Her research interests include Design Automation, Formal Methods, Programming models for Multi-Core Architectures, Embedded Systems, and Programming Languages.
Sampada has a Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering from University of Mumbai, India and a Master's degree in Computer Science from Indian Institute of Technology Bombay.
In the past Sampada has worked at General Motors R&D, Bangalore, India in the Embedded Control Systems Group. She has also worked as a Research Assistant at the Center for Formal Design and Verification of Software, IIT Bombay.