Faculty Profile for Dr. Heena Rathore
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Dr. Heena Rathore
Assistant Professor — Computer Science
CMAL COMAL 309E
phone: (512) 245-3409
Biography Section
Biography and Education
Heena Rathore is an Assistant Professor at Texas State University. Academically, she has worked as Assistant Professor of Instruction at The University of Texas at San Antonio, and as a Visiting Assistant Professor at Texas A&M University, Texarkana. She also worked as a Data Scientist and Program Manager at Hiller Measurements in Austin, Texas. Prior to that, she worked as a postdoctoral researcher for the US-Qatar Joint Collaborative Project between Temple University, University of Idaho, and Qatar University. She received her Ph.D. in Computer Science and Engineering on a Tata Consultancy Services Research scholarship at the Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur India. She has been the winner of a number of prestigious awards including REYA Award, Educationist Empowering India, IEEE R5 Outstanding Individual Achievement Award, IEEE Achievements Award, Young Engineer Award, Global Engineering Impact Award and Graphical System Design Achievement Award. She was also featured on TedX, Qatar held by TedXAlDafnaEd in Qatar and her work is covered in professional and major trade publications, major media, such as IEEE.TV, Microwave Journal, Everything RF, Financial Express, Science Reporter, the Times of India, and India Today. She is IEEE senior member and Chair of IEEE EMBS chapter, Lone Star Section.Teaching Interests
Computer security, cryptography, programming languagesResearch Interests
Security, cyber physical systems, cognitive AI, biologically inspired systemsSelected Scholarly/Creative Work
- Rathore, H., Chowdhary, P., & Griffith, H. (n.d.). Asessing Gender and Age Influences on Moral Decision-Making in Autonomous Vehicles Using Large Language Models.
- Shaner, C., Griffith, H., & Rathore, H. (n.d.). Assessing Moral Decision-Making in Large Language Models.
- Sanchez San Miguel, G., Griffith, H., Silva, J., & Rathore, H. (n.d.). Evaluating the Explainability of Large Language Models for Ethical Decision Making.
- Thapa, B., Rivas, M., Griffith, H., & Rathore, H. (n.d.). StressLLM: Large Language Models for Stress Prediction via Wearable Sensor Data.
- Pradhan, M., Hoover, B., Valdez, A., Griffith, H., & Rathore, H. (n.d.). Integrating Justice Theory into Moral Decision-Making for Autonomous Vehicles.
Selected Awards
- Award / Honor Recipient: IEEE EMBS Appreciation Award. 2024 - Present
- Award / Honor Recipient: IEEE EMBS Best Professional Regional Chapter Award, North America. 2024 - Present
- Award / Honor Recipient: Alpha Chi Favorite Professor. 2024
- Award / Honor Recipient: REYA Award, Recognizing Excellence in Young Alumni. 2021
- Award / Honor Recipient: Educationist Empowering India. 2020
Selected Grants
- Griffith, Henry, Rathore, Heena. Empowering Pathways: Enabling Research Computing Careers for Underrepresented Students at Two-Year Institutions, Google exploreCSR, Private / Foundation / Corporate, $125000. (Funded: 2024 - Present). Grant.
- Griffith, Henry, Rathore, Heena. Enhancing Interest in Research Computing Pathways using Generative AI, Tensorflow, Private / Foundation / Corporate, $10000. (Submitted: 2023, Funded: 2024). Grant.
- Rathore, Heena. AI and Healthcare Workshop, IEEE EMBS, Technical professional organization, $1000. (Submitted: 2024, Funded: 2024). Grant.
- Rathore, Heena. Enhancing Moral Decision-Making in Large Language Models, Google, Private / Foundation / Corporate, $80000. (Submitted: 2024). Grant.
- Rathore, Heena. Google GCP Credits award, Google, Private / Foundation / Corporate, $10000. (Submitted: 2024). Grant.