{"id":443,"date":"2020-12-03T16:04:44","date_gmt":"2020-12-03T14:04:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.uef.fi\/stag\/?page_id=443"},"modified":"2023-09-06T16:15:03","modified_gmt":"2023-09-06T13:15:03","slug":"pranavan-somaskandhan","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.uef.fi\/star\/staff\/pranavan-somaskandhan\/","title":{"rendered":"Pranavan Somaskandhan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Doctoral Researcher, B.Sc.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"232\" height=\"291\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.uef.fi\/stag\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2020\/12\/pranavan.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-446\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Personal Information<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Phone:<\/strong> +61411216575<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Email:<\/strong> p.somaskandhan[at]uq.net.au \/ pranavannew15[at]gmail.com<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Year of birth:<\/strong> 1993<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Current research interests:<\/strong> Deep learning methods for reliable automatic sleep stage classification<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Current and previous experience:<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Casual Demonstrator, School of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering, The University of Queensland (Brisbane, Australia), 01.07.2021\u2013<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>PhD Student, School of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering, The University of Queensland (Brisbane, Australia), 01.01.2021\u2013<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Temporary Lecturer, Department of Computer Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Peradeniya (Peradeniya, Sri Lanka), 2.5.2019\u20131.11.2019<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Software Engineer, WSO2 Inc. 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