About Me

I am pursuing a Ph.D. in Computer Science under the supervision of Dr. Anas Mahmoud. My research focuses on leveraging Large Language Models (LLMs) to address the needs of mobile app users and developers. I apply natural language processing (NLP), qualitative analysis, and statistical methods to gain insights from from user feedback and app design practices. I also investigate app store policies on app testing and feature requirements, and examine their impact on app development workflows.

Publications

• Automatic Summarization of Mobile Application Reviews using Chain of Density Prompting

  S. Shrestha and A. Mahmoud, Automated Software Engineering Journal (ASEJ), 2025

• No Country for Indie Developers: A Study of Google Play’s Closed Testing Requirements for New Personal Developer Accounts

  G. Shrestha, S. Shrestha, and A. Mahmoud, ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (ACM TOSEM), 2025

• Generating Rate Features for Mobile Applications

  S. Shrestha and A. Mahmoud, Proceedings of the IEEE/ACM International Conference on Mobile Software Engineering and Systems (ICSE MobileSoft), 2024

Research Interests

Software Engineering | Requirement Engineering | Natural Language Processing | App Store Requirement Analysis | User Interface Design Analysis | Human Computer Interactions | Qualitative Analysis

Education

• Louisiana State University

  2022 - present

  Ph.D. Candidate in Computer Science; GPA: 3.91

  Dissertation title: “Leveraging Large Language Models to Enhance the Utility of Mobile App Store Rating Systems”

  Baton Rouge, LA, USA

• Tribhuwan University, Pulchowk Campus

  2015 - 2019

  Bachelor in Computer Engineering; GPA: 3.75

  Lalitpur, Nepal

Teaching

• Programming Lab Assistant (3 hr, 30 students)

  Supervised first-year undergraduate computer science students in their lab assignments for the “Introduction to the Java programming language” course.

• Graduate Teaching Assistant (3 hr, 100+ students)

  Offer assistance in grading midterm and final exams for two courses: “Software Systems Design” and “Programming Language.”

Work Experience

• Software Developer (full-time, onsite)

  Engineered web and mobile applications for the company including art e-commerce platform, survey form builder, and business profile verification tools.

• Intern, Software Developer, QA (full-time, 3 months, onsite)

  Developed and executed unit and integration tests for Java-based applications to ensure functionality, reliability, and code quality.

Technical Skills

• Programming Languages:

  Python, Java, Kotlin, JavaScript (JS), SQL, C/C++, Dart

• Frameworks & Tools:

  SpringBoot, Next.js, React (library), Flutter (SDK), Figma, NLTK, Git

• Cloud Technologies:

  Firebase (Auth, Functions, FireStore, NextJS integration), AWS

• Database:

  PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Elasticsearch, HBase