Team

Bipasha Banerjee (bipashabanerjee@vt.edu) has been a Graduate Research Assistant with the University Libraries at Virginia Tech since August 2019. She is currently a Ph.D. Candidate in the department of computer science, Virginia Tech. She received her M.S. in Computer Science and Applications from Virginia Tech in 2022 and a Bachelors in Computer Science and Engineering from West Bengal University of Technology in 2015. Bipasha’s research interests include digital libraries, natural language processing, information retrieval, machine learning, and working with scholarly documents. Prior to graduate school, Bipasha was working with Tata Consultancy Services in Kolkata, India, as a developer working on Android and .Net applications.

Yinlin Chen (ylchen@vt.edu) is a Digital Library Architect with the University Libraries at Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA. He holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science and Applications from Virginia Tech and a M.S. and B.S. in Computer Science at National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan. His professional interests include digital libraries, cloud computing, microservices and serverless architecture.

Astha Dhakal (asthad@vt.edu) has been a Graduate Assistant for the University Libraries at Virginia Tech since August 2023. She earned a Bachelor of Science in Management Information System from University of Nebraska at Omaha in 2020 and is currently pursuing master’s in engineering: Computer Science at Virginia Tech. She specializes in Quality Assurance and Business Analysis.

Soumik Ghosh (soumikgh@vt.edu) is a Systems Engineer with the University Libraries at Virginia Tech since 2017. He received his Masters in Computer Science and Applications from Virginia Tech in 2017 and his Bachelors in Computer Science from West Bengal University of Technology. Apart from containerisation and cloud native architectures, he likes to dabble in casual reading, writing, astronomy and microbiology.

Jennifer Goyne (goynejennifer@vt.edu) has been a Product Manager with the University Libraries at Virginia Tech since 2023. She received a B.S. in Agricultural Engineering with Minor in Environmental Resource Management from Pennsylvania State University in 1994. Jennifer has over 20 years of programming experience in C# and .Net Development and was previously a Project Manager/Lead Developer for the University of Missouri for 13 years.

Lee Hunter (whunter@vt.edu) has been a Software Engineer with the University Libraries at Virginia Tech since 2016. He received a B.A. in Political Science and Communication Studies from Virginia Tech in 1998 and a B.S. in Computer Science with a Minor in Mathematics in 2011. Lee was previously a Software Engineer for Modea and Ozmo, both in Blacksburg VA.

Yangkai Lin (flynnkai@vt.edu) is a Software Engineer in the University Libraries at Virginia Tech. He received his Masters in Computer Engineering from New York University in 2023 and his Bachelors in Computer Science from Virginia Tech in 2021. He is interested in crafting seamless and visually appealing user experiences in the digital realm.