User Profile
shrikant pawar
Assistant Professor (tenure-track faculty)
Primary Scientific Interest: Computer Science, engineering, and mathematics, Computer Science
About Me and My Projects
Affiliation(s): Claflin University (HBCU/MSI) Lab URL: https://campuspress.yale.edu/shrikantpawar/ORCID Open Researcher and Contributor identifier (ORCiD): https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6157-2462 Areas of Interest: bioinformatics Biography & Research: Pawar is an Assistant Professor (tenure-track faculty) in Department of Computer Science and Biology at Claflin University (Historically Black Colleges & Universities HBCU/Minority Serving Institution (MSI)), School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, Orangeburg, South Carolina, USA (https://www.claflin-computation.com/) with a Masters in Computer Science and a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) from Georgia State University (MSI), Atlanta, USA (2014-2019). He’s also an co-founder (https://www.chestai.org/) of a Connecticut based , ChestAi, (https://www.ai4hlth.org/product-profiles/ChestAi); Georgia Research Consulting (GRC), Research & Training in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) Studies, Atlanta, USA, Snorkel AI (independent contractor, https://snorkel.ai/), a member of Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study (GBD), collaborators (https://www.healthdata.org/research-analysis/gbd), The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME), (https://www.healthdata.org/about) at the University of Washington (https://www.washington.edu/), Seattle, USA and a research affiliate at Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA. Until last year, he was an Associate Research Scientist at Yale University, School of Medicine, Department of Genetics, Yale Center for Genome Analysis (YCGA) New Haven, United States of America (USA). His dissertation/research is focused on big data (Biomedical imaging, Spectral, Single cell, Next-generation sequencing, Microarrays, X-ray crystallography, et cetera (etc).) analysis with artificial intelligence (AI)/machine learning techniques (Neural networks, Support Vector Machines (SVM's), Random forest, Supervised, Un-supervised techniques, Computer vision, Restricted boltzmann machines, Clustering algorithms, etc.). If you share similar interests feel free to contact. You can browse some of the recent machine learning applications on GitHub in projects. The detailed list of credentials can be found at Claflin Profile, Linkedin, NCBI Bibliography or Google Scholar. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6157-2462. Profile: https://www.claflin.edu/academics-research/faculty-research/meet-our-fa…. AOL: pawarshrikant@aol.com; Proton: pawwar@proton.me; Tutanota: pawwar@tutanota.com; Discord id: pawar#7724, shrikant.pawar@yale.edu, Shrikantpawar3@icloud.com; pawarshrikant@zohomail.in; pawarshrikant@kolabnow.com. Field of Research/Study: Bioinformatics; Computational Biology; Data Science; Artificial Intelligence (AI) /Machine Learning (ML); Computer Vision; Biomarker study. South Carolina Established Program for Stem Cooperative Research (SC EPSCoR), Research Expertise:https://scepscor.org/research-expertise-profiles-table/ https://scepscor.org/pawar-shrikant-research-focus/ https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/chestai https://www.manta.com/c/m1wy0z8/chestai Current Stopover Coordinate’s: 41*22’06”N 72*55’11”W, https://www.merchantcircle.com/chestai-orangeburg-sc https://in.enrollbusiness.com/BusinessProfile/6817822/ChestAi https://www.showmelocal.com/37520422-chestai-columbia https://foursquare.com/v/chestai/675d2813c7ac2e5e0e40741c https://www.f6s.com/company/chestai ChestAi Demo: https://youtu.be/5BfRpzYU-T8 https://aws.amazon.com/marketplace/seller-profile?id=seller-b6otd3wry7l… https://www.ai4hlth.org/product-profiles/ChestAi https://www.chestai.org/ & https://www.crunchbase.com/person/shrikant-pawar-f817 https://tracxn.com/d/companies/chestai/__MB57iTXFVTO2fhlmUZpozcbLBTim3z… https://theorg.com/org/chestai https://www.startupranking.com/chestai https://www.delhionline.in/business/chestai-51996 https://github.com/spawar2/Chest-X-ray-Neural-Nets/ https://www.freelistingindia.in/listings/chestai https://www.indianyellowpages.com/mumbai/chestAi https://www.hotfrog.com/company/da94eb8a85049a717759d381bc7edbf1 https://www.justdial.com/Mumbai/Engineering-Companies/https://www.sidep… https://www.cybo.com/US-biz/yale-aids-program_2K https://startupbuffer.com/compare-atlantica-vs-chestai https://www.saashub.com/chestai-alternatives https://www.cybo.com/US-biz/yale-aids-program_2K https://www.saashub.com/georgia-research-consulting-grc-llc-alternatives https://www.f6s.com/profile/5298554 https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/georgia-research-consulting-grc… https://www.claflin.edu/academics-research/faculty-research/meet-our-fa… https://www.claflin-computation.com/ Foursquare: https://foursquare.com/v/chestai/675d2813c7ac2e5e0e40741c Callupcontact: https://www.callupcontact.com/b/businessprofile/ChestAI/9426702 https://campuspress.yale.edu/shrikantpawar/ Current Stopover: 41*22’06”N 72*55’11”W, http://www.linkedin.com/in/shrikant-pawar-ms-ph-d-5bb37a16 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/myncbi/18IT7znYQEs1yv/bibliography/public/ https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=SvcIPSsAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao https://github.com/spawar2 https://devpost.com/software/chestai https://shrikantpawar5.gumroad.com/l/mcise https://chestai.bigcartel.com/ Teaching-student-advising: https://campuspress.yale.edu/shrikantpawar/teaching-student-advising/ Doctoral & Masters Degree Certificate: https://campuspress.yale.edu/shrikantpawar/files/2025/05/GSU-300x212.jpg Faculty Profile: https://www.claflin.edu/academics-research/faculty-research/meet-our-fa… Alper-Doger (AD) Scientific Index: https://www.adscientificindex.com/scientist/shrikant-pawar-ms/855086
Academic and Professional History
Academic History:
- DatesOct 2023
Professional History:
- Dates employedOct 2023
Prizes and Awards
- TitleSC Independent Colleges & Universities SCICU Undergraduate Student/Faculty Research Program, Columbia, South Carolina, USA. (February 1, 2026-December 31, 2026): Grant/award/project title: “Machine Learning Applications for Detecting Peripheral Arterial D
- TitleJanuary 1, 2013-July 31, 2013: Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany. Title: Center for International Collaborative (CIC)
- TitleJanuary 1, 2018-May 31, 2018: Georgia State University, Department of Computer Science & Biology, Atlanta, USA. Title: Ahmed T. Abdelal Fellow in Molecular Genetics and Biotechnology
- TitleGenomic Data Science Community Network (GDSCN) symposium, October 16, 2024, University of Puerto Rico, Aguadilla (UPRA), USA with Dr. Chowdhury, Department of Biology, Claflin University, South Carolina, USA. https://www.gdscn.org/events https://www.clafl
- TitleUS Sciencegateways, SGX3's HackHPC, “Adapting High-Performance Computing (HPC) tools in Data Science courses at Claflin University”, October 7-11, 2024, Bozeman, Montana, USA.^^ GitHub, Poster. https://hackhpc.github.io/facultyhack-gateways23/teams.html
- TitleThe Department of Defense (DoD), Army Materiel Command (AMC) HBCU/MI Equipment/Instrumentation award (2024–2025), Claflin University, Orangeburg, South Carolina, USA. Total Award (Direct and indirect), Role: PI, 100% $410,596. Basic, Applied, and Advance
- TitleAWS Machine Learning University , Machine Learning Intensive Bootcamp (Introduction to Machine Learning Part 2), Introduction to Machine Learning. https://the-cs.org/train-aws-pd Amazon Web Services (AWS) Machine Learning Professional Development Intensi
- Title16. Title III and Special Initiative Office SEED Funding, Claflin University, Orangeburg, South Carolina, USA: Biomarker Identification for the Diagnosis of Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL) (2024): Total Award (Direct and indirect) $8,840.00 Github Stud
- Title15. National Science Foundation South Carolina Established Program for Stem Cooperative Research (SC EPSCoR) RII Track-1 Award, GAIN CRP (Grants for Applications in Industry and Networking Collaborative Research Program): AI-Enabled Construction of Aligne
- Title14. Claflin University, Orangeburg, South Carolina, USA, Summer Seed Research Grant (2023): Utilization of Machine Learning Techniques for Aiding Detection of Ischemic Stroke Lesion, Infarct Volumes, and Small-artery Occlusions: $10,000. (dire
- Title13. National Science Foundation South Carolina Established Program for Stem Cooperative Research (SC EPSCoR) RII Track-1 Award: AI-e
- Title12. SC Independent Colleges & Universities SCICU Undergraduate Student/Faculty Research Program (2023): A prospective, community-based ob
- Title11. Google HBCU Career Readiness Capacity Grant (2023): $20,000 (Direct costs, 100%)
- Title10. Claflin University, Orangeburg, South Carolina, USA, Smart Home, Center of Excellence Seed Grant (2022): Collection and processing of health-care d
- Title9. Institutional Development Award (IDeA) Networks of Biomedical Research Excellence (INBRE) Research Education of Teachers SC INRE South Carolina Established Program for Stem Cooperative Research South Carolina Established Program for Stem Cooperative Re
- Title8. Oracle for Research Award: https://www.oracle.com/research/
- Title7. Microsoft for Startups Founders Hub Azure Credits (2022) $25,000 (https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/startups): “CHEST-AI: AI tool for detection of lung
- Title6. SC Independent Colleges & Universities SCICU Undergraduate Student/Faculty Research Program (2022): Utilizing Natural Language Processing (NLP) to increase the effectiveness of finding career opportunities. Claflin University, Orangeburg, South Carolin
- Title5. Culinda Technologies (2020), Texas, USA (https://www.culinda.io/): Machine learning solutions for medical devices that provide deep insight into IoT and IoMT applications, π: Classes taught: CSCI/HNTH391/392, https://pawar1550.wixsite.com/claflin-cours
- Title4. Entrepreneurship Foundation Fund (2020), Connecticut, USA: “CHEST-AI: AI tool for detection of lung diseases from chest X- ray data”: https://www.entrepreneurshipfoundation.org/
- Title3. Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA, Rothberg Fund (2020), USA: “CHEST-AI: AI tool for detection of lung diseases from chest X- ray data”: https://medium.com/tsai-city/kickstarting-healthcare-innovation-with-the-rothberg-catalyzer-prototype-fu
- Title2. Create-X, Startup Launch Grant (2019), Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, USA: “Utilization of convolutional neural networks for security against password cracking”: https://create-x.gatech.edu/about
- Title1. Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (CETL) Hardware Grant (2018), Georgia State University, Atlanta, United States of America (USA): https://cetl.gsu.edu/programs-grants-awards/grant-funded-projects/