Rishita Bansal, Ph.D. A.B.D.

Biography

Rishita Bansal joined the University of Houston–Clear Lake in Fall 2025 as a Lecturer in Computer Science. She holds a Master of Science in Computer Science from the University of Texas at Dallas, where she is also a Doctor of Philosophy candidate completing her dissertation.

During the 2024–2025 academic year, she served as President of the Intelligent Transportation Systems student chapter at the University of Texas at Dallas. She currently serves as Faculty Advisor for the Google Developer Group at UHCL. She believes that student organizations play a vital role in the learning experience and encourages students to actively engage in them.

Guided by Benjamin Franklin's philosophy, "Tell me and I forget, teach me and I remember, involve me and I learn," she emphasizes active learning in her courses. Her teaching approach integrates hands-on coding, live demonstrations, group discussions, and creative activities such as robotics and LEGO® Serious Play to help students engage deeply with computational concepts.

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Publications

• Bansal, R., Anand, A., Sundaravadivel, P., Prabhakaran, B., & Torbert III, H. A. (2025, May). Agri-NET UAV: a drone-captured dataset and model exploration for enhanced plant recognition using low-cost drones. In Real-Time Image Processing and Deep Learning 2025 (Vol. 13458, pp. 16-24). SPIE.
• Patel, D., Bansal, R., & Zalila-Wenkstern, R. (2022, October). Cooperative collision avoidance for coalitions of connected and autonomous vehicles. In 2022 IEEE 25th International Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITSC) (pp. 2856-2862). IEEE.
• Aggarwal, A., Bansal, R., Padalkar, P., & Natarajan, S. (2023). MACOptions: Multi-Agent Learning with Centralized Controller and Options Framework. arXiv preprint arXiv:2302.03800.

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Courses (Current Academic Year)

• CSCI 1370: Introduction to Computer Information Systems
• CSCI 1470: Computer Science I (Python)
• CSCI 1471: Computer Science II (Java)
• CSCI 4351: Advanced Programming in Unix
• CINF 5432: Data Warehousing and Business Intelligence
• CSCI 4336: Introduction to Machine Learning
• CSCI 3323: Object Oriented Design & Program
• CSCI 4320 Web Application Development
• CSCI 4354: Operating Systems

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Research Projects

• Artificial Intelligence
• Computer Vision
• Intelligent Transportation Systems
• Smart Planning

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Awards and Accomplishments

• NSDF Fellowship (2024)
• Intelligent Transportation Systems Scholarship (2024)
• Best Teaching Assistant Award (2021) at UT Dallas

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