Scholar
Simra Shahid
Google Scholar ID: RXM-KSQAAAAJ
Research Scientist, Adobe
Citations & Impact
Citations
193
H-index
6
i10-index
6
Publications
20
Co-authors
0
Publications
Resume (English only)
Academic Achievements
- Best Paper Award at Scholarly Document Processing (SDPROC) @ ACL 2025; 'Literature-Grounded Novelty Assessment of Scientific Ideas' accepted in SDPROC @ ACL 2025; SCIDEATOR accepted in AI & Scientific Discovery Workshop @ NAACL 2025; CoPrompter accepted in ACM IUI 2025; Recognition from the Indian Prime Minister & Health Minister of Singapore; Outstanding Young Engineers Award from Adobe for showing impact and innovation.
Research Experience
- Works as a Researcher II in Microsoft Research’s PROSE group, focusing on how users' domain, culture, and expertise shape what counts as 'useful' and designing adaptive systems to bridge those gaps. Previously, was a Research Scientist on Adobe’s Media & Data Science team, contributing to projects from early research to product launch, including document-recommendation, conversational-assistant, and personalization pipelines.
Education
- Received a government-sponsored scholarship to study Entrepreneurship at Carleton University, Canada.
Background
- Research interests include helping people get the information they need, especially using AI as an 'attention-debiaser' in data visualization and scientific discovery. Specializes in designing adaptive systems.
Miscellany
- Passionate about mentoring and making STEM more inclusive, having guided K-12 students, undergraduates, and professionals about AI and its effective use in their work.
Co-authors