Scholar
Nikhil Garg
Google Scholar ID: 8qSK3noAAAAJ
Assistant Professor, Cornell Tech
Citations & Impact
Citations
2,465
H-index
18
i10-index
24
Publications
20
Co-authors
81
list available
Publications
Resume (English only)
Academic Achievements
- ['Three paper awards at CSCW 2025: Best Paper Award, Impact Recognition, and Diversity & Inclusion Recognition for two papers led by PhD advisee Vince Bartle', 'PhD advisee Zhi Liu successfully defended and was named a finalist for the INFORMS George Dantzig Dissertation Award', 'Program co-chair for ACM EAAMO 2025', "Published 'Faster Information for Effective Long-Term Discharge: A Field Study in Adult Foster Care' at CSCW 2025", 'Published '"Shopping Around": An Experiment in Preferences and Incentives for Placing Long-term Patients' at CSCW 2025', "Published 'Quantifying Spatial Under-reporting Disparities in Resident Crowds'"]
Background
- Assistant Professor of Operations Research and Information Engineering (ORIE) at Cornell Tech, Jacobs Institute
- Field member in ORIE, Computer Science, and Information Science at Cornell University
- Designs, builds, deploys, and evaluates public interest AI systems and data-driven decision-making in societal systems
- Work spans computer science, operations research, data science, intersecting with economics and policymaking
- Combines strengths of machine learning/AI and market design/operations to improve democracy, education, high-stakes recommenders, and societal systems
- Emphasizes first-hand practical experience in a domain before conducting research; collaborates closely with government agencies
