Scholar
Pooja S. B. Rao
Google Scholar ID: qt_4EK0AAAAJ
University of Lausanne, IIIT Bangalore
Citations & Impact
Citations
205
H-index
8
i10-index
5
Publications
19
Co-authors
0
Publications
Resume (English only)
Academic Achievements
- 1. CHI '25 paper “RiskRAG: A Data-Driven Solution for Improved AI Model Risk Reporting”. 2. SIGCHI Gary Marsden Travel award to travel to Yokohama, Japan for CHI 2025. 3. Work accepted to CHI 2025 from Nokia Bell Labs. 4. Journal paper accepted to IJHCS in 2024. 5. Successfully conducted the workshop “Multimodal Machine Learning for Human Behaviour Understanding” at AMLD 2024. 6. Best Paper recognition at ACM CHI 2023 for the paper “Changes in Research Ethics, Openness, and Transparency in Empirical Studies between CHI 2017 and CHI 2022”. 7. Volunteered for ICMI 2022. 8. Paper “Understanding Interviewees' Perceptions and Behaviour to Verbally and Non-verbally Expressive Virtual Interviewing Agents” accepted at GENEA workshop. 9. Opinion paper “Explainability in Automated Training and Feedback Systems” accepted at ACM CHI Workshop HCXAI 2022. 10. Conducted the workshop “Virtual Interviewer: Build your own interviewing agent” at AMLD 2021. 11. Paper “Improving Asynchronous Interview Interaction with Follow-up Question Generation” accepted for publication in the International Journal of Interactive Multimedia and Artificial Intelligence (Special Issue Extended Papers ECAI).
Research Experience
- 1. Summer internship at the Responsible AI team, Nokia Bell Labs (June to August 2024). 2. Research experience at Accenture Technology Labs and HP Inc R&D Labs working on different NLP problems. 3. Worked at Fidelity Investments for 2 years.
Education
- PhD: Co-advised by Prof. Mauro Cherubini from UNIL and Prof. Dinesh Babu Jayagopi from IIIT Bangalore. Master's: Completed at IIIT Bangalore, focusing on improving and automating asynchronous video interviews using Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing and Generation, Multimodal Processing.
Background
- Research interests: Intersection of Human Computer Interaction and Artificial Intelligence, focusing on automated interview training systems. Professional field: Human-centered AI, aiming to enhance individuals' ability to interact with and learn from AI systems.
Miscellany
- Enjoys doing Kathak dance and learning about zero-waste/sustainable practices in her free time.
Co-authors