Scholar
Sumer S. Vaid
Google Scholar ID: vaamhuwAAAAJ
Postdoctoral Researcher, Harvard Business School
Citations & Impact
Citations
771
H-index
9
i10-index
9
Publications
18
Co-authors
20
list available
Publications
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Resume (English only)
Academic Achievements
- Publications cover topics such as modeling social media habits using transformers and LSTM neural networks, contextualizing meaningful social interactions and momentary well-being, variation in social media sensitivity across people and contexts, the potential of generative AI for personalized persuasion at scale, and paradigm shifts in digital personalization.
Research Experience
- Ongoing projects include simulating organizational behavior with generative AI agents, individual differences in susceptibility and responses to multi-modal fake news, psychological fit between personality and time-use patterns, tacit knowledge and informal interactions in distributed work, and momentum and persistence in psychological fit.
Education
- Ph.D., Stanford University; M.A., Stanford University; B.A., University of Chicago; M.A., University of Chicago.
Background
- Computational behavioral scientist and human-centered AI researcher, working as a postdoc at Harvard Business School. My research combines social psychology, statistics, and computer science to examine how people achieve psychological fit between their inner mental lives and their everyday digital experiences. My goal is to harness the full potential of AI and digital media to advance human flourishing. Outside of research, I enjoy HIIT cardio and hard science fiction.
Miscellany
- Personal interests include HIIT cardio and hard science fiction.
