Research Interests

My research interests are Conversational Retrieval Systems, Interactive Information Retrieval (IIR), and Human-Computer Interaction (HCI). I am a mixed-methods researcher and specialize in applications of Deep Learning and Natural Language Processing (NLP) techniques to solve problems in Information Retrieval (IR). I extensively use Experimental Design (both qualitative and quantitative) to assess Human Information Behavior and preferences while searching online. My current research focus on conversational search systems and AI-regulated protection of Personal Identifiable Information (PII).

Announcement

I am looking for engaging and self-motivated students to work with me. If you are interested in working with me, send an email to me at souvick.ghosh@sjsu.edu with your CV and a brief description of your previous research experiences & current research interests.

news & Updates

• I will be serving as the Co-chair for Panels and Alternative Events at Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T) Annual Meeting 2022.
• I will be serving as a Minitrack Chair for Human-centered Digital Privacy Solutions for Digital and Social Media Minitrack at 56th Hawaii International Conference on Systems Sciences, 2022..
• I will be serving as the Chair-Elect for Special Interest Group in Social Media (SIG SM) at ASIS&T.
• Our paper "The Sound of Music: From Increased Personalization to Therapeutic Values" has been nominated for the best paper award at 2022 Information Seeking in Context (ISIC) conference, Berlin, Germany [to be presented on 26-29 September, 2022].

Recent publications

1. Caceres, I. & Ghosh, S. (2022). The Sound of Music: From Increased Personalization to Therapeutic Values. In 2022 Information Seeking in Context (ISIC) conference, Berlin, Germany. [Full Paper] [Best Paper Nomination] [to be presented on 26-29 September, 2022] [Student Co-author]
2. Cannon, E., Crouse, B., Ghosh, S., Rihn, N., & Chua, K. (2022, January). “Don’t Downvote A\$\$\$\$\$\$ s!!”: An Exploration of Reddit’s Advice Communities. In Proceedings of the 55th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences. [Full Paper] [Student Co-authors]
3. Ghosh, S. (2021). “Can You Search for Me?”: Understanding and Improving User‐System Dialogues for Complex Search Tasks. Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology, 58(1), 173-184. [Full Paper
4. Ghosh, S., & Ghosh, S. (2021). “Do Users Need Human-like Conversational Agents?”–Exploring Conversational System Design Using Framework of Human Needs. In Proceedings of Second International Conference on Design of Experimental Search & Information REtrieval Systems, Padova, Italy, September 15-18, 2021. [Full Paper] [Student Co-author]
5. Ghosh, S. & Ghosh, S. (2021). Classifying Speech Acts using Multi-channel Deep Attention Network for Task-oriented Conversational Search Agents. In Proceedings of the 2021 ACM SIGIR Conference on Human Information Interaction and Retrieval (CHIIR’ 21), March 14-19, 2021, Canberra, ACT, Australia. [Short Paper] [Student Co-author]
6. Ghosh, S. (2021). Predicting Question Deletion and Assessing Question Quality in Social Q&A Sites using Weakly Supervised Deep Neural Networks. In Proceedings of the 54th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (p. 2699). [Full Paper]

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