016.
  13. Sharma, S., and Ogunlana, K., "Using Genetic Algorithm & Neural Network for modeling learning behavior in a Multi-Agent System during Emergency Evacuation", International Journal of Computers and their Applications, IJCA, Vol. 22, No. 4, page 172-182, Dec. 2015.
  14. Sharma, S., Doswell, J., Pattern matching and information extraction in a software system for a battlefield environment, Journal of Computational Methods in Science and Engineering, Volume 12, No.3, Supplement 1, page S113-S118, ISSN: 1472-7978, 2012.
  15. Sharma, S., Use of favorite goal in agent based modeling and simulation, International Journal of Computers and their Applications, IJCA, Vol. 19, No. 1, page 1-9, March 2012.
  16. Lohgaonkar, S, Sharma, S,Online assessment system with offline capabilities, Journal of Computer Technology and Application (JCTA-E20111006-1), Vol.3, No.1, page 32-37, 2012.
  17. Sharma, S., Fuzzy approach for predicting probability of reaching a target in a battlefield environment, International Journal of Computers and their Applications, IJCA, Vol. 17, No. 1, page 16-24, March 2010.
  18. Sharma, S., Military route planning in battle field simulations for a multi-agent system, Journal of Computational Methods in Science and Engineering, Volume 10, No.1,2, page S97-S105, ISSN: 1472-7978, 2010.
  19. Sharma, S., Avatarsim: A multi-agent system for emergency evacuation simulation, Journal of Computational Methods in Science and Engineering, Volume 9, No. 1,2, page S13-S22, ISSN 1472-7978, 2009.
  20. Sharma, S., Singh, H., Prakash, A., Multi-agent modeling and simulation of human behavior in aircraft evacuations, IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, Vol.44, No.4, page 1477-1488, October 2008.
  21. Sharma, S., Turner, J., An object oriented approach to simulating agent-based behavior,SIGraDi, CUMINCAD Journal, page 310-312, Brazil, 10-12 November 2004 (paper).

Conferences (IEEE papers = 47, ISCA papers = 27, IS&T/SPIE =20, ACM/ASE =4)

2025

  1. Sharma, S, Srinivasan, K., "A Mobile Augmented Reality Application for Indoor Emergency Evacuation and Navigation", Proceedings of the IS&T International Symposium on Electronic Imaging (EI 2025) in the Engineering Reality of Virtual Reality Conference, February 2-6, 2025. (Submitted)
  2. Sharma, S, Moses, P., "A Collaborative Virtual Reality Environment Module for Active Shooter Response Training and Decision Making", Proceedings of the IS&T International Symposium on Electronic Imaging (EI 2025) in the Engineering Reality of Virtual Reality Conference, February 2-6, 2025. (Submitted)

2024

  1. Sharma, S, Dronavalli, S.C., Chellatore, M.P., Pesaladinne R., "Interactive visualizations for crime data analysis by Mixed Reality", Proceedings of the 26th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (HCI International 2024), Thematic Area: Virtual, Augmented and Mixed Reality, Copenhagen, Washington Hilton Hotel, Washington DC, USA, 29 June - 4 July 2024.
  2. Chellatore, M.P., Sharma, S, "Mobile application for identifying anomalous behavior and conducting time series analysis using heterogeneous data", Proceedings of the 26th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (HCI International 2024), Thematic Area: Virtual, Augmented and Mixed Reality, Copenhagen, Washington Hilton Hotel, Washington DC, USA, 29 June - 4 July 2024.
  3. Chellatore,M.P., Pesaladinne R., and Sharma, S., "Time series analysis for detecting anomalous behavior using a mobile device", Proceedings of the 22nd International Conference on Embedded Systems, Cyber-physical Systems, & Applications (ESCS'24), IEEE-CSCI conference, Las Vegas, USA, July 22-25, 2024.
  4. Sharma, S., Dronavalli, S.C., "Data analysis and visualization of crime data", Proceedings of the IS&T International Symposium on Electronic Imaging (EI 2024) in the Visualization and Data Analysis Conference, January 21-25, 2024.
  5. Sharma, S., Pesaladinne R., "Spatial analysis and visual communication of emergency information through augmented reality", Proceedings of the IS&T International Symposium on Electronic Imaging (EI 2024) in the Engineering Reality of Virtual Reality Conference, January 21-25, 2024.

2023

  1. Pesaladinne, R., Chellatore, M.P.,Dronavalli,S., Sharma, S., "Situational awareness and feature extraction for indoor building navigation using mixed reality", Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Computational Science and Computational Intelligence, (IEEE-CSCI), Research Track on Big Data and Data Science (CSCI-RTBD), Las Vegas, USA, December 13-15, 2023.
  2. Dronavalli,S. Pesaladinne, R., Sharma, S., "Crime data visualization using virtual reality and augmented reality", Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Computational Science and Computational Intelligence, (IEEE-CSCI-RTSC), Las Vegas, USA, December 13-15, 2023.
  3. Tack, N, Williams, R, Holschuh, N, Sharma, S, Engel, D, "Visualizing the Greenland ice sheet in VR using immersive fence diagrams", (ACM-PEARC 23), Conference on Practice and Experience in Advanced Research Computing, Portland, OR, USA, ACM ISBN 978-1-4503-9985-2/23/07, https://doi.org/10.1145/3569951.3603635, July 23–27, 2023.
  4. Tack, N, Holschuh, N, Sharma, S, Williams, R, Engel, D, "Development and initial testing of XR-based fence diagrams for polar science", Proceedings of the IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS 2023), Pasadena, California, 16-21 July 2023.
  5. Sharma, S, "Mobile Augmented Reality System for Emergency Response", Proceedings of the 21st IEEE/ACIS International Conference on Software Engineering, Management and Applications (SERA 2023), Orlando, USA, May 23-25, 2023.
  6. Sharma, S., Park, J.W, Morris, B. T, "Immersive security personnel training module for active shooter events," Proceedings of the IS&T International Symposium on Electronic Imaging (EI 2023) in the Engineering Reality of Virtual Reality Conference, January 15-19, 2023.
  7. Sharma, S., Engel, D., "Mobile augmented reality system for object detection, alert, and safety", Proceedings of the IS&T International Symposium on Electronic Imaging (EI 2023) in the Engineering Reality of Virtual Reality Conference, January 15-19, 2023.

2022

  1. Mannuru, N. R., Kanumuru, M., and Sharma, S., "Mobile AR application for navigation and emergency response", Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Computational Science and Computational Intelligence , (IEEE-CSCI-RTMC), Las Vegas, USA, December 14-16, 2022.
  2. Sharma, S., Ali, S., "Multi-agent Crowd Simulation in an Active Shooter Environment”, Proceedings of the 24th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, Thematic Area: Virtual, Augmented and Mixed Reality, LNCS 13318, pp. 1–13, Washington DC, 26-1 July 2022.
  3. Sahu, A, Williams, C, Rajeev, S, Sharma, S., "AI-based recipient blood type matching blood transfusion medical device design system", Proceedings of IEEE Integrated STEM Education Conference (IEEE - ISEC), March 26, 2022.
  4. Sharma, S., Bodempudi, " Immersive Virtual Reality Training Module for Active Shooter Events, Proceedings of the IS&T International Symposium on Electronic Imaging (EI 2022), in the Engineering Reality of Virtual Reality, DOI: https://doi.org/10.2352/EI.2022.34.12.ERVR-299, pp 299-1 - 299-6, January 2022.
  5. Reehl, A., Sharma, S., "Data Visualization of Crime Data using Immersive Virtual Reality Proceedings of IS&T International Symposium on Electronic Imaging in the Engineering Reality of Virtual Reality, (EI 2022), DOI: https://doi.org/10.2352/EI.2022.34.12.ERVR-187, Society for Imaging Science and Technology, Pages 187-1 - 187-5, January 2022.

2021

  1. Walker, T, Sharma, S.," Data Analysis of Crime and Rates of Hospitalization due to COVID-19, Proceeding of the IEEE International Conference on Computational Science and Computational Intelligence, (CSCI'21),Symposium of Big Data and Data Science (CSCI-ISBD), Las Vegas, USA, December 15-17, 2021.
  2. Walker, S., Sharma, S.," Data Visualization of Covid-19 and Crime Data, Proceeding of the IEEE International Conference on Computational Science and Computational Intelligence, (CSCI'21), Symposium of Big Data and Data Science (CSCI-ISBD), Las Vegas, USA, December 15-17, 2021.
  3. Sharma, S., Bodempudi, S.T., Reehl, A. " Real-time Data Analytics of COVID Pandemic using Virtual Reality, Proceedings of the 23rd International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (HCI International 2021), Thematic Area: Virtual, Augmented and Mixed Reality, J. Y. C. Chen and G. Fragomeni (Eds.): HCII 2021, LNCS 12770, pp. 106-116, Washington DC, 24-29 July 2021.
  4. Sharma, S., Bodempudi, S.T., Reehl, A. " Virtual Reality Instructional (VRI) module for Training and Patient Safety", IS&T International Symposium on Electronic Imaging (EI 2021), in the Engineering Reality of Virtual Reality, https://doi.org/10.2352/ISSN.2470-1173.2021.13.ERVR-178, pp. 178-1-178-6(6) 2021.
  5. Sharma, S., Bodempudi, S.T., " Situational Awareness of COVID Pandemic data using Virtual Reality, IS&T International Symposium on Electronic Imaging (EI 2021), in the Engineering Reality of Virtual Reality, Burlingame, California, https://doi.org/10.2352/ISSN.2470-1173.2021.13.ERVR-177, pp. 177-1-177-6(6), 2021.

2020

  1. Sharma, S, Bodempudi, S.T., Reehl, A. " Real-Time Data Visualization to Enhance Situational Awareness of COVID pandemic ", Proceeding of the IEEE International Conference on Computational Science and Computational Intelligence (CSCI'20), Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, DOI: 10.1109/CSCI51800.2020.00066, Dec 16-18, 2020.
  2. Rayan, T., Brown,A., Carillo, A., Sharma, S, " The Effect of COVID-19 on Various Racial Demograpics in the United States ", Proceeding of the IEEE International Conference on Computational Science and Computational Intelligence (CSCI'20), Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, Dec 16-18, DOI: 10.1109/CSCI51800.2020.00068, ISBN:978-1-7281-7624-6, 2020.
  3. Sharma, S, Stigall, J., Bodempudi, S.T., "Situational awareness-based Augmented Reality Instructional (ARI) module for building evacuation", Proceedings of the 27th IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces, Training XR Workshop, doi: 10.1109/VRW50115.2020.00020, Atlanta, GA, USA, pp. 70-78, March 22-26, 2020.
  4. Sharma, S, Bodempudi, S.T., "Improving emergency response training and decision making using collaborative virtual reality environment for building evacuation", Proceedings of the 22nd International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (HCI International 2020), Thematic Area: Virtual, Augmented and Mixed Reality, Copenhagen, Denmark, 19-24 July, HCII 2020, LNCS 12428, pp. 1-12, 2020.
  5. Sharma, S., Bodempudi, S.T., Scribner, D., "Identifying anomalous behavior in a building using HoloLens for emergency response", IS&T International Symposium on Electronic Imaging (EI 2020), in the Engineering Reality of Virtual Reality, https://doi.org/10.2352/ISSN.2470-1173.2020.13.ERVR-224, Burlingame, California, 26 January- 30 January 2020.
  6. Sharma, S, Bodempudi, S.T., Scribner, D., Grazaitis, P, "Active Shooter response training environment for a building evacuation in a collaborative virtual environment", IS&T International Symposium on Electronic Imaging (EI 2020), in the Engineering Reality of Virtual Reality, DOI: https://doi.org/10.2352/ISSN.2470-1173.2020.13.ERVR-223, Burlingame, California, 26 January- 30 January 2020.

2019

  1. Sharma, S, Bodempudi, S.T., Arrolla, M., Upadhyay, A, "Collaborative Virtual Assembly Environment for Product Design", Proceeding of the IEEE International Conference on Computational Science and Computational Intelligence (CSCI'19), in Symposium on Signal & Image Processing, Computer Vision & Pattern Recognition, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, pp. 606-611, doi: 10.1109/CSCI49370.2019.00114, Dec 05-07, 2019.
  2. Bodempudi, S.T., Sharma, S, Sahu, A, Agrawal, R, "Human-Centric Situational Awareness and Big Data Visualization", Proceeding of ISCA 28th International Conference on Software Engineering and Data Engineering (SEDE 2019) in San Diego, CA, USA, vol 64, pages 51--60, 2019.
  3. Oladunni, T., Sharma, S, "Homomorphic Encryption and Data Security in the Cloud", Proceedings of ISCA 28th International Conference on Software Engineering and Data Engineering (SEDE 2019) in San Diego, CA, USA, vol 64, pages 129--138, 2019.
  4. Stigall, J., Sharma, S, "Evaluation of Mobile Augmented Reality Application for Building Evacuation", Proceedings of ISCA 28th International Conference on Software Engineering and Data Engineering (SEDE 2019) in San Diego, CA, USA, vol 64, pages 109--118, 2019.
  5. Rajeev,S., Sharma, S, "Motivational Game-Theme Based Instructional Module for Teaching Binary Tree and Linked List, Proceedings of ISCA 28th International Conference on Software Engineering and Data Engineering (SEDE 2019) in San Diego, CA, USA , vol 64, pages 31--40, 2019.
  6. Sharma, S, Bodempudi, S.T., Scribner, D., Grynovicki, J., Grazaitis, P., "Emergency response using HoloLens for building evacuation", Proceeding of 21st International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-21607-8_23 , Online ISBN 978-3-030-21607-8, Orlando, Florida, USA, 26-31 July, HCII 2019, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 11574, pp. 299-311, 2019.
  7. Sharma, S, Devreaux, D., Scribner, D., Grynovicki, J., Grazaitis, P. "Artificial intelligence agents for crowd simulation in an immersive environment for emergency response", IS&T International Symposium on Electronic Imaging (EI 2019), in the Engineering Reality of Virtual Reality, Hyatt Regency San Francisco Airport, Burlingame, California, pp. 176-1-176-8(8), 13 January- 17 January 2019.
  8. Sharma, S, Frempong, I.A., Scribner, D., Grynovicki, J., Grazaitis, P "Collaborative Virtual Reality Environment for a Real-time Emergency Evacuation of a Nightclub Disaster", IS&T International Symposium on Electronic Imaging (EI 2019), in the Engineering Reality of Virtual Reality, Hyatt Regency San Francisco Airport, Burlingame, California, pp. 181-1-181-10(10), 13 January- 17 January 2019.

2018

  1. Stigall, J., Baskar, R., Sharma, S, "Assembly VR: An Immersive Virtual Reality Environment for Concept Design", Proceedings of ISCA 27th International Conference on Software Engineering and Data Engineering (SEDE 2018), New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, pp. 57-62, October 8-10, 2018.
  2. Stigall, J., Bodempudi, S.T., Sharma, S, Scribner, D., Grynovicki, J., Grazaitis, P., "Building Evacuation using Microsoft HoloLens", Proceedings of ISCA 27th International Conference on Software Engineering and Data Engineering (SEDE 2018), New Orleans, Louisiana, pp. 20-25, USA, October 8-10, 2018.[Best paper award finalist]
  3. Rajeev,S., Sharma, S, "Evaluation of GTI modules based on usability and likeability", Proceedings of ISCA 27th International Conference on Software Engineering and Data Engineering (SEDE 2018), New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, pp. 69-74, October 8-10, 2018.
  4. Rajeev,S., Sharma, S, "Educational Game theme based Instructional module for teaching introductory programming", Proceedings of 44th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (IECON 2018), Washington DC, USA, October 21-23, 2018.
  5. Taylor, L., Sharma, S, "Model Composition Via Object-Role Modeling", Proceedings of IEEE SoutheastCon 2018, Hilton Bay Front, St. Petersburg, FL, USA, April 19 - 22, 2018.
  6. Stigall, J., Sharma, S, "Usability and Learning Effectiveness of Game-Themed Instructional (GTI) Module for Teaching Stacks and Queues", Proceedings of IEEE SoutheastCon 2018, Hilton Bay Front, St. Petersburg, FL, USA, pp. 1-6, April 19 -22, 2018.

2017

  1. Oladunni, T., Sharma, S, "An Occam Razor approach to Hedonic Pricing Theory", Proceedings of the 4th IEEE International Conference on Computational Science and Computational Intelligence (CSCI17), Las Vegas, USA, December 14-16, 2017.
  2. Oladunni, T., Sharma, S, Tiwang, R. "A Spatio Temporal Hedonic House Regression Model", Proceedings of 16th IEEE International Conference on Machine Learning and Applications (IEEE ICMLA17), Cancun, Mexico, DOI 10.1109/ICMLA.2017.00-94, pp. 607 - 612, December 18-21, 2017.
  3. Oladunni, T., Sharma, S, Tiwang, R. "Foreclosure Sale and House Value: Correlation or Causation?", Proceedings of 16th IEEE International Conference on Machine Learning and Applications (IEEE ICMLA17), Cancun, Mexico, DOI 10.1109/ICMLA.2017.00-94, pp. 607 - 612, December 18-21, 2017.
  4. Rajeev,S., Sharma, S, Sahu, A.,"Game Theme Based Instructional Module to teach Binary Trees Data Structure", Proceedings of ISCA 26th International Conference on Software Engineering and Data Engineering (SEDE-2017), pp. 13-18, San Diego,CA, USA, October 2-4, 2017.
  5. Stigall, J., Sharma, S, "Mobile Augmented Reality Application for Building Evacuation Using Intelligent Signs", Proceedings of ISCA 26th International Conference on Software Engineering and Data Engineering (SEDE-2017), pp. 19-24, San Diego,CA, USA, October 2-4, 2017.
  6. Oladunni, T., Sharma, S, "Hedonic House Pricing Model using Deep Learning With a L1 Regularization", Proceedings of ISCA 26th International Conference on Software Engineering and Data Engineering (SEDE-2017), pp. 125- 130, San Diego,CA, USA, October 2-4, 2017.
  7. Stigall, J., Sharma, S.,"Virtual Reality Instructional Modules for Introductory Programming Courses ", Proceedings of IEEE Integrated STEM Education Conference (ISEC),pages: 33- 41, DOI:978-1-5090-5379-7/17, Princeton, New Jersey, Saturday, March 11, 2017.
  8. Sharma, S., Ossuetta, E., "Virtual Reality Instructional Modules in Education Based on Gaming Metaphor", IS&T International Symposium on Electronic Imaging (EI 2017),in The Engineering Reality of Virtual Reality Proceedings Papers, Burlingame, California, pp. 11-18(8), DOI: https://doi.org/10.2352/ISSN.2470-1173.2017.3.ERVR-090, 29 January- 2 February 2017.
  9. Sharma, S., Devreaux,P., Scribner, P., Grynovicki, J., Grazaitis, P.,"Megacity: A Collaborative Virtual Reality Environment for Emergency Response, Training, and Decision Making, IS&T International Symposium on Electronic Imaging (EI 2017), in the Visualization and Data Analysis, Proceedings Papers, Burlingame, California, pp. 70-77(8), DOI: https://doi.org/10.2352/ISSN.2470-1173.2017.1.VDA-390, 29 January- 2 February 2017.
  10. Sharma, S., "A Collaborative Virtual Environment for Safe Driving in a Virtual City by Obeying Traffic Laws", International Conference on Intelligent Traffic and Transportation (ICITT 2017), Zurich, Switzerland, September 1-3, 2017.
  11. Jain, A., Mani, A., Sharma, S., "A data driven approach for scheduling the charging of Electric Vehicles", Proceedings of 2nd IEEE International Conference on Recent Developments in Control, Automation & Power Engineering (RDCAPE), Noida India, 26-27th October, 2017.

2016

  1. Oladunni, T., Sharma, S, "Spatial Dependency and Hedonic Housing Regression Model", Proceedings of 15th IEEE International Conference on Machine Learning and Applications (ICMLA 2016), pages: 553 - 558, DOI:10.1109/ICMLA.2016.0097, Anaheim, California, USA, December 18-20, 2016.
  2. Oladunni, T., Sharma, S, "Hedonic Housing Theory A Machine Learning Investigation", Proceedings of 15th IEEE International Conference on Machine Learning and Applications (ICMLA 2016), pages: 522 - 527, DOI: 10.1109/ICMLA.2016.0092Anaheim, California, USA, December 18-20, 2016.
  3. Conn, M., Sharma, S., "Immersive Telerobotics using the Oculus Rift and the 5DT Ultra Data Glove", Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Collaboration Technologies and Systems (CTS 2016), Orlando, Florida, USA, October 31 - November 04, 2016. [Best paper award runners up]
  4. Onodueze, F., Sharma, S, "Encryption on Course Management System Using Rijndael Algorithm", Proceedings of ISCA 25th International Conference on Software Engineering and Data Engineering (SEDE-2016), Marriott Tech Center, Denver, USA, September 26-28, 2016.
  5. Sharma, S., Ogunlana, K., Sree, S.,"Modeling and simulation of evacuation behavior using fuzzy logic in a goal finding application", Proceedings of SPIE conference on Defense and Security, http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.2220598, Baltimore, MD, USA, 17-21 April, 2016.

2015

  1. Sharma, S., Stigall, J., Rajeev, S., "Game Theme Based Instructional Module for Teaching Object Oriented Programming", Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Computational Science and Computational Intelligence (CSCI), Las Vegas, USA, Page 252-257, DOI 10.1109/CSCI.2015.3, December 7-9, 2015.
  2. Sharma, S., Jerripothula,S., Arah, D., Nadarajah, S., "Mobile App for increasing Productivity and Health at Workplace", Proceedings of ISCA 24th International Conference on Software Engineering and Data Engineering (SEDE 2015), page 177- 182, San Diego, California, USA, page 177- 182, ISBN: 978-1-943436-01-9, October 12-14, 2015.
  3. Oladunni, T., Sharma, S, "Predictive Real Estate Multiple Listing System Using MVC Architecture and Linear Regression", Proceedings of ISCA 24th International Conference on Software Engineering and Data Engineering (SEDE 2015), page 147- 152, San Diego, California, USA, page 147- 152, ISBN: 978-1-943436-01-9, October 12-14, 2015.
  4. Sharma, S, Jerripothula, S., Devreaux, P., "An Immersive Collaborative Virtual Environment of a University Campus for performing Virtual Campus Evacuation drills and Tours for Campus Safety", Proceedings of IEEE/ACM International Conference on Collaboration Technologies and Systems (CTS 2015), Atlanta, Georgia, USA,ISBN: 978-1-4673-7646-4, page 84-89, DOI: 10.1109/CTS.2015.7210404, June 01-05, 2015.
  5. Sharma, S., and Ogunlana, K., "Modeling Learning Behavior in a Multi-Agent System using GA & NN during Evacuation", Proceedings at the ISCA 30th International Conference on Computers and their Applications (CATA 2015), Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, page 295-300, ISBN: 978-1-880843-98-7, March 9-11, 2015.
  6. Sharma, S, Jerripothula, S., "An indoor augmented reality mobile application for simulation of building evacuation", Proceedings of SPIE conference on the Engineering Reality of Virtual Reality 2015, paper 9392-7, doi: 10.1117/12.2086390, San Francisco, CA, USA, 9 - 10 February 2015.

2014

  1. Sharma, S, Jerripothula,S., Mackey, S. and Soumare, O, "Immersive Virtual Reality Environment of a Subway Evacuation on a Cloud for Disaster Preparedness and Response Training", Proceedings of IEEE Symposium Series on Computational Intelligence (IEEE SSCI 2014), Orlando, Florida, USA, page 1-6,DOI:10.1109/CIHLI.2014.7013380, Dec. 9-12, 2014.
  2. Mou, X., Sharma, S, "Restaurant Online Ordering System with Personalized Advertising through Data Mining", Proceedings of ISCA 23rd International Conference on Software Engineering and Data Engineering (SEDE 2014), 978-1-880843-96-3, page 83-88, New Orleans, USA, October 13-15, 2014.
  3. Ogunlana, K., Sharma, S., "Agent based Simulation model for data visualization during evacuation", Proceedings of 2014 ASE/IEEE BIGDATA/SOCIALCOM/CYBERSECURITY Conference, ISBN: 978-1-62561-000-3, page 1-6, Stanford University, May 27-31, 2014.
  4. Sharma, S.,  Chen,W., "Multi-user VR Classroom with 3D interaction and real-time motion detection", Proceedings of IEEE the International Conference on Computational Science and Computational Intelligence (CSCI'14), Las Vegas, USA, page 187-192, Volume II, March 10-13, 2014.

2013

  1. Sharma, S., and Ogunlana, K., "Using Genetic Algorithm and Neural Networks in a Goal Finding Application for Evacuation", Proceedings at the ISCA 22nd International Conference on Software Engineering and Data Engineering (SEDE-2013), Los Angeles, California, USA, page 25-30, Sep 25 - 27, 2013.
  2. MBale, K., Josyula, D., and Sharma, S., "Topic-Based Service Integration in Software Systems", Proceedings at the ISCA 22nd International Conference on Software Engineering and Data Engineering (SEDE-2013), Los Angeles, California, USA, page 3-8, Sep 25 - 27, 2013.
  3. Sharma, S., Agada, R., and Ruffin, J., "Virtual Reality Classroom as an Constructivist Approach", Proceedings of IEEE SoutheastCon 2013, Jacksonville, Florida, April 4th - 8th, 2013.

2012

  1. Sharma, S., Otunba,S.,"Collaborative Virtual Environment to Study Aircraft Evacuation for Training and Education", Proceedings of IEEE, International Workshop on Collaboration in Virtual Environments (CoVE -2012), as part of The 2012 International Conference on Collaboration Technologies and Systems (CTS 2012), Denver, Colorado, USA, page 569-574, May 21-25, 2012.
  2. Sharma, S., Otunba,S.,and Ogunlana, K. , Tripathy, T., "Intelligent Agents in a Goal Finding Application for Homeland Security", Proceedings of IEEE, SoutheastCon 2012, Orlando, Florida, USA, page 1-5, March 14-17, 2012.
  3. S. Ji, S. SharmaDesigning a Computer-Aided Rule-Based Hourly Rainfall Prediction, Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Information Reuse and Integration, (IEEE IRI 2012), Las Vegas, USA, page 303-308, Aug. 8-10, 2012.
  4. Mivule, K., Otunba, S., Tripathy, T., and Sharma, S., Implementation of Data Privacy and Security in an Online Student Health Records System, Proceedings at the ISCA 21th International Conference on Software Engineering and Data Engineering (SEDE-2012), Los Angeles, California, USA, page 143-148, June 27 - 29, 2012.
  5. MBale, K., Nwolisa, A., Ogunlana, K. and Sharma, S, Teaching Domain Simplification using Furaha, Proceedings at the ISCA 21th International Conference on Software Engineering and Data Engineering (SEDE-2012), Los Angeles, California, USA, page 7-12, June 27 - 29, 2012.

2011

  1. Sharma, S., Otunba,S.,and Han, J., "Crowd Simulation in Emergency Aircraft Evacuation using Virtual Reality", Proceedings of IEEE, 16 th International Conference on Computer Games:  AI, Animation, Mobile, Interactive Multimedia, Educational & Serious Games, (CGAMES), Kentucky, USA, page 12-17, July 27-30, 2011.
  2. Sharma, S., Shete, S., “Pattern matching and information extraction in a software system for a battlefield environment, Proceedings of ISCA International Conference on Software Engineering and Data Engineering, SEDE, June 20- 22, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, page 40-44, 2011.
  3. Sharma, S., Han, J., Angel Blaze Media Player for Children with Client/Server File Sharing, Proceedings of ISCA International Conference on Software Engineering and Data Engineering, SEDE, June 20- 22, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, page 60-64, 2011.
  4. Sharma, S. and Otunba,S., Virtual Reality as a Theme-Based Game Tool for Homeland Security Applications, Proceedings of ACM Military Modeling & Simulation Symposium (MMS11), Boston, MA, USA, page 61-65, April 4 - 7, 2011.
  5. Sharma, S. and Shete, S., Virtual City: A gaming tool for training and education, Proceedings of ISCA 26th International Conference on Computers and their Applications, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, page 23-25, March 23-25, 2011.

2010

  1. Sharma, S., Favorite goal in agent based modeling and simulation, Proceedings of the ISCA 19th International Conference on Software Engineering and Data Engineering, SEDE, San Francisco, California, USA, page 89-93, June 16-18, 2010.
  2. Lohgaonkar, S, Sharma, S,Online Assessment System with Offline Capabilities, Proceedings of the 2010 World Congress in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, and Applied Computing, July 12-15,pg. 284-289, 2010.
  3. Sharma, S., Lohgaonkar, S., “Simulation of agent behavior in a goal finding application, Proceedings of IEEE SoutheastCon Conference, March 18-21, Charlotte-Concord, NC, pages: 424-427, 2010.

2009

  1. Sharma, S., Military route planning in battle field simulations for a multi-agent system,Proceedings of the ISCA, International Conference on Software Engineering and Data Engineering, SEDE, June 22- 24, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, page 32-36, 2009.
  2. Sharma, S., Vadali, H., Modeling emergency scenarios in virtual evacuation environment, Proceedings of IEEE World Congress on Computer Science and Information Engineering, CSIE, March 31 - April 2, Los Angeles, USA, pg. 759-763, 2009.
  3. Sharma, S., "Simulation and modeling of group behavior during evacuation", Proceedings of IEEE Symposium Series on Computational Intelligence, Intelligent Agents, March 30-April 2, Nashville, TN, USA, page 122-127, 2009.

2008

  1. Sharma, S., Vadali, H., Simulation and modeling of a virtual library for navigation and evacuation, Proceedings of MSV'08 - The 2008 International Conference on Modeling, Simulation and Visualization Methods, Monte Carlo Resort, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, July 14-17, 2008.
  2. Sharma, S., Avatarsim: A multi-agent system for emergency evacuation simulation, 17th International Conference on Software Engineering and Data Engineering, Los Angeles, California USA, June 30 - July 2, 2008.

2007- 2003

  1. Sharma, S., Singh, H., Gerhart, G.R., "Simulation of convoy of unmanned vehicles using agent based modeling", Proceedings of SPIE conference on security and defense, Florence, Italy, Vol. 6736, Page 673605-1 - 673605-8, 17 - 20 September 2007.
  2. Sharma, S., Singh, H Multi-agent system for simulating human behavior in egress simulations, Proceedings of NAACSOS, Annual Conference of the North American Association for Computational Social and Organizational Sciences, Notre Dame, Indiana, USA, June 22-23, 2006. Selected for best paper award
  3. Sharma, S., Awasthi, A, Fuzzy approach for forecasting navigation in simulating agent based behavior,Proceedings of ISCA, 18th International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Computing Systems, Las Vegas, Sep 12-14, 2005.
  4. Sharma, S, Gifford. S., Using RFID to evaluate evacuation behavior models, Proceedings of NAFIPS 05, IEEE, North American Fuzzy Information Processing Society Conference, Ann Arbor, MI, June 22-25, 2005.
  5. Awasthi, P., Sharma, S., Awasthi, A., A fuzzy logic model for estimation of groundwater recharge, Proceedings of the IEEE North American Fuzzy Information Processing Society Conference, Ann Arbor, MI, June 22-25, 2005.
  6. Sharma, S., Singh, H., Awasthi, A., Ranjan, R., Fuzzy logic for development of new materials through ADI example, Proceedings of the National Conference of Materials, NCM, Bhaddal, March 2005.
  7. Sharma, S., Turner, J., An object oriented approach to simulating agent-based behavior, SIGraDi confernce and CUMINCAD Journal, Brazil, 10-12 November 2004.
  8. Sharma, S., Turner, J., Pasek, Z., Virtual Museum: Use of virtual reality as an educational tool, Proceedings of the ARCC Conference and Online Journal, at Arizona State University, Tempe, April 10-12, 2003.
  9. Sharma, S., Designing for learning, Position Paper, Workshop, Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, (CHI) Conference, 2003.

Posters and Student Presentations

  1. Bhoj Raj Bhatt, "Mobile App for Object Tracking and Location-Based Data for Time Series Analysis", special celebration for the 15th anniversary event, College of Information (COI) at the University of North Texas, November 10, 2023. (1st Place Award)
  2. Sri Chandra Dronavalli, "Crime Data Analysis and Visualization through HoloLens 2 and Oculus Quest Pro", special celebration for the 15th anniversary event, College of Information (COI) at the University of North Texas, November 10, 2023. (2nd Place Award)
  3. Maruthi Prasanna, "Mobile Application for Identifying Anomalous Behavior and Conducting Time Series Analysis using Parking Lot Data", special celebration for the 15th anniversary event, College of Information (COI) at the University of North Texas, November 10, 2023.
  4. Suruthi Selvam, "Real Time Object Detection and Emotion Detection via Camera using React Native, Python Flask, Coco Dataset and OpenCV", special celebration for the 15th anniversary event, College of Information (COI) at the University of North Texas, November 10, 2023.
  5. Rishitha Reddy Pesaladinne, "Situational Awareness-based Augmented Reality Instructional (ARI) Module for Building Evacuation", special celebration for the 15th anniversary event, College of Information (COI) at the University of North Texas, November 10, 2023.
  6. Dinali Jayawardana and Dr. Sharad Sharma, "AR-DETECT- Object Detection Mobile Augmented Reality Application integrated with Global Positioning System", 2nd Graduate Research Workshop, Bowie State University, Bowie, MD, USA, April 29, 2022.
  7. Tanviben Patel and Dr. Sharad Sharma, "Mobile Application to detect Brain Tumor, Lung Carcinoma, Breast Cancer and Covid-19 from Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Ultra Sound Imaging using Artificial Neural Networks", 2nd Graduate Research Workshop, Bowie State University, Bowie, MD, USA, April 29, 2022.
  8. Dinali Jayawardana and Dr. Sharad Sharma, "i-DETECT- Object Detection Mobile Augmented Reality Application integrated with Global Positioning System", Virtual Grants Expo and Research Week, Office of Research and Sponsored Programs (ORSP), Bowie State University, April 18-22, 2022.
  9. Tanviben Patel and Dr. Sharad Sharma, "Mobile Application to detect Brain Tumor, Lung Carcinoma, Breast Cancer and Covid-19 from Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Ultrasound Imaging using Artificial Neural Networks ", Virtual Grants Expo and Research Week, Office of Research and Sponsored Programs (ORSP), Bowie State University, April 18-22, 2022.
  10. Aishwarya Reehl and Dr. Sharad Sharma, "Data Visualization of Baltimore Crime Data Using Virtual Reality", Inaugural Graduate Research Workshop, Bowie State University, Bowie, MD, USA, April 30, 2021.
  11. Sri Teja Bodempudi and Dr. Sharad Sharma, "Extended Reality (XR) Application for Building Evacuation Using HoloLens", Inaugural Graduate Research Workshop, Bowie State University, Bowie, MD, USA, April 30, 2021. [Won best paper award]
  12. James Stigall and Dr. Sharad Sharma, "Evaluation of Virtual Reality Instructional (VRI) Modules for Teaching Basic Programming Concepts", Inaugural Graduate Research Workshop, Bowie State University, Bowie, MD, USA, April 30, 2021.
  13. Ibeawuchi Anokam and Dr. Sharad Sharma, "Bulldog Alert: Alert and Notification Application Development", Inaugural Graduate Research Workshop, Bowie State University, Bowie, MD, USA, April 30, 2021. [Won best paper award]
  14. Syltinsy Jenkins, "Mobile AR COVID-19 Preparations Reminder", Inaugural Graduate Research Workshop, Bowie State University, Bowie, MD, USA, April 30, 2021.
  15. Veronica Boateng and Dr. Sharad Sharma, "Mobile Augmented Reality Application for COVID-19 Preventive Measures", Inaugural Graduate Research Workshop, Bowie State University, Bowie, MD, USA, April 30, 2021.
  16. James Stigall and Dr. Sharad Sharma, "Evaluation of virtual reality instructional modules based on student assessment and learning gains" Black History Month Observance at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), February 6, 2020.
  17. James Stigall and Dr. Sharad Sharma, "Virtual Reality Instructional Modules for Teaching Programming" at 12th Annual Grant Expo and Research day, Office of Research and Sponsored Programs (ORSP), Bowie State University, April 17, 2019. [ Won First Prize]
  18. Nada Chaoui and Dr. Sharad Sharma, "BSU Emergency Response Training for Active Shooter Events" at 12th Annual Grant Expo and Research day, Office of Research and Sponsored Programs (ORSP), Bowie State University, April 17, 2019.
  19. Sri Teja Bodempudi and Dr. Sharad Sharma, "HoloLens for building evacuation" at 12th Annual Grant Expo and Research day, Office of Research and Sponsored Programs (ORSP), Bowie State University, April 17, 2019.
  20. James Stigall and Dr. Sharad Sharma, "Virtual Reality Instructional Modules for STEM Education" at the 2019 Capital PKAL Regional Network Meeting at Bowie State University, Bowie, MD 20715, March 15, 2019.
  21. James Stigall and Dr. Sharad Sharma, "Mobile augmented reality application for building evacuation" , Poster Presentation, 11th Annual Grant Expo and Research day, Office of Research and Sponsored Programs (ORSP), Bowie State University, April 10, 2018. [ Won First Prize]
  22. Sarika Rajeev and Dr. Sharad Sharma, "Game Theme Based Instructional Module to teach Binary Trees based on usability and likability", Poster Presentation, 11th Annual Grant Expo and Research day, Office of Research and Sponsored Programs (ORSP), Bowie State University, April 10, 2018.
  23. Diliorah Arah and Dr. Sharad Sharma, "Work Fitness App in Android", Oral Presentation, at the Emerging Researchers National (ERN) Conference in STEM, hosted by AAAS, EHR and NSF, on Washington DC, on March 2-4, 2017.
  24. Phillip Devreaux and Dr. Sharad Sharma,"Collaborative virtual environment for training emergency response officials and civilians in big city using Unity 3D gaming engine", Oral Presentation, at the Emerging Researchers National (ERN) Conference in STEM, hosted by AAAS, EHR and NSF, on Washington DC, on March 2-4, 2017.
  25. Emmanuel Ossuetta and Dr. Sharad Sharma,"Megacity: A Collaborative Virtual Reality Environment for Emergency Response, and Decision Making", Oral Presentation, at the Emerging Researchers National (ERN) Conference in STEM, hosted by AAAS, EHR and NSF, on Washington DC, on March 2-4, 2017.
  26. James Stigall and Dr. Sharad Sharma,"Mobile Augmented Reality Application (MARA) for Building Evacuation", Oral Presentation, at the Emerging Researchers National (ERN) Conference in STEM, hosted by AAAS, EHR and NSF, on Washington DC, on March 2-4, 2017.
  27. Diliorah Arah and Dr. Sharad Sharma, "A Fitness Application for Increasing Productivity In The Workplace", Oral Presentation, at the Emerging Researchers National (ERN) Conference in STEM, hosted by AAAS, EHR and NSF, on Washington DC, on February 25-27, 2016.
  28. Phillip Devreaux and Dr. Sharad Sharma, "Virtual Tour of University Campus Using Oculus Rift", Oral Presentation, at the Emerging Researchers National (ERN) Conference in STEM, hosted by AAAS, EHR and NSF, on Washington DC, on February 25-27, 2016.
  29. Swetha Sree and Dr. Sharad Sharma, "Modeling Evacuation behavior using fuzzy logic in a multi-agent system", Oral Presentation, at the Emerging Researchers National (ERN) Conference in STEM, hosted by AAAS, EHR and NSF, on Washington DC, on February 25-27, 2016.
  30. Veda Lakshmi Swetha Dasari and Dr. Sharad Sharma, "Augmented Reality (AR) mobile application for campus building evacuation", Oral Presentation, at the Emerging Researchers National (ERN) Conference in STEM, hosted by AAAS, EHR and NSF, on Washington DC, on February 25-27, 2016.
  31. James Stigall and Dr. Sharad Sharma, "Modeling stress and panic in emegency situation", Oral Presentation, at the Emerging Researchers National (ERN) Conference in STEM, hosted by AAAS, EHR and NSF, on Washington DC, on February 25-27, 2016.
  32. Kourtney Ramseur and Dr. Sharad Sharma, "Urban emergency evacuation environment", Poster Presentation, 8th Annual Grant Expo and Research day, Office of Research and Sponsored Programs (ORSP), Bowie State University, April 20-21, 2015.
  33. Usha Govindaraju and Dr. Sharad Sharma, "Emergency Evacuation in Thurgood Marshall Library", Poster Presentation, 8th Annual Grant Expo and Research day, Office of Research and Sponsored Programs (ORSP), Bowie State University, April 20-21, 2015.
  34. Pranay Rajeev and Dr. Sharad Sharma, "Augmented Reality Mobile Application for emergency Evacuation in BSU library", Poster Presentation, 8th Annual Grant Expo and Research day, Office of Research and Sponsored Programs (ORSP), Bowie State University, April 20-21, 2015.
  35. James Stigall and Dr. Sharad Sharma, "Game Theme-based educational Modules for introductory programming", Poster Presentation, 8th Annual Grant Expo and Research day, Office of Research and Sponsored Programs (ORSP), Bowie State University, April 20-21, 2015.
  36. Isaac Amo-Frempong and Dr. Sharad Sharma, "Virtual Evacuation Drill in a Multi-user Environment", Oral Presentation, at the Emerging Researchers National (ERN) Conference in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM), hosted by AAAS, EHR and NSF, Washington DC, February 19-21, 2015.
  37. Shanmukha Jerripothula and Dr. Sharad Sharma, "Immersive Virtual Reality Environment for Airplane Emergency Evacuation", Oral Presentation, at the Emerging Researchers National (ERN) Conference in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM), hosted by AAAS, EHR and NSF, Washington DC, February 19-21, 2015.
  38. James Stigal and Dr. Sharad Sharma, "Game Theme-Based Educational Modules for Introductory Programming Courses", Oral Presentation, at the Emerging Researchers National (ERN) Conference in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM), hosted by AAAS, EHR and NSF, Washington DC, February 19-21, 2015.
  39. Dexter Ballerda and Dr. Sharad Sharma, "Augmented Reality Application for Campus Navigation and Learning", Oral Presentation, at the Emerging Researchers National (ERN) Conference in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM), hosted by AAAS, EHR and NSF, Washington DC, February 19-21, 2015.
  40. Phillip Devreaux and Dr. Sharad Sharma, "Immersive Multi-User Campus Platform", Oral Presentation, at the Emerging Researchers National (ERN) Conference in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM), hosted by AAAS, EHR and NSF, Washington DC, February 19-21, 2015.
  41. Jeff Ruffin Jr and Dr. Sharad Sharma, "Game Theme Based Educational Module for Inheritance", Oral Presentation, at the Emerging Researchers National (ERN) Conference in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM), hosted by AAAS, EHR and NSF, Washington DC, February 19-21, 2015.
  42. Stephon Mackey and Dr. Sharad Sharma, "Virtual Reality Subway Evacuation Drill with Multi-User Environment", Oral Presentation, at the Emerging Researchers National (ERN) Conference in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM), hosted by AAAS, EHR and NSF, Washington DC, February 19-21, 2015.
  43. Diliorah Arah and Dr. Sharad Sharma, "A Fitness Application for Increasing Productivity in the Work-place", Oral Presentation, at the Emerging Researchers National (ERN) Conference in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM), hosted by AAAS, EHR and NSF, Washington DC, February 19-21, 2015.
  44. Shanmukha Jerripothula and Dr. Sharad Sharma, "Oculus Rift with Unity 3D" , 7th Annual Grant Expo, Office of Research and Sponsored Programs (ORSP), Bowie State University, April 22, 2014.
  45. Stephon Mackey and Dr. Sharad Sharma, "Virtual Reality Subway Evacuation Drill with Multi-User Environment", 7th Annual Grant Expo, Office of Research and Sponsored Programs (ORSP), Bowie State University, April 22, 2014.
  46. Roy B. Brown II and Dr. Sharad Sharma, "Emergency Response Simulation Using Virtual Reality", Oral Presentation, at the Emerging Researchers National (ERN) Conference in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM), hosted by AAAS, EHR and NSF, Washington DC, February 20-22, 2014.
  47. Wenhao Chen and Dr. Sharad Sharma, "Kinect and Management Features in the Virtual Reality Classroom", Oral Presentation, at the Emerging Researchers National (ERN) Conference in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM), hosted by AAAS, EHR and NSF, Washington DC, February 20-22, 2014.
  48. Jeff Ruffin Jr.and Dr. Sharad Sharma, "Educational Module: Programming Loops and Conditions Using Virtual Reality", Oral Presentation, at the Emerging Researchers National (ERN) Conference in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM), hosted by AAAS, EHR and NSF, Washington DC, February 20-22, 2014.
  49. Emmanuel Ossuetta and Dr. Sharad Sharma, "Gaming Instructional Module for Array and Objects Using Virtual Reality", Oral Presentation, at the Emerging Researchers National (ERN) Conference in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM), hosted by AAAS, EHR and NSF, Washington DC, February 20-22, 2014.
  50. Titus Thomas and Dr. Sharad Sharma, "3D Simulated Emergency Subway Evacuation", Oral Presentation, at the Emerging Researchers National (ERN) Conference in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM), hosted by AAAS, EHR and NSF, Washington DC, February 28th - March 2nd, 2013. [Won Second Prize in the oral section under category: Computer Sciences and Information Systems]
  51. Stephen Otunba and Dr. Sharad Sharma, "Teaching Traffic Safety Through an Immersive Multiuser Environment", Oral Presentation, at the Emerging Researchers National (ERN) Conference in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM), hosted by AAAS, EHR and NSF, Washington DC, February 28th - March 2nd, 2013.
  52. Antoine Lathon and Dr. Sharad Sharma, "Course Curriculum Module for Multidimensional Array and Linked List using Gaming Approach", Oral Presentation, at the Emerging Researchers National (ERN) Conference in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM), hosted by AAAS, EHR and NSF, Washington DC, February 28th - March 2nd, 2013.
  53. Jeff Ruffin Jr. and Dr. Sharad Sharma, "Virtual Reality Classroom", Oral Presentation, at the Emerging Researchers National (ERN) Conference in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM), hosted by AAAS, EHR and NSF, Washington DC, February 28th - March 2nd, 2013.
  54. Kim Ta and Dr. Sharad Sharma, "Gaming Approach to Learn Arrays In C++", Oral Presentation, at the Emerging Researchers National (ERN) Conference in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM), hosted by AAAS, EHR and NSF, Washington DC, February 28th - March 2nd, 2013.
  55. Usha Govindaraju and Dr. Sharad Sharma, "Augmented Reality as a Tool for Learning and Safety", Oral Presentation, at the Emerging Researchers National (ERN) Conference in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM), hosted by AAAS, EHR and NSF, Washington DC, February 28th - March 2nd, 2013.
  56. Usha Govindaraju,Sailaja Adusumill and Dr. Sharad Sharma, "M-Evac: An Indoor Augmented Reality Mobile Evacuation System, Grant Expo, Office of Research and Sponsored Programs (ORSP), Bowie State University, April 10, 2013
  57. Stephen Otunba and Dr. Sharad Sharma, "Virtual City: Teaching Traffic Safety though an Immersive Multiuser Environment, Grant Expo, Office of Research and Sponsored Programs (ORSP), Bowie State University, April 10, 2013
  58. Jeff Ruffin and Dr. Sharad Sharma, "Virtual Reality Classroom as a Constructivist Approach, Grant Expo, Office of Research and Sponsored Programs (ORSP), Bowie State University, April 10, 2013
  59. Stephen Otunba and Dr. Sharad Sharma, "Evacuation Simulation in a Multiuser Virtual Reality Environment", Oral Presentation, at the Emerging Researchers National (ERN) Conference in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM), hosted by AAAS, EHR and NSF, Atlanta, GA, February 23-25 2012.
  60. Aaron Boothe and Dr. Sharad Sharma, "Emergency Airplane Evacuation Using Game Development Toolkit", Oral Presentation, at the Emerging Researchers National (ERN) Conference in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM), hosted by AAAS, EHR and NSF, Atlanta, GA, February 23-25 2012. [Won Second Prize in the oral section under category: Computer Sciences and Information Systems and Computer Engineering]
  61. Aaron Boothe, Mike Tice, Zachary Springer, and Dr. Sharad Sharma, "Multi‐User Environment in VR for Evacuation Scenarios Using Gaming Metaphor", Poster Presentation, at the Emerging Researchers National (ERN) Conference in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM), hosted by AAAS, EHR and NSF, Atlanta, GA, February 23-25 2012.
  62. Jihad Ashkar and Dr. Sharad Sharma, Information extraction and pattern matching for the voice field medical card in a battlefield environment, Poster presentation, 2011 Emerging Researchers National (ERN) conference in STEM, Feb 24-26, Washington DC, 2011.
  63. Jihad Ashkar and Dr. Sharad Sharma, Voice Field Medical Card for a Battlefield Environment, Juxtopia Urban Learning Technology (JULT) 2010 conference, December 8th, Morgan State University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA, 2010.
  64. Jihad Ashkar and Dr. Sharad Sharma, Presented VOICE FMC project at the Community Activities Center at Fort Detrick (U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command (MRMC) ) as part of the TEDCO MRASC Symposium on Tuesday, October 26, 2010. 
  65. Student presentation in annual CIBAC meeting at University of Maryland Eastern Shore in year 2010.

Research Presentations and Professional Talks:

  1. Key Note Address at the 2022 IEEE International Mobile and Embedded Technology Conference (MECON - 2022), Amity University Uttar Pradesh, Noida, India, 10-11 March 2022.
  2. Research talk titled “VRI and ARI Modules for Teaching and Training” in the Three-day Online Faculty Development Program on E-Learning and Recent Trends in Electrical Engineering at Amity University, Uttar Pradesh, Noida, INDIA, via Microsoft Teams, held from 20th - 22nd May, 2020.
  3. Research talk at Virtual Reality Lab, Bowie State University, visit for RISE Academy Fellows, Requested by Ms. Debbie O'Banion, College of Education, (On behalf of Dr. William Drakeford) 10AM to 12PM, July 26, 2018.
  4. Talk on "Virtual reality environments for emergency response, training, and decision making" at STIx, (Science Technology & Innovation Exchange), event organized by DOD Basic Research Office at Arlington, VA, Thursday August 24, 2017.
  5. Talk on Modeling and Simulation of Multi-User Virtual Reality Environments for Emergency Evacuation Drills with Dr. Sharad Sharma from Bowie State University CINO Working Groups, Internet2 Collaborative Innovation Community, June 2, 2017. [Recording from 6/2/17 CINC UP Call ]
  6. Talk on "Virtual and Augmented reality: Applications in emergency fire evacuation for training and education", for Safety Event at the Smithsonian, at The Smithsonian National Museum of African Art. 950 Independence Ave. SW Washington, DC, November 18, 2016.
  7. Invited talk on Virtual and Augmented Reality: Applications in Emergency Evacuation and Decision Making for Training and Education at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), Software Engineering Division, Building 23, Greenbelt, Maryland, U.S, Thursday June 25, 2015.
  8. Invited talk on "Modeling and Simulation of Human Behavior in Aircraft Evacuations using Multi-Agent System and Virtual Reality Environment at University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC) on 18th April 2014.
  9. Presentation to Bowie State University faculty on "Virtual Reality Laboratory Research" during Research-in-progress Conference, at Faculty Institute for Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (CETL), January 16-17, 2013.
  10. Invited demo Presentation to USM (University System of Maryland) Board of Regents on Virtual Reality Laboratory research in special collection room, Thurgood Marshal Library on Friday, September 28, 2012 at Bowie State University.
  11. Invited Demo talk on Multi-Agent Modeling and Simulation of Human Behavior in Aircraft Evacuations at IEEE 2012 International Conference on Collaboration Technologies and Systems (CTS 2012), Denver, Colorado, USA, May 21-25, 2012.
  12. Conducted 3D Modeling and Animation workshops at the CPU summer camp for high school and middle school students at Bowie State University in Year 2009, 2010, 2011, and 2012.
  13. Simulation of agent behavior in a goal finding application, IEEE SoutheastCon Conference, March 18-21, Charlotte-Concord, NC, 2010.
  14. Military route planning in battle field simulations for a multi-agent system, International Conference on Software Engineering and Data Engineering, SEDE, June 22- 24, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, 2009.
  15. Simulation and modeling of group behavior during evacuation, IEEE Symposium Series on Computational Intelligence, Intelligent Agents, March 30-April 2, Nashville, TN, USA, 2009.
  16. A multi-agent system for emergency evacuation simulation, 17th International Conference on Software Engineering and Data Engineering, Los Angeles, California USA, June 30 - July 2, 2008
  17. Simulation and modeling of a virtual library for navigation and evacuation, MSV'08 - The 2008 International Conference on Modeling, Simulation and Visualization Methods, Monte Carlo Resort, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, July 14-17, 2008
  18. Multi-Agent System for Simulating Human Behavior in Egress Simulations, NAACSOS Conference 2006, Annual Conference of the North American Association for Computational Social and Organizational Sciences, Notre Dame, Indiana, USA, June 22-23, 2006 (Finalist for the Best PhD Student Paper Award)
  19. Fuzzy Approach for Forecasting Navigation in Simulating Agent Based Behavior, ISCA, 18th International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Computing Systems, Las Vegas, Sep 12-14, 2005.
  20. Using RFID to Evaluate Evacuation Behavior Models, NAFIPS 05, IEEE, North American Fuzzy Information Processing Society Conference, Ann Arbor, MI, June 22-25, 2005.
  21. A Fuzzy Logic Model for Estimation of Groundwater Recharge, NAFIPS 05, IEEE North American Fuzzy Information Processing Society Conference, Ann Arbor, MI, June 22-25, 2005
  22. Simulating Agent Based Behavior in a Goal Finding Problem for a Multi-Agent System, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, Wayne State University, July -2005
  23. Testing JRipples, Computer Science Department, Wayne State University, April -2005
  24. Virtual Museum: Use of Virtual reality as an Educational Tool, ARCC Conference and Online Journal, at Arizona State University, Tempe, April 10-12, 2003.