Lisa Paul Palathingal

Graduate Student, Department of Computer Science and Engineering

University of Nevada, Reno



Academic Projects


  1. Concentration Reminder: Distraction and Drowsiness Detection for Computer Users

    Skills: OpenCV, C++

    • Developed software that detects distractions and drowsiness.

    • Used Haar Cascades classifier for checking if the user’s eyes are closed or not .

    • Concentration Reminder alerts the user to stay focused on their work by providing a pop up warning window and a beep message.
  2. Waldo 3D: Print 3D Models from 2D Images

    Skills: HTML, ASP.NET, C#

    • Developed a system that turns 2D inputs from users into 3D models.

    • The user can take photos through a mobile phone pr make sketches by hand.

    • The system interprets parameters from the input to adjust the models in an existing database to create a new output which closely resembles the input.
  3. Defence Map Extractor

    Skills: Java, MySQL

    • Developed software for secret transmission of data between two users.

    • Used advanced concepts in cryptography and steganography.

    • Message from the sender is encrypted from plain text to cipher text and the encrypted message is hidden in a map. This message is sent over the network. On the receiver’s side, the message is extracted from the map and is decrypted from cipher text to plain text.

    • The secret transmission is implemented using two algorithms : AES (Advanced Encryption Standard) and LSB (Least Significant Bit).
  4. Animated Brain Snatch

    Skills: C#, SQL Server

    • Developed an online memory pattern game to analyze the memory power of a person.

    • Users are the administrator and the players.

    • Game consists of a grid of blocks. Some of the grids are highlighted for a few seconds. Player has to memorize and reproduce those pattern. As the game progresses, the grid gets larger and the number of highlighted blocks players needs to remember will increase.

    • Administrator creates a rank list according to scores obtained by players. Players can view the rank and scores in their home page.
  5. Online Help Desk System

    Skills: C#, SQL Server

    • Developed college website where users can view details about the college and make suggestions.

    • The users of the system are Administrator, Staff, Student and Guest.

    • Administrator manages various activities such as admission, achievements, department, and courses. Staff, Students, and Guests can view all the details but can’t update them. Guests can post any doubts or suggestions to Administrator’s inbox. Administrator replies via email.
  6. Internal Marks Management System

    Skills: VB.NET, SQL Server

    • Developed a system that automates the current manual result calculation by analyzing semester-wise results of IT department students

    • Users of the software are Administrator, Faculty and Student.

    • Administrator can add, edit and view faculty and student details. Faculty calculates internal marks of the students. Students can view the scores by logging in to the system using his or her registration number.