Sharad Sharma

Previous Scheduled Teaching

Published Intellectual Contributions

Book Chapter

• Sharma, S., Moses, P.A. (2025). Immersive Active Shooter Response Training and Decision-Making Environment for a University Campus Building. Lecture Notes in Computer Science. 220-232. Springer Nature Switzerland. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-93715-6_14
• Omary, D., Gamineedi, S.K., Shareef, A., Sharma, S. (2025). Virtual Reality Fire Drill for Campus Evacuation. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing. 568-579. Springer Nature Switzerland. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-89063-5_49
• Sharma, S., Chandra Dronavalli, S., Chellatore, M.P., Reddy Pesaladinne, R. (2024). Interactive Visualizations for Crime Data Analysis by Mixed Reality. Lecture Notes in Computer Science. 286-303. Springer Nature Switzerland. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-61047-9_19
• Chellatore, M.P., Sharma, S. (2024). Mobile Application for Identifying Anomalous Behavior and Conducting Time Series Analysis Using Heterogeneous Data. Lecture Notes in Computer Science. 167-182. Springer Nature Switzerland. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-60458-4_12
• Sharma, S., Ali, S. (2022). Multi-agent Crowd Simulation in an Active Shooter Environment. Lecture Notes in Computer Science. Lecture Notes in Computer Science. 108-120. Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-06015-1_8
• Sharma, S., Bodempudi, S., Reehl, A. (2021). Real-Time Data Analytics of COVID Pandemic Using Virtual Reality. Lecture Notes in Computer Science. 106-116. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-77599-5_9
• Sharma, S. (2020). Improving Emergency Response Training and Decision Making Using a Collaborative Virtual Reality Environment for Building Evacuation. Lecture Notes in Computer Science. 213-224. Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-59990-4_17
• Sharma, S., Bodempudi, S.T., Scribner, D., Grynovicki, J., Grazaitis, P. (2019). Emergency Response Using HoloLens for Building Evacuation. Lecture Notes in Computer Science. Lecture Notes in Computer Science. 11574 299-311. Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-21607-8_23

Conference Proceeding

• Summitt, A., Bhatt, B.R., Sharma, S. (2025). Emergency Assistive Mobile Application with Digital Twin for Real-Time 3D Navigation in Indoor Environments. 2025 IEEE/ACIS 23rd International Conference on Software Engineering Research, Management and Applications (SERA). 233-238. IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/sera65747.2025.11154602
• Dronavalli, S.C., Pesaladinne, R.R., Sharma, S. (2023). Crime Data Visualization Using Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality. 2023 International Conference on Computational Science and Computational Intelligence (CSCI). 646-651. IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/csci62032.2023.00113
• Pesaladinne, R.R., Chellatore, M.P., Dronavalli, S.C., Sharma, S. (2023). Situational Awareness and Feature Extraction for Indoor Building Navigation using Mixed Reality. 2023 International Conference on Computational Science and Computational Intelligence (CSCI). 1000-1005. IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/csci62032.2023.00166
• Tack, N., Williams, R., Holschuh, N., Sharma, S., Engel, D. (2023). Visualizing the Greenland Ice Sheet in VR using Immersive Fence Diagrams. Practice and Experience in Advanced Research Computing. 429-432. ACM. https://doi.org/10.1145/3569951.3603635
• Tack, N., Holschuh, N., Sharma, S., Williams, R., Engel, D. (2023). Development and Initial Testing of XR-Based Fence Diagrams for Polar Science. IGARSS 2023 - 2023 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium. 1541-1544. IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/igarss52108.2023.10281776
• Sharma, S. (2023). Mobile Augmented Reality System for Emergency Response. 2023 IEEE/ACIS 21st International Conference on Software Engineering Research, Management and Applications (SERA). 402-406. IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/sera57763.2023.10197820
• Mannuru, N.R., Kanumuru, M., Sharma, S. (2022). Mobile AR Application for Navigation and Emergency Response. 2022 International Conference on Computational Science and Computational Intelligence (CSCI). 1137-1142. IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/csci58124.2022.00203
• Walker, T., Sharma, S. (2021). Data Analysis of Crime and Rates of Hospitalization due to COVID-19. 2021 International Conference on Computational Science and Computational Intelligence (CSCI). 249-254. IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/csci54926.2021.00113
• Walker, S., Sharma, S. (2021). Data Visualization Tool for Covid-19 and Crime Data. 2021 International Conference on Computational Science and Computational Intelligence (CSCI). 238-242. IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/csci54926.2021.00111
• Sharma, S., Bodempudi, S.T., Reehl, A. (2020). Real-Time Data Visualization to Enhance Situational Awareness of COVID pandemic. 2020 International Conference on Computational Science and Computational Intelligence (CSCI). 352-357. IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/csci51800.2020.00066
• Sharma, S., Stigall, J., Bodempudi, S.T. (2020). Situational Awareness-based Augmented Reality Instructional (ARI) Module for Building Evacuation. 2020 IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces Abstracts and Workshops (VRW). 70-78. IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/vrw50115.2020.00020
• Sharma, S., Bodempudi, S., Arrolla, M., Upadhyay, A. (2019). Collaborative Virtual Assembly Environment for Product Design. 2019 International Conference on Computational Science and Computational Intelligence (CSCI). 606-611. IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/csci49370.2019.00114
• Stigall, J., Sharma, S. (2019). Evaluation of Mobile Augmented Reality Application for Building Evacuation. EPiC Series in Computing. 64 109-98. EasyChair. https://doi.org/10.29007/7jch
• Oladunni, T., Sharma, S. (2019). Homomorphic Encryption and Data Security in the Cloud. EPiC Series in Computing. 64 129-118. EasyChair. https://doi.org/10.29007/drnc
• Bodempudi, S.T., Sharma, S., Sahu, A., Agrawal, R. (2019). Human-Centric Situational Awareness and Big Data Visualization. EPiC Series in Computing. 64 51-40. EasyChair. https://doi.org/10.29007/mq54
• Rajeev, S., Sharma, S. (2019). Motivational Game-Theme Based Instructional Module for Teaching Binary Tree and Linked List. EPiC Series in Computing. 64 31-20. EasyChair. https://doi.org/10.29007/1pg5
• Rajeev, S., Sharma, S. (2018). Educational Game-Theme Based Instructional Module for Teaching Introductory Programming. IECON 2018 - 44th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society. 3039-3044. IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/iecon.2018.8592835
• Taylor, L., Sharma, S. (2018). Model Composition Via Object-Role Modeling. SoutheastCon 2018. 1-7. IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/secon.2018.8478867
• Stigall, J., Sharma, S. (2018). Usability and Learning Effectiveness of Game-Themed Instructional (GTI) Module for Teaching Stacks and Queues. SoutheastCon 2018. 1-6. IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/secon.2018.8479132
• Oladunni, T., Sharma, S., Tiwang, R. (2017). A Spatio - Temporal Hedonic House Regression Model. 2017 16th IEEE International Conference on Machine Learning and Applications (ICMLA). 607-612. IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/icmla.2017.00-94
• Oladunni, T., Sharma, S. (2017). An Occam's Razor Approach to Hedonic Pricing Theory. 2017 International Conference on Computational Science and Computational Intelligence (CSCI). 240-245. IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/csci.2017.38
• Oladunni, T., Sharma, S., Tiwang, R. (2017). Foreclosure Sale and House Value: Correlation or Causation?. 2017 16th IEEE International Conference on Machine Learning and Applications (ICMLA). 613-618. IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/icmla.2017.00-93
• Stigall, J., Sharma, S. (2017). Virtual reality instructional modules for introductory programming courses. 2017 IEEE Integrated STEM Education Conference (ISEC). IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/isecon.2017.7910245
• Jain, A., Mani, A., Siddiqui, A.S., Sharma, S., Singh, H.P. (2017). A data driven approach for scheduling the charging of electric vehicles. 2017 Recent Developments in Control, Automation & Power Engineering (RDCAPE). 39-44. IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/rdcape.2017.8358236
• Oladunni, T., Sharma, S. (2016). Hedonic Housing Theory — A Machine Learning Investigation. 2016 15th IEEE International Conference on Machine Learning and Applications (ICMLA). IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/icmla.2016.0092
• Oladunni, T., Sharma, S. (2016). Spatial Dependency and Hedonic Housing Regression Model. 2016 15th IEEE International Conference on Machine Learning and Applications (ICMLA). 553-558. IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/icmla.2016.0097
• Conn, M.A., Sharma, S. (2016). Immersive Telerobotics Using the Oculus Rift and the 5DT Ultra Data Glove. 2016 International Conference on Collaboration Technologies and Systems (CTS). 387-391. IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/cts.2016.0075
• Sharma, S., Ogunlana, K., Sree, S., Harkrider, S., Paolini, A.L. (2016). Modeling and simulation of evacuation behavior using fuzzy logic in a goal finding application. SPIE Proceedings. 9848 98480C. SPIE. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2220598
• Sharma, S., Stigall, J., Rajeev, S. (2015). Game-Theme Based Instructional Module for Teaching Object Oriented Programming. 2015 International Conference on Computational Science and Computational Intelligence (CSCI). 252-257. IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/csci.2015.35
• Sharma, S., Rajeev, S.P., Devearux, P. (2015). An immersive collaborative virtual environment of a university campus for performing virtual campus evacuation drills and tours for campus safety. 2015 International Conference on Collaboration Technologies and Systems (CTS). 84-89. IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/cts.2015.7210404
• Sharma, S., Jerripothula, S., Dolinsky, M., McDowall, I.E. (2015). An indoor augmented reality mobile application for simulation of building evacuation. SPIE Proceedings. SPIE. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2086390
• Sharma, S., Jerripothula, S., Mackey, S., Soumare, O. (2014). Immersive virtual reality environment of a subway evacuation on a cloud for disaster preparedness and response training. 2014 IEEE Symposium on Computational Intelligence for Human-like Intelligence (CIHLI). 1-6. IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/cihli.2014.7013380
• Sharma, S., Chen, W. (2014). Multi-user VR Classroom with 3D Interaction and Real-Time Motion Detection. 2014 International Conference on Computational Science and Computational Intelligence. 187-192. IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/csci.2014.116
• Sharma, S., Agada, R., Ruffin, J. (2013). Virtual reality classroom as an constructivist approach. 2013 Proceedings of IEEE Southeastcon. 1-5. IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/secon.2013.6567441
• Ji, S., Sharma, S., Yu, B., Jeong, D.H. (2012). Designing a rule-based hourly rainfall prediction model. 2012 IEEE 13th International Conference on Information Reuse & Integration (IRI). 303-308. IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/iri.2012.6303024
• Sharma, S., Otunba, S. (2012). Collaborative virtual environment to study aircraft evacuation for training and education. 2012 International Conference on Collaboration Technologies and Systems (CTS). 569-574. IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/cts.2012.6261107
• Sharma, S., Otunba, S., Ogunlana, K., Tripathy, T. (2012). Intelligent agents in a goal finding application for homeland security. 2012 Proceedings of IEEE Southeastcon. 1-5. IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/secon.2012.6197067
• Sharma, S., Otunba, S., Han, J. (2011). Crowd simulation in emergency aircraft evacuation using Virtual Reality. 2011 16th International Conference on Computer Games (CGAMES). 12-17. IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/cgames.2011.6000319
• Sharma, S., Lohgaonkar, S. (2010). Simulation of agent behavior in a goal finding application. Proceedings of the IEEE SoutheastCon 2010 (SoutheastCon). 424-427. IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/secon.2010.5453811
• Sharma, S., Vadali, H. (2009). Modeling Emergency Scenarios in Virtual Evacuation Environment. 2009 WRI World Congress on Computer Science and Information Engineering. 759-763. IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/csie.2009.450
• Sharma, S. (2009). Simulation and modeling of group behavior during emergency evacuation. 2009 IEEE Symposium on Intelligent Agents. 122-127. IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/ia.2009.4927509
• Sharma, S., Singh, H., Gerhart, G.R., Carapezza, E.M. (2007). Simulation of convoy of unmanned vehicles using agent based modeling. SPIE Proceedings. 6736 673605. SPIE. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.740530

Journal Article

• Sharma, S., Summitt, A. (2025). A Mobile Augmented Reality Application for Indoor Emergency Evacuation and Navigation. Other. 37 (13) 170-1-170-6. Society for Imaging Science & Technology. https://doi.org/10.2352/ei.2025.37.13.ervr-170
• Sharma, S., Dronavalli, S.C. (2024). Data Analysis and Visualization of Crime Data. Other. 36 (1) 364-1-364-6. Society for Imaging Science & Technology. https://doi.org/10.2352/ei.2024.36.1.vda-364
• Sharma, S., Pesaladinne, R.R. (2023). Spatial Analysis and Visual Communication of Emergency Information through Augmented Reality. Other. 67 (6) 1-9. Society for Imaging Science & Technology. https://doi.org/10.2352/j.imagingsci.technol.2023.67.6.060401
• Arteaga, C., Park, J., Morris, B.T., Sharma, S. (2023). Effect of trained evacuation leaders on victims’ safety during an active shooter incident. Other. 158 105967. Elsevier BV. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssci.2022.105967
• Sharma, S., Engel, D. (2023). Mobile augmented reality system for object detection, alert, and safety. Other. 35 (12) 218-1-218-5. Society for Imaging Science & Technology. https://doi.org/10.2352/ei.2023.35.12.ervr-218
• Reehl, A., Sharma, S. (2022). Data visualization of crime data using immersive virtual reality. Other. 34 (12) 187-1-187-5. Society for Imaging Science & Technology. https://doi.org/10.2352/ei.2022.34.12.ervr-187
• Sharma, S., Bodempudi, S.T. (2022). Immersive virtual reality training module for active shooter events. Other. 34 (12) 299-1-299-6. Society for Imaging Science & Technology. https://doi.org/10.2352/ei.2022.34.12.ervr-299
• Sharma, S., Teja Bodempudi, S., Reehl, A. (2021). Virtual Reality Instructional (VRI) module for Training and Patient Safety. Other. 33 (13) 178-1-178-6. Society for Imaging Science & Technology. https://doi.org/10.2352/issn.2470-1173.2021.13.ervr-178
• Rajeev, S., Sharma, S. (2020). Evaluation of Game-Theme Based Instructional Modules for Data Structure Concepts. Other. 27 (1) IJCA.
• Sharma, S., Bodempudi, S.T., Scribner, D., Grazaitis, P. (2020). Active Shooter response training environment for a building evacuation in a collaborative virtual environment. Other. 32 (13) 223-1-223-7. Society for Imaging Science & Technology. https://doi.org/10.2352/issn.2470-1173.2020.13.ervr-223
• Sharma, S., Bodempudi, S.T., Scribner, D. (2020). Identifying Anomalous Behavior in a Building Using HoloLens for Emergency Response. Other. 32 (13) 224-1-224-7. Society for Imaging Science & Technology. https://doi.org/10.2352/issn.2470-1173.2020.13.ervr-224
• Stigall, J., Bodempudi, S., Sharma, S., Scribner, D., Grynovicki, J., Grazaitis, P. (2019). Use of Microsoft HoloLens in indoor evacuation. Other. 26 (1) IJCA.
• Sharma, S., Devreaux, P., Sree, S., Scribner, D., Grynovicki, J., Grazaitis, P. (2019). Artificial intelligence agents for crowd simulation in an immersive environment for emergency response. Other. 31 (2) 176-1-176-8. Society for Imaging Science & Technology. https://doi.org/10.2352/issn.2470-1173.2019.2.ervr-176
• Sharma, S., Amo-Fempong, I., Scribner, D., Grynovicki, J., Grazaitis, P. (2019). Collaborative Virtual Reality Environment for a Real-time Emergency Evacuation of a Nightclub Disaster. Other. 31 (2) 181-1-181-10. Society for Imaging Science & Technology. https://doi.org/10.2352/issn.2470-1173.2019.2.ervr-181
• Sharma, S., Ogunlana, K., Scribner, D., Grynovicki, J. (2018). Modeling human behavior during emergency evacuation using intelligent agents: A multi-agent simulation approach. Information Systems Frontiers. 20 (4) 741-757. Springer Science and Business Media LLC. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10796-017-9791-x
• Oladunni, T., Sharma, S. (2018). H2O Deep Learning for Hedonic Pricing. Other. 25 (1) IJCA.
• Sharma, S. (2017). A Collaborative Virtual Environment for Safe Driving in a Virtual City by Obeying Traffic Laws. Other. 5 (2) 84-91. EJournal Publishing. https://doi.org/10.18178/jtle.5.2.84-91
• Onodueze, F., Sharma, S. (2017). Rijndael Algorithm for Database Encryption on a Course Management System. Other. 24 (1) IJCA.
• Sharma, S., Devreaux, P., Scribner, D., Grynovicki, J., Grazaitis, P. (2017). Megacity: A Collaborative Virtual Reality Environment for Emergency Response, Training, and Decision Making. Other. 29 (1) 70-77. Society for Imaging Science & Technology. https://doi.org/10.2352/issn.2470-1173.2017.1.vda-390
• Oladunni, T., Sharma, S. (2016). Predicting Fair Housing Market Value: A Machine Learning Investigation. Other. 23 (3) IJCA.
• Sharma, S., Ogunlana, K. (2015). Using Genetic Algorithm & Neural Network for modeling learning behavior in a Multi-Agent System during Emergency Evacuation. Other. 22 (4) 172-182. IJCA.
• Lohgaonkar, S., Sharma, S. (2012). Online assessment system with offline capabilities. Other. 3 (1) 32-37. JCTA-E20111006-1.
• Sharma, S., Doswell, J., Debnath, N.C. (2012). Pattern matching and information extraction for a battlefield medical card. Other. 12 (s1) S113-S118. SAGE Publications. https://doi.org/10.3233/jcm-2012-0441
• Sharma, S. (2012). Use of favorite goal in agent based modeling and simulation. Other. 19 (1) 1-9. IJCA.
• Sharma, S., Doswell, J. (2012). Pattern matching and information extraction in a software system for a battlefield environment. Other. 12 (s1) 113–118.
• Sharma, S. (2010). Military route planning in battle field simulations for a multi-agent system. Other. 10 (s1) S97-S105. SAGE Publications. https://doi.org/10.3233/jcm-2010-0271
• Sharma, S. (2010). Fuzzy approach for predicting probability of reaching a target in a battlefield environment. Other. 17 (1) 16-24. IJCA.
• Sharma, S. (2009). AvatarSim: A multi-agent system for emergency evacuation simulation. Other. 9 (s1) S13-S22. SAGE Publications. https://doi.org/10.3233/jcm-2009-0232
• Sharma, S., Singh, H., Prakash, A. (2008). Multi-agent modeling and simulation of human behavior in aircraft evacuations. IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems. 44 (4) 1477-1488. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). https://doi.org/10.1109/taes.2008.4667723
• Sharma, S., Turner, J. (2004). An object oriented approach to simulating agent-based behavior. Other. 310-312.