curriculum vitae
who am I? what do I do?
General Information
| Full Name | Manoj Shakya |
| Contact | manoj013 [at] ntu.edu.sg |
| Languages | Nepali (native), English (fluent), Chinese (beginner) |
Research Areas
- My research focuses on deep reinforcement learning and its application in the field of supply chain optimization.
- Some of the state-of-the-art algorithms in deep reinforcement learning are PPO, SAC, DQN etc.
- I am also interested in Artificial Intelligence for Education.
Education
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2019 --
Nanyang Technological University – Ph.D. in Computer Science and Engineering
- Co-supervised by A/Prof. Francis Lee Bu-Sung (NTU) and Dr. Ng Huey Yuen (SIMTech, A\*STAR)
- Rsearch on Deep Reinforcement Learning
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2003 - 2006
Hunan University – M.E. in Computer Science and Technology
- Supervised by Prof. Li Kenli
- GPA: 3.73 (4.0 scale)
- Thesis: Java Framework for Grid Computing
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1997 - 2001
Kathmandu University – Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Science and Engineering
- Co-supervised by Prof. Dr. Manish Pokharel (University) and Dr. Rajesh Shakya (Industry)
- Capston Project: Auction based C2C and RFP based B2B
- GPA: 3.55 (4.0 scale)
Work Experience
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2008 - now
Assistant Professor at Kathmandu University
- Teaching computer courses - Programming, Data Structures, Algorithm Complexity, and Operating Systems to graduate and undergraduate students
- Supervise master thesis and undergraduate projects
- Promote research activities in Kathmandu University.
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2006 - 2008
Javra Software Nepal
- Worked as a team leader in various projects; Provided training to new employees
- Javra Software Pvt. Ltd.
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2001 - 2003
Campion Kathmandu College
- Teaching undergraduate students (BCA and BIT) and supervised students in their minor projects
Honors and Awards
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2019
- Fellowships - Shanghai Open University International Staff Exchange Fellowship Program (Interna-tional Visiting Scholar Program)
- Shanghai, China
- 10-21 June 2019
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2014
- Scholarship - Erasmus Mundus Scholarship (2 months), INTACT Project
- Patras, Greece
- Nov - Dec 2014
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2009
- Scholarship - Full Scholarship to participate in e-Learning Technology
- Colombo, Sri Lanka
- 2009
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2003
- Scholarship - Chinese Government Scholarship for Master Program
- Hunan University, China
- 2003-2006
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Awards
- Third position in open source software Competition 2009