Scholar
Shristi Shrestha
Google Scholar ID: NHIjzpEAAAAJ
PhD Student, Louisiana State University
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Publications
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Resume (English only)
Academic Achievements
- 1. Automatic Summarization of Mobile Application Reviews using Chain of Density Prompting, Automated Software Engineering Journal (ASEJ), 2025. 2. No Country for Indie Developers: A Study of Google Play’s Closed Testing Requirements for New Personal Developer Accounts, ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (ACM TOSEM), 2025. 3. Generating Rate Features for Mobile Applications, Proceedings of the IEEE/ACM International Conference on Mobile Software Engineering and Systems (ICSE MobileSoft), 2024.
Research Experience
- 1. Louisiana State University: Since 2022, Programming Lab Assistant, supervised first-year undergraduate computer science students in their lab assignments for the “Introduction to the Java programming language” course; Graduate Teaching Assistant, offered assistance in grading midterm and final exams for two courses: “Software Systems Design” and “Programming Language”. 2. Sireto Technology: 2019 - 2022, Full-time Software Developer, engineered web and mobile applications for the company including art e-commerce platform, survey form builder, and business profile verification tools; Intern, full-time software developer and QA, developed and executed unit and integration tests for Java-based applications to ensure functionality, reliability, and code quality.
Education
- 1. Louisiana State University: 2022 - present, Ph.D. Candidate in Computer Science, GPA: 3.91, Dissertation title: “Leveraging Large Language Models to Enhance the Utility of Mobile App Store Rating Systems”, Advisor: Dr. Anas Mahmoud. 2. Tribhuwan University, Pulchowk Campus: 2015 - 2019, Bachelor in Computer Engineering, GPA: 3.75.
Background
- Research Interests: Software Engineering, Requirement Engineering, Natural Language Processing, App Store Requirement Analysis, User Interface Design Analysis, Human Computer Interactions, Qualitative Analysis. Personal Background: Pursuing a Ph.D. in Computer Science under the supervision of Dr. Anas Mahmoud. Research focuses on leveraging Large Language Models (LLMs) to address the needs of mobile app users and developers. Applies natural language processing (NLP), qualitative analysis, and statistical methods to gain insights from user feedback and app design practices. Also investigates app store policies on app testing and feature requirements, and examines their impact on app development workflows.
Miscellany
- Technical Skills: Programming Languages: Python, Java, Kotlin, JavaScript (JS), SQL, C/C++, Dart; Frameworks & Tools: SpringBoot, Next.js, React (library), Flutter (SDK), Figma, NLTK, Git; Cloud Technologies: Firebase (Auth, Functions, FireStore, NextJS integration), AWS; Database: PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Elasticsearch, HBase.
