About Me
Coder. Dancer. Creator.
As a UX Researcher pursuing a PhD in Informatics from Pennsylvania State University, I bring a wealth of knowledge in the area of human-computer interaction and human behavioral dynamics. My extensive background in both AI and HCI research has given me a well-rounded understanding of both the technical aspects of AI and the principles of design. My active participation in various projects across different labs at Penn State, exploring subjects such as AI biases, crisis response, adaptive learning, and community evaluation, has further honed my ability to think critically and work collaboratively in order to find impactful solutions through research. My PhD is supervised by Dr. Mary Beth Rosson. I am a part of the Innovation and Collaboration Lab led by Dr. Jack M. Carroll and Mary Beth Rosson. My primary research focus is to leverage data-driven approaches rooted in educational psychology to design cutting-edge tools that improve the online learning experience.
Publications
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Gautam, S., Rosson, M.B. (2023) and Akgun, M. Exploring Potential Contributions of Social Learning to Adaptive Learning Systems. CHI EA '23: Extended Abstracts of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
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Venkit, P., Gautam, S., Panchanadikar, R., Huang, T., & Wilson, S. (2023) Nationality Bias in Text Generation. Proceedings of the 17th Conference of the European Chapter of the Association for Computational Linguistics.
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Gautam, S., Akgun, M., & Mitra, P. (2022, March). Exploring the challenges of AI experts to inform AI curriculum. In Proceedings of the 54th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education V. 2 (pp. 1338-1338).
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Rodriguez, G. R., Gautam, S., & Tapia, A. (2023). Parler, Capitol Riots, Alt-Right and Radicalization in Social Media. ISCRAM Asia Pacific. (In Press)
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Grace, R., Gautam, S., & Tapia, A. (2022). Continuity planning for public health crises: Designing workplace redundancies for organizational resilience. Journal of Emergency Management. (In Press)
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Grace, R., Gautam, S., & Tapia, A. (2022). Continuity planning in Public-Safety Answering Points during the COVID-19 pandemic. In Proceedings of the Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management (ISCRAM) Asia Pacific Conference (pp. 173-180). Melbourne, Australia.
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Rodriguez, G. R., Gautam, S., & Tapia, A. (2022). Understanding Twitters behavior during the pandemic: Fake News and Fear. arXiv preprint arXiv:2202.05134.
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Gautam, S. (2022). In Alexa, We Trust. Or Do We?: An analysis of People's Perception of Privacy Policies. arXiv preprint arXiv:2209.00086.
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Gautam, S., & Rosson, M. B. (2021). Exploring Feelings of Student Community across a Geographically Distributed University. Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction, 5(CSCW1), 1-16.
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Saurabh, S., & Gautam, S. (2019). Modelling and statistical analysis of YouTube's educational videos: A channel Owner's perspective. Computers & Education, 128, 145-158.
Honors and Awards
2020 Robert Graham Endowment Graduate Fellow, Pennsylvania State University
2019 Robert Graham Endowment Graduate Fellow, Pennsylvania State University
2015-2019 Undergraduate Scholar (Tuition Waiver), Shiv Nadar University
2013-2019 National Talent Search Scholar, Government of India
Leadership Roles
PRESIDENT
Graduate Student Organization College of Information Sciences and Technology
Pennsylvania State University
CO-ORGANIZER
HackData- The Data Science Hackathon
Shiv Nadar University
CHAIR
SNU ACM-W Chapter
Shiv Nadar University
News
2023
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May : Our paper on 'Unmasking Nationality Bias: A Study of Human Perception of Nationalities in AI-Generated Articles' got accepted at AIES 23!
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April : I will be attending CHI 2023 in Germany!
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February : Our CHI-LBW Paper got in!
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January : We got our paper accepted at EACL!
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January : Our paper with 911 Centers during Covid-19 got accepted in the Journal of Emergency Management.
2022
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December : Our poster paper got accepted at SIGCSE Technical Symposium.
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November : I will be attending CSCW as a Student Volunteer.
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September : I am happy to share that I will be joining Dataminr as a UX Research Intern for Fall.
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August : Our work with 911 Centers during Covid-19 got accepted at ISCRAM Asia Pacific.
2021
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October : I will be presenting my paper on the We Are project at CSCW. I will also be a Student Volunteer at the conference.
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September : I am happy to share that I will be joining Dataminr as a UX Research Intern for Fall.
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August : I successfully defended my PhD Thesis Proposal! I am now an ABD!
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April : I will be attending the 2021 CRA-WP Grad Cohort Workshop for Women .
2020
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August : I have been awarded the Robert Graham Graduate Fellowship.
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May : I passed my Qualifying Exam. I am now a PhD Candidate!
2019
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August : I have been awarded the Robert Graham Graduate Fellowship.
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May : I graduated with Honors in Computer Science with a minor in Economics from Shiv Nadar University.
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April : I will be attending Penn State starting this Fall to pursue PhD in Informatics with a focus on Human Computer Interaction.
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February : I got PhD acceptances from Penn State, Arizona State and Singapore Management University.
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January : I will be starting as a Technology Strats Intern at Goldman Sachs.
"It is our choices that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities"
J. K. Rowling
CV
Professional Experience
Research Intern, HAI
Sept 2022 - Dec 2022
Dataminr
Worked as a UX researcher in the AI Engineering team.
Completed two research studies and analyzed results for an additional research study.
Research Intern, HCI
Sept 2021 - Dec 2021
Dataminr
Worked as a qualitative UX researcher in the AI Engineering team.
Designed, conducted and analyzed semi-structured interviews.
Technology Strats Intern
Jan 2019 - May 2019
Goldman Sachs
Worked as a part of the Corporate Cash Management team.
Developed a web-based micro-services driven payment control
portal to replace the legacy payment control platform.
Get in Touch
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