mithil guru

I'm a data analyst at Fighting Illini Athletics and a research collaborator with the Human-Computer Integration Lab at the University of Chicago.

Through my work, I explore how to integrate new sensing and feedback modalities to enhance daily living. My research interests lie in human-computer interaction, health sensing, and machine learning.

experience

Research Collaborator

Human Computer Integration Lab - University of Chicago

January 2024 - Present

Data Analyst

Fighting Illini Athletics

July 2022 - Present

Research Assistant

Center for Health Informatics - University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

January 2022 - July 2022

publications

Demonstrating Adaptive Electrical Muscle Stimulation for Improved Muscle Memory

Siya Choudhary, Romain Nith, Jas Brooks, Yun Ho, Mithil Guruvugari, and Pedro Lopes

In Proceedings of CHI 2025

projects

Fitbit Sleep Score Prediction

Gathered and analyzed data from the Fitbit API with Python, selecting key features for sleep score prediction. Performed regression analysis to develop a highly accurate model, achieving an R-Squared value of over .91

Athlete Strength Test Analysis

Analyzed Illinois Olympic Sports strength test data collected on the Hawkin Dynamics Platform. Performed correlation and regression analysis using scikit-learn in Python to select key variables influencing test performance, helping identify overtraining in athletes

Coursera Customer Churn Prediction

Implemented a neural network model on a large dataset (350000+ examples) to predict customer churn using TensorFlow for a data science competition on Coursera. Achieved a score for the evaluation metric (AUC) in the top 10% of submissions worldwide