Dr. Nirmalya Thakur

Research

Dr. Thakur's research spans the fields of Big Data, Data Analysis, Human-Computer Interaction, Machine Learning, and Natural Language Processing, and he has published over 50 peer-reviewed papers in leading conferences and journals. His work leverages interaction data from people's everyday activities, both within smart home environments and on digital platforms like social media, to address critical societal challenges.

His research in AI-powered infoveillance and social media analytics focuses on developing computational frameworks that reveal how public sentiment, misinformation, and anxiety related to global health crises such as COVID-19, Mpox, Measles, and Disease X emerge and evolve on social media platforms including X, YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, and Reddit. Using multilingual sentiment analysis, topic modeling, anxiety detection, and toxicity analysis, these frameworks capture the dynamics of online discourse across linguistic and cultural boundaries. The findings demonstrate that misinformation, conspiracy theories, and emotionally charged content on social media shape public perceptions, trust, and behavior, and that these responses can shift rapidly in response to policy changes, emerging variants, or health interventions.

To further advance technologies that improve quality of life, he also develops assistive solutions that support healthy aging and independent living. His projects in this area include human activity recognition, user-specific activity recommendation, indoor location detection, fall detection, and detection of cognitive impairments from user interactions. These data-driven smart home systems deliver personalized, adaptive, and responsive support that enhances safety, fosters autonomy, and promotes well-being for older adults.

In summary, Dr. Thakur’s research leverages data from everyday interactions in physical and digital settings to deliver solutions that address pressing societal needs and improve individual and community well-being, advancing knowledge and innovation across multiple disciplines.

Watch a brief overview of the DDIHTS Lab in the video below.

Peer-Reviewed Publications

(Impact factor from the Journal Citation Reports: https://jcr.clarivate.com/jcr/)

• Nirmalya Thakur, Mingchen Shao, Victoria Knieling, Vanessa Su, Andrew Bian, and Hongseok Jeong, "Dynamics of COVID-19 Misinformation: An Analysis of Conspiracy Theories, Fake Remedies, and False Reports", Proceedings of the 27th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (HCII 2025), Gothenburg, Sweden, June 22 - June 27, 2025 link to the paper
• Nirmalya Thakur, Niven Fernandes, and Marc Tchona, "Systematic Classification of Studies Investigating Social Media Conversations about Long COVID Using a Novel Zero-Shot Transformer Framework", Proceedings of the 27th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (HCII 2025), Gothenburg, Sweden, June 22 - June 27, 2025 link to the paper
• Nirmalya Thakur, Kesha A. Patel, Audrey Poon, Shuqi Cui, Nazif Azizi, Rishika Shah, and Riyan Shah, "Quantifying Public Response to COVID-19 Events: Introducing the Community Sentiment and Engagement Index", Proceedings of the 15th Annual Computing and Communication Workshop and Conference (IEEE CCWC 2025) Nevada, United States link to the paper
• Vanessa Su and Nirmalya Thakur, "COVID-19 on YouTube: a Data-Driven Analysis of Sentiment, Toxicity, and Content Recommendations", Proceedings of the 15th Annual Computing and Communication Workshop and Conference (IEEE CCWC 2025) Nevada, United States link to the paper
• Nirmalya Thakur, Kesha A. Patel, Audrey Poon, Rishika Shah, Nazif Azizi, and Changhee Han "Investigation of the Global Fear Associated with COVID-19 Using Subjectivity Analysis and Deep Learning", Journal of Computation, Volume 12, Issue 6, Article 118 link to the paper [J, Impact Factor 1.9]
• Nirmalya Thakur, Vanessa Su, Mingchen Shao, Kesha A. Patel, Hongseok Jeong, Victoria Knieling, and Andrew Bian, "A labelled dataset for sentiment analysis of videos on YouTube, TikTok, and other sources about the 2024 outbreak of measles", Proceedings of the 26th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (HCII 2024), Washington, United States, June 29 - July 4, 2024 link to the paper
• Shuqi Cui, Nirmalya Thakur, and Audrey Poon, "Emoji Retrieval from Gibberish or Garbled Social Media Text: A Novel Methodology and A Case Study", Proceedings of the 26th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (HCII 2024), Washington, United States, June 29 - July 4, 2024 link to the paper
• Victoria Knieling and Nirmalya Thakur, "Stress, Anxiety, and Depression in Young Adults: Findings from a User Diversity-based Analysis", Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Human Interaction and Emerging Technologies (IHIET 2024) in Venice, Italy, August 26-28, 2024 link to the paper
• Kesha A. Patel and Nirmalya Thakur, "Dissemination of Misinformation About COVID-19 on TikTok: A Multimodal Analysis", Proceedings of the 26th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (HCII 2024), Washington, United States, June 24 - July 4, 2024 link to the paper
• Nirmalya Thakur, Shuqi Cui, Karam Khanna, Victoria Knieling, Yuvraj Nihal Duggal, and Mingchen Shao "Investigation of the Gender-Specific Discourse about Online Learning during COVID-19 on Twitter Using Sentiment Analysis, Subjectivity Analysis, and Toxicity Analysis", Journal of Computers, Volume 12, Issue 11, Article 221 link to the paper [J, Impact Factor 2.6]
• Nirmalya Thakur, Shuqi Cui, Kesha A. Patel, Nazif Azizi, Victoria Knieling, Changhee Han, Audrey Poon, and Rishika Shah "Marburg Virus Outbreak and a New Conspiracy Theory: Findings from a Comprehensive Analysis and Forecasting of Web Behavior", Journal of Computation, Volume 11, Issue 11, Article 234 link to the paper [J, Impact Factor 1.9]
• Nirmalya Thakur, Kesha A. Patel, Audrey Poon, Rishika Shah, Nazif Azizi, and Changhee Han "A Comprehensive Analysis and Investigation of the Public Discourse on Twitter about Exoskeletons from 2017 to 2023", Journal of Future Internet, Volume 15, Issue 10, Article 346 link to the paper [J, Impact Factor 2.8]
• Nirmalya Thakur, Shuqi Cui, Kesha A. Patel, Isabella Hall, and Yuvraj Nihal Duggal "A Large-Scale Dataset of Search Interests related to Disease X originating from different Geographic Regions", Journal of Data, Volume 8, Issue 11, Article 163 link to the paper [J, Impact Factor 2.2]
• Nirmalya Thakur, "Investigating and Analyzing Self-Reporting of Long COVID on Twitter: Findings from Sentiment Analysis", Journal of Applied System Innovation, Volume 6, Issue 5, Article 92 link to the paper [J, Impact Factor 3.8]
• Nirmalya Thakur, Yuvraj Nihal Duggal, and Zihui Liu "Analyzing Public Reactions, Perceptions, and Attitudes during the MPox Outbreak: Findings from Topic Modeling of Tweets", Journal of Computers, Volume 12, Issue 10, Article 191 link to the paper [J, Impact Factor 2.6]
• Nirmalya Thakur, "Sentiment Analysis and Text Analysis of the Public Discourse on Twitter about COVID-19 and MPox", Journal of Big Data and Cognitive Computing, Volume 7, Issue 2, 2023, Article 116 link to paper [J, Impact Factor 3.7]
• Nirmalya Thakur, Karam Khanna, Shuqi Cui, Nazif Azizi, and Zihui Liu, "Mining and Analysis of Search Interests related to Online Learning Platforms from Different Countries since the Beginning of COVID-19", Proceedings of the 25th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (HCII 2023), Copenhagen, Denmark, July 23-28, 2023 link to the paper
• Nirmalya Thakur, Hazel Cho, Haokun Cheng, and Hyunji Lee, "Analysis of User Diversity-based Patterns of Public Discourse on Twitter in the Context of Mental Health during Online Learning Due to COVID-19", Proceedings of the 25th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (HCII 2023), Copenhagen, Denmark, July 23-28, 2023 link to the paper
• Nirmalya Thakur, Isabella Hall, and Chia Y. Han, "A Comprehensive Study to Analyze Trends in Web Search Interests Related to Fall Detection Before and After COVID-19", Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Computer Science and Software Engineering (CSSE 2022), Guilin, China, October 21-23, 2022 link to the paper
• Nirmalya Thakur, "MonkeyPox2022Tweets: A Large-Scale Twitter Dataset on the 2022 Monkeypox Outbreak, Findings from Analysis of Tweets, and Open Research Questions", Journal of Infectious Disease Reports, Volume 14, Issue 6, 2022, pp. 855-883 link to the paper [J, Impact Factor 3.4]
• Nirmalya Thakur, "Twitter Big Data as a Resource for Exoskeleton Research: A Large-Scale Dataset of about 140,000 Tweets from 2017–2022 and 100 Research Questions", Journal of Analytics, Volume 1, Issue 2, 2022, pp. 72-94 link to the paper [J]
• Nirmalya Thakur and Chia Y. Han, "A Simplistic and Cost-Effective Design for Real-World Development of an Ambient Assisted Living System for Fall Detection and Indoor Localization: Proof-of-Concept", Journal of Information, Volume 13, Issue 8, 2022, Article 363 link to the paper [J, Impact Factor 2.4]
• Nirmalya Thakur, "A Large-Scale Dataset of Twitter Chatter about Online Learning during the Current COVID-19 Omicron Wave", Journal of Data, Volume 7, Issue 8, 2022, Article 109 link to the paper [J, Impact Factor 2.2]
• Nirmalya Thakur and Chia Y. Han, "An Exploratory Study of Tweets about the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron Variant: Insights from Sentiment Analysis, Language Interpretation, Source Tracking, Type Classification, and Embedded URL Detection", Journal of COVID, Volume 2, Issue 8, 2022, pp. 1026-1049 link to the paper [J]
• Nirmalya Thakur, Isabella Hall, and Chia Y. Han, "Investigating the Emergence of Online Learning in Different Countries using the 5 W’s and 1 H Approach", Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Human Interaction & Emerging Technologies: Artificial Intelligence & Future Applications (IHIET-AI 2022), Lausanne, Switzerland, April 21-23, 2022 link to the paper
• Nirmalya Thakur, Saumick Pradhan, and Chia Y. Han, "Investigating the impact of COVID-19 on Online Learning-based Web Behavior", Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Human Interaction & Emerging Technologies: Artificial Intelligence & Future Applications (IHIET-AI 2022), Lausanne, Switzerland, April 21-23, 2022 link to the paper
• Nirmalya Thakur, Cat Luong, and Chia Y. Han, "An Approach to Investigate Public Opinion, Views, and Perspectives Towards Exoskeleton Technology", Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Human Interaction & Emerging Technologies: Artificial Intelligence & Future Applications (IHIET-AI 2022), Lausanne, Switzerland, April 21-23, 2022 link to the paper
• Isabella Hall, Nirmalya Thakur, and Chia Y. Han, "Trends in Remote Learning-based Google Shopping in the United States due to COVID-19", Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Human Interaction & Emerging Technologies: Artificial Intelligence & Future Applications (IHIET-AI 2022), Lausanne, Switzerland, April 21-23, 2022 link to the paper
• Nirmalya Thakur and Chia Y. Han, "Indoor Localization for Personalized Ambient Assisted Living of Multiple Users in Multi-Floor Smart Environments", Journal of Big Data and Cognitive Computing, Volume 5, Issue 3, 2021, Article 42 link to the paper [J, Impact Factor 3.7]
• Nirmalya Thakur and Chia Y. Han, "Pervasive Activity Logging for Indoor Localization in Smart Homes", Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Data Science and Information Technology (DSIT 2021), Shanghai, China, July 23-25, 2021 link to the paper
• Nirmalya Thakur and Chia Y. Han, "Country-Specific Interests towards Fall Detection from 2004–2021: An Open Access Dataset and Research Questions", Journal of Data, Volume 6, Issue 8, 2021, Article 92 link to the paper [J, Impact Factor 2.2]
• Nirmalya Thakur and Chia Y. Han, "A Multimodal Approach for Early Detection of Cognitive Impairment from Tweets", Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Human Interaction and Emerging Technologies (IHIET 2021), Paris, France, August 27-29, 2021 link to the paper
• Nirmalya Thakur and Chia Y. Han, "Google Trends to Investigate the Degree of Global Interest Related to Indoor Location Detection", Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Human Interaction and Emerging Technologies (IHIET 2021), Paris, France, August 27-29, 2021 link to the paper
• Nirmalya Thakur and Chia Y. Han, "Multimodal Approaches for Indoor Localization for Ambient Assisted Living in Smart Homes", Journal of Information, Volume 12, Issue 3, 2021, Article 114 link to the paper [J, Impact Factor 2.4]
• Nirmalya Thakur and Chia Y. Han, "A Human-Human Interaction-driven Framework to Address Societal Issues", Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Human Interaction and Emerging Technologies (IHIET 2021), Paris, France, August 27-29, 2021 link to the paper
• Nirmalya Thakur and Chia Y. Han, "A Study of Fall Detection in Assisted Living: Identifying and Improving the Optimal Machine Learning Method", Journal of Sensor and Actuator Networks, Volume 10, Issue 3, 2021, Article 39 link to the paper [J, Impact Factor 3.3]
• Nirmalya Thakur and Chia Y. Han, "Towards A Language for Defining Human Behavior for Complex Activities", Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Human Interaction and Emerging Technologies (IHIET 2020), Paris, France, August 27-29, 2020 link to the paper
• Nirmalya Thakur and Chia Y. Han, "Towards a Knowledge Base for Activity Recognition of Diverse Users", Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Human Interaction and Emerging Technologies (IHIET 2020), Paris, France, August 27-29, 2020 link to the paper
• Nirmalya Thakur and Chia Y. Han, "Framework for facilitating Human-Human Interactions to Mitigate Loneliness in Elderly", Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Human Interaction and Emerging Technologies (IHIET 2020), Paris, France, August 27-29, 2020 link to the paper
• Nirmalya Thakur and Chia Y. Han, "An Ambient Intelligence-Based Human Behavior Monitoring Framework for Ubiquitous Environments", Journal of Information, Volume 12, Issue 2, 2021, Article 81 link to the paper [J, Impact Factor 2.4]
• Nirmalya Thakur and Chia Y. Han, "A Multilayered Contextually Intelligent Activity Recognition Framework for Smart Home", Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Human Interaction and Emerging Technologies (IHIET 2020), Paris, France, August 27-29, 2020 link to the paper
• Nirmalya Thakur and Chia Y. Han, "An Intelligent Ubiquitous Activity Aware Framework for Smart Home", Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Human Interaction and Emerging Technologies (IHIET 2020), Paris, France, August 27-29, 2020 link to the paper
• Nirmalya Thakur and Chia Y. Han, "A Context Driven Indoor Localization Framework for Assisted Living in Smart Homes", Proceedings of the 22nd International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (HCII 2020), Copenhagen, Denmark, July 19-24, 2020 link to the paper
• Nirmalya Thakur and Chia Y. Han, "A Framework for Monitoring Indoor Navigational Hazards and Safety of Elderly", Proceedings of the 22nd International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (HCII 2020), Copenhagen, Denmark, July 19-24, 2020 link to the paper
• Nirmalya Thakur and Chia Y. Han, "Exoskeleton-Based Multimodal Action and Movement Recognition: Identifying and Developing the Optimal Boosted Learning Approach", Journal of Advances in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, Volume 1, Issue 1, 2021, Article 4 link to the paper [J]
• Nirmalya Thakur and Chia Y. Han, "A Framework for Prediction of Cramps during Activities of Daily Living in Elderly", Proceedings of the International Conference on Big Data, Artificial Intelligence and Internet of Things Engineering (ICBAIE 2020), Fuzhou, China, June 12-14, 2020 link to the paper
• Nirmalya Thakur and Chia Y. Han, "An Approach for Detection of Walking Related Falls during Activities of Daily Living", Proceedings of the International Conference on Big Data, Artificial Intelligence and Internet of Things Engineering (ICBAIE 2020), Fuzhou, China, June 12-14, 2020 link to the paper
• Nirmalya Thakur and Chia Y. Han, "Framework for an Intelligent Affect Aware Smart Home Environment for Elderly People". International Journal of Recent Trends in Human Computer Interaction (IJHCI),Volume - 9, Issue 1, 2019, pp. 23-43 link to the paper [J]
• Nirmalya Thakur and Chia Y. Han, “Framework for a Personalized Intelligent Assistant to Elderly People for Activities of Daily Living”, International Journal of Recent Trends in Human Computer Interaction (IJHCI), Volume – 9, Issue – 1, 2019, pp. 1-22 link to the paper [J]
• Nirmalya Thakur and Chia Y. Han, "An Improved Approach for Complex Activity Recognition in Smart Homes". Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Software and Systems Reuse, Ohio, USA, June 26–28, 2019 link to the paper
• Nirmalya Thakur and Chia Y. Han, “A Context-Driven Complex Activity Framework for Smart Home”, Proceedings of the 9th Annual Information Technology, Electronics and Mobile Communication Conference (IEMCON) 2018, Vancouver, Canada, Nov. 1-3, 2018 link to the paper
• Nirmalya Thakur and Chia Y. Han, “A Hierarchical Model for Analyzing User Experiences in Affect Aware Systems”, Proceedings of the 9th Annual Information Technology, Electronics and Mobile Communication Conference (IEMCON) 2018, Vancouver, Canada, Nov. 1-3, 2018 link to the paper
• Nirmalya Thakur and Chia Y. Han, “An Approach to Analyze the Social Acceptance of Virtual Assistants by Elderly People”, Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on the Internet of Things (IoT) 2018, Santa Barbara, California, Oct. 15-18, 2018 link to the paper
• Nirmalya Thakur and Chia Y. Han, “Methodology for Forecasting User Experience for Smart and Assisted Living in Affect Aware Systems” Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on the Internet of Things (IoT) 2018, Santa Barbara, California, Oct. 15-18, 2018 link to the paper
• Nirmalya Thakur and Chia Y. Han, “An Emotion Recognition Algorithm for Implementation of Affect Aware Systems in a Smart Home Context”, Poster Presentation, Proceedings of the Fourth Annual Society of Postdoctoral Scholars (SOPS) Research Symposium, University of Kentucky, June 1, 2018 link to the paper
• Nirmalya Thakur and Chia Y. Han, “An Activity Analysis Model for Enhancing User Experiences in Affect Aware Systems”, Proceedings of the IEEE 5G World Forum Conference (IEEE 5GWF) 2018, Santa Clara, California, July 09-11, 2018 link to the paper
• Nirmalya Thakur and Chia Y. Han, “A Virtual Wisdom Mining ‘Pan’ For Connecting Retired Experts With Currently Active Professionals”, Proceedings of IT Research Symposium, University of Cincinnati, Apr. 10, 2018 link to the paper
• Nirmalya Thakur and Chia Y. Han, “A Complex Activity Based Emotion Recognition Algorithm For Affect Aware Systems”, Proceedings of IEEE 8th Annual Computing and Communication Workshop and Conference (IEEE CCWC) 2018, Las Vegas, Jan. 08-10, 2018 link to the paper

Awards, Honors, and Recognitions

• Named as one of Top 30 Early Career Professionals by the IEEE Computer Society link to the announcement
• Received the Best Presenter Award at the 15th Annual Computing and Communication Workshop and Conference (IEEE CCWC 2025) Nevada, United States
• Interviewed by IEEE TV for contributions to the field of Computer Science link to the interview
• Featured on the Cover Page of Millennium Magazine link to the magazine
• Recipient of the Outstanding Reviewer Award from the Journal of Future Internet link to the announcement
• Recipient of the Best Paper Award from the Journal of Information link to the announcement
• "Smart on the Inside: Towards an Indoor Localization-Enabled, Age-friendly Intelligent Environment" - Press Release on Yahoo News about the findings of one of my journal papers on Indoor Localization View the Press Release on Yahoo News
• "The Future of Intelligent Assisted Living Is Here: Falls in the Elderly Can Now Be Detected With Almost 100-Percent Accuracy" - Press Release on Business Insider about the findings of one of my journal papers on Assisted Living View the Press Release on Business Insider
• Recipient of the Young Scientist of the Year Award at the 2nd International Business and Academic Excellence Awards (IBAE) 2020 Featured on on Channel Asia
• Recipient of the Excellent Researcher of the Year Award at the 2nd International Academic and Research Excellence Awards (IARE-2020) Featured on Business Results Magazine
• Findings from one of his journal paper's on COVID-19 Featured on the website of World Health Organization Link to the post
• Featured in the American Scientist Magazine after receiving a Grants in Aid of Research from the National Academy of Sciences Link to the Magazine
• Recipient of the Young Innovator Award at the 2nd Universal Innovators Leadership Awards Featured on Channel Asia
• Recipient of the Best Presenter Award at the 5th International Conference on Data Science, and Information Technology (DSIT 2022) link to the certificate
• Biography featured by Marquis Who’s Who in 2020 for Excellence in Human-Computer Interaction Research Link to the Press Release
• Biography featured by Marquis Who’s Who in 2019 for Outstanding Contributions to the field of Computer Science Link to the Press Release
• Certificiate of Apprecitation from the IEEE World AI IoT Congress for outstanding contribution as a Reviewer link to the certificate
• Certificiate of Apprecitation from European Alliance for Innovation for outstanding contribution as a Reviewer for the 9th EAI MobiHealth Conference link to the certificate
• Recipient of the Risk Management Award from the University of Cincinnati for conducting breakthrough research that addresses multiple risks associating with aging in Smart Homes
• Recipient of the University of Cincinnati's Distinguished Thesis Award
• Recipient of the Engineer of the Month Award from the College of Engineering and Applied Sciences at the University of Cincinnati
•  Elected as a Full Member of Sigma Xi - The Scientific Research Honor Society link to the certificate

Teaching

Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

• CSC 760: Deep Learning [Fall 25]
• CSC 215: Software Development II [Spring 25, Fall 25]
• CSC 454: Data Mining Theory [Fall 24]
• CSC 554: Data Mining Theory [Fall 24]

Department of Computer Science, Emory University

• CS 323: Machine Learning Applications [Spring 24]
• CS 211: Introduction to Artificial Intelligence [Spring 24, Fall 23, Spring 23]
• CS 326: Analysis of Algorithms [Spring 24, Fall 23, Spring 23]
• CS 497R: Directed Research [Spring 24, Fall 23, Spring 23]
• CS 224: Foundations of Computer Science [Summer 23, Spring 23, Fall 22]
• CS 170: Introduction to Computer Science I [Summer 23]
• PRECOL 100: AI and Computational Decision Making [Summer 23]

Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Cincinnati

• CS 1021-002: Computer Science 1 [Summer 21]
• CS 1021-001: Computer Science 1 [Summer 21]
• EECE 1080-002: Programming for ECE [Summer 21]
• EECE 1080-001: Programming for ECE [Summer 21]

Advising

Dr. Nirmalya Thakur is the Director of the Data-Driven Innovations for Health, Technology and Society (DDIHTS) Lab. He has advised and mentored several students who have co-authored papers in different international conferences and professional journals such as the Journal of Future Internet (Impact Factor 2.8), Journal of Computers (Impact Factor 2.6), Journal of Data (Impact Factor 2.2), and Journal of Computation (Impact Factor 1.9). Some of the recent conferences where his students co-authored papers include the 27th HCI International Conference (HCII 2025) in Gothenburg, Sweden, the 15th Annual Computing and Communication Workshop and Conference in Nevada, United States (IEEE CCWC 2025), the 26th HCI International Conference (HCII 2024) in Washington, United States, the 12th International Conference on Human Interaction and Emerging Technologies (IHIET 2024) in Venice, Italy, the 25th HCI International Conference (HCII 2023) in Copenhagen, Denmark, the 5th International Conference on Computer Science and Software Engineering (CSSE 2022) in Guilin, China, and the 7th International Conference on Human Interaction & Emerging Technologies: Artificial Intelligence & Future Applications (IHIET-AI 2022) in Lausanne, Switzerland.

Advising Experience

Faria Nishat Khan, Ph.D. in Data Science and Engineering, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, August 2025 - Present

Fletcher Anderson, B.S. in Computer Science, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, August 2025 - Present

Madeline Hartel, B.S. in Computer Science, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, May 2025 - Present

Steve de Sa, B.S. in Computer Science, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, September 2025 - Present

Dallas Enriquez, B.S. in Computer Engineering, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, May 2025 - August 2025

Lane Boden, B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, April 2025 - August 2025

Boston Ricks, B.S. in Computer Engineering, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, July 2025 - August 2025

Niven Francis Da Guia Fernandes, B.S. in Computer Science, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, September 2024 – April 2025, Publications (as a co-author): HCII 2025

Marc Tchona, B.S. in Electrical Engineering, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, September 2024 – April 2025, Publications (as a co-author): HCII 2025

Shuqi Cui, B.A. in Computer Science, Emory University, January 2023 - April 2024, Publications (as a co-author): HCII 2024, Journal of Computation, Journal of Computers, Journal of Data, and HCII 2023

Kesha A. Patel, B.A. in Applied Mathematics, Emory University, July 2023 - August 2024 , Publications (as a co-author): HCII 2024, Journal of Computation, Journal of Future Internet, Journal of Data

Victoria Knieling, B.A. in Linguistics, Emory University, August 2023 - August 2024 , Publications (as a co-author): HCII 2024, IHIET 2024, Journal of Computation, Journal of Computers

Nazif Azizi, B.S. in Computer Science, Emory University, January 2023 - April 2024, Publications (as a co-author): Journal of Computation, Journal of Future Internet, and HCII 2023

Audrey Poon, B.S. in Computer Science, Emory University, July 2023 - August 2024, , Publications (as a co-author): : Journal of Computation, Journal of Future Internet, and HCII 2024

Katie Shao, B.A. in Computer Science, Emory University, September 2023 - August 2024, Publications (as a co-author): Journal of Computation, Journal of Computers, and HCII 2024

Karam Khanna, B.S. in Computer Science, Emory University, September 2022 - April 2023, Publications (as a co-author): Journal of Computation, Journal of Computers, and HCII 2023

Rishika Shah, B.S. in Computer Science, Emory University, August 2023 - April 2024, Publications (as a co-author): Journal of Computation and Journal of Future Internet

Changhee Han, B.S. in Computer Science, Emory University, August 2023 - April 2024, Publications (as a co-author): Journal of Computation and Journal of Future Internet

Yuvraj Duggal, B.S. in Computer Science, Emory University, May 2023 - December 2023, Publications (as a co-author): Journal of Computers and Journal of Data

Zihui Liu, B.S. in Computer Science, Emory University, January 2023 - August 2023, Publications (as a co-author): Journal of Computers and HCII 2023

Vanessa Su, B.S. in Mathematics, Emory University, January 2024 - August 2024, Publications (as a co-author): HCII 2024

Andrew Bian, BBA, Emory University, January 2024 - August 2024, Publications (as a co-author): HCII 2024

Hongseok Jeong, B.A. in Economics & Computer Science, Emory University, January 2024 - August 2024, Publications (as a co-author): HCII 2024

Haokun Cheng, B.S. in Quantitative Sciences, Emory University, January 2023 - April 2023, Publications (as a co-author): HCII 2023

Isabella Hall, B.S. in Computer Science, University of Cincinnati, June 2021 - December 2023, Publications (as a co-author): Journal of Data, CSSE 2022, and IHIET-AI 2022

Saumick Pradhan, B.S. in Computer Science, University of Cincinnati, August 2021 - April 2022, Publications (as a co-author): IHIET-AI 2022

Cat Luong, B.S. in Computer Science, University of Cincinnati, August 2021 - December 2021, Publications (as a co-author): IHIET-AI 2022

Service

Editorial Experience

Journal of Human Factors in Healthcare, (ISSN 2772-5014), Elsevier Publishing

Journal of Technology and Disability, (ISSN 1055-4181), IOS Press

Journal of Technology and Healthcare, (ISSN 1878-7401), IOS Press

International Journal of Business Intelligence and Data Mining (ISSN 1743-8195), Inderscience Publishers

Reviewer Experience

IEEE Access (ISSN 2169-3536)

IEEE Systems Journal (ISSN 1932-8184)

Journal of Internet of Things (ISSN 2542-6605), Elsevier Publishing

Journal of Building Engineering (ISSN: 2352-7102), Elsevier Publishing

Proceedings of the ACM on Interactive, Mobile, Wearable and Ubiquitous Technologies

ACM Annual Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

IEEE Symposium on Wireless Technology and Applications

IEEE Global Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Internet of Things

IEEE Global Communications Conference

IEEE International Conference on Data Science and Systems

IEEE World Forum on Internet of Things

IEEE Virtual Reality Conference

IEEE Symposium on Industrial Electronics & Applications

IEEE International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Computer Applications

ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI)

IEEE World AI IoT Congress

Journal of Big Data and Cognitive Computing, (ISSN 2504-2289), MDPI Publishers

Journal of Future Robot Life (ISSN 2589-9953), IOS Publishers

Journal of Computer Science (ISSN 1552-6607), Science Publications

Journal of Designs (ISSN 2411-9660), MDPI Publishers

Technology, Mind, and Behavior - A Journal of the American Psychological Association (ISSN: 2689-0208)

Advances in Science, Technology and Engineering Systems Journal (ISSN: 2415-6698)

Global Journal of Computer Science and Technology (ISSN: 0975-4172)

Journal of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050), MDPI Publishers

Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems (ISSN: 1875-8967), IOS Press

Journal of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417), MDPI Publishers

Journal of Social Sciences (ISSN 2076-0760), MDPI Publishers

Journal of Symmetry (ISSN 2073-8994), MDPI Publishers

Annals of Telecommunications Journal (ISSN 1958-9395), Springer Publishing

Plos One Journal (ISSN 1932-6203), PLOS Publishing

International Conference on Intelligent Informatics and Biomedical Sciences (ICIIBMS)

International Conference on Information Science and Communications Technologies

International Conference on Electronics, Biomedical Engineering, and Health Informatics

International Conference on Intelligent Manufacturing and Automation Engineering

International Conference on Collaborative Computing: Networking, Applications, and Worksharing

International Conference on Electronics, Communications and Information Technology

Innovative Applications of Artificial Intelligence Conference

International Conference on Intelligent Human-Computer Interaction (IHCI)

International Conference on Tangible, Embedded and Embodied Interactions

International Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Soft Computing and Applications

Australian Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (OzCHI)

International Conference on Machine Learning and Applications

EAI International Conference on AI-assisted Solutions for COVID-19 and Biomedical Applications in Smart-Cities

EAI International Conference on Wireless Mobile Communication and Healthcare

EAI International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Systems: Computing, Networking, and Services

EAI International Conference: Arts and Technology-Interactivity & Game Creation

Conference Activites

Co-Chair, International Scientific Advisory Board, 13th International Conference on Human Interaction & Emerging Technologies: Artificial Intelligence & Future Applications (IHIET-AI 2025), Universidad de Málaga, Spain, April 22–24, 2025

Co-Chair, International Scientific Advisory Board, International Scientific Advisory Board, 14th International Conference on Human Interaction & Emerging Technologies: Future Systems and Artificial Intelligence Applications (IHIET-FS 2025), University of East London, England, June 10–12, 2025

Co-Chair, 11th International Conference on Human Interaction & Emerging Technologies: Artificial Intelligence & Future Applications, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois (CHUV), Lausanne, Switzerland, April 12-14, 2024

Co-Chair, 10th International Conference on Human Interaction & Emerging Technologies, Université Côte d'Azur, Nice, France, August 22-24, 2023

Co-Chair, 1st International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Future Technologies: Engineering Design and Healthcare Applications Nice, France, August 22- 24, 2022

Co-Chair, 8th International Conference on Human Interaction & Emerging Technologies, Université Côte d'Azur, Nice, France, August 22-24, 2022

Co-Chair, 7th International Conference on Human Interaction & Emerging Technologies: Artificial Intelligence & Future Applications, Lausanne, Switzerland, April 21-23, 2022

Committee Member, the 4th International Conference on Networks, Communications and Information Technology (CNCIT 2025), Wuxi, China, July 4–6, 2025

Committee Member, the 4th International Conference on Computer Technologies (ICCTech 2025), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, February 20–23, 2025

Committee Member, the 17th International Conference on Machine Learning and Computing (ICMLC 2025), Guangzhou, China, February 14–17, 2025

Committee Member, the IEEE 15th Annual Computing and Communication Workshop and Conference (IEEE CCWC), Las Vegas, Jan 6-8, 2025

Committee Member, 4th International Conference on Electronics, Communications, and Information Technology (CECIT 2023), Sanya, China, December 22-24, 2023

Committee Member, 7th International Conference on Intelligent Manufacturing and Automation Engineering (ICIMA 2023), Changsha, China, December 8-10, 2023

Committee Member, International Conference on Intelligent Informatics and Biomedical Sciences (ICIIBMS 2023), Shanghai, China, November 23 - 25, 2023

Committee Member, International Conference on Information Science and Communications Technologies Applications, Trends and Opportunities (ICISCT 2023), Tashkent, Uzbekistan, September 29 - 30, 2023

Committee Member, 5th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Computer Science (AICS 2023), Wuhan, China, July 26-28, 2023

Committee Member, 3rd International Conference on Computer, Remote Sensing and Aerospace (CRSA 2023), Osaka, Japan, July 14-16, 2023

Committee Member, 3rd International Conference on Frontiers of Electronics, Information and Computation Technologies (ICFEICT 2023), Yangzhou, China, May 26-29, 2023

Committee Member, The 6th IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Computing and Signal Processing (ICSP 2021), Xi'an, China, April 09-11, 2021

Committee Member, Asia Conference on Information Engineering (ACIE 2021), Sanya, China, January 29-31, 2021

Committee Member, The 2021 IEEE International Conference on Consumer Electronics and Computer Engineering (ICCECE 2021), Guangzhou, China, January 15-17, 2021

Committee Member, the 2020 IEEE Global Communications Conference (Globecom), Taipei, Taiwan, December 7-11, 2020

Committee Member, the International Symposium on Automation, Information and Computing (ISAIC 2020), Beijing, China, December 2-4, 2020

Committee Member, the 12th International Conference on Intelligent Human Computer Interaction (IHCI-2020), EXCO Daegu, South Korea, November 24-26, 2020

Committee Member, the 2020 International Conference on Computer Engineering and Intelligent Control (ICCEIC 2020), Chongqing, China, November 6-8, 2020

Committee Member, the 4th International Conference on Intelligent Manufacturing and Automation Engineering (ICIMA 2020), Wuhan, China, October 16-18, 2020

Committee Member, 2nd International Conference on Machine Learning & Applications (CMLA 2020), Copenhagen, Denmark, September 26-27, 2020

Committee Member, International Symposium on Artificial Intelligence in Medical Sciences (ISAIMS 2020), Beijing, China, September 11-13, 2020

Committee Member, the 2nd International Conference on Artificial Intelligence Technologies and Applications (ICAITA 2020), Dalian, China, August 21-23, 2020

Committee Member, the International Conference on Big Data and Social Sciences (ICBDSS 2020), Xi'an, China, August 14-16, 2020

Committee Member, the International Conference on Computer Vision and Data Mining, Xi'an, China, August 7-9, 2020

Committee Member, the 2nd International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Computer Science (AICS 2020), Wuhan, China, July 25-26, 2020

Committee Member, the 3rd International Conference on Computer Information Science and Application Technology (CISAT 2020), Dali, China, July 17-19, 2020

Committee Member, the 3rd International Symposium on Big Data and Applied Statistics (ISBDAS 2020), Kunming, China, July 10-12, 2020

Committee Member, The 2020 International Conference on 5G Mobile Communication and Information Science (MCIS-5G 2020), Guangzhou, China, June 26-28, 2020

Committee Member, The 5th International Symposium on Computer and Information Processing Technology (ISCIPT 2020), Tianjin, China, June 26-28, 2020

Committee Member, International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Education (ICAIE 2020), Tianjin, China, June 26-28, 2020

Committee Member, The 2020 International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Electromechanical Automation (AIEA 2020), Tianjin, China, June 26-28, 2020

Committee Member, the International Symposium on Electronic Information Technology and Communication Engineering (ISEITCE 2020), Jinan, China, June 19-21, 2020

Committee Member, the International Conference on Big Data, Artificial Intelligence and Internet of Things Engineering （ICBAIE 2020), June 12-14, 2020, Fuzhou, China

Committee Member, the International Conference on Signal Processing and Computer Science (SPCS 2020),Xiamen, China, May 22-24, 2020

Committee Member, International Conference on Big Data and Informatization Education (ICBDIE2020), Zhangjiajie, China, April 24-26, 2020

Committee Member, the 4th International Workshop on Advanced Algorithms and Control Engineering (IWAACE 2020), Shenzhen, China, February 21-23, 2020

Committee Member, IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics (SMC 2018), Miyazaki, Japan, October 07-10, 2018

Open Positions

• Master’s Position: Dr. Thakur’s research group has an opening for an MS student to join an ongoing research project at the intersections of Data Mining, Machine Learning, and Natural Language Processing. This project, which could form the basis of an MS thesis, focuses on analyzing and interpreting public discourse on social media platforms such as Twitter (formerly X) and YouTube.
• Undergraduate Research Opportunity: Dr. Thakur’s research group has an opening for an undergraduate student to join an ongoing research project at the intersections of Big Data, Artificial Intelligence, and Data Analysis. This project involves working with and extending state-of-the-art Large Language Models such as ChatGPT and beyond.

To apply to any of these open positions, please email your resume to Dr. Thakur at nirmalya.thakur@sdsmt.edu.