Nithya Sambasivan

2.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
46 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Nithya Sambasivan is a scholar working on Information Systems, Human-Computer Interaction and Management of Technology and Innovation. According to data from OpenAlex, Nithya Sambasivan has authored 46 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in Information Systems, 16 papers in Human-Computer Interaction and 10 papers in Management of Technology and Innovation. Recurrent topics in Nithya Sambasivan's work include ICT in Developing Communities (26 papers), Innovative Human-Technology Interaction (16 papers) and Innovative Approaches in Technology and Social Development (10 papers). Nithya Sambasivan is often cited by papers focused on ICT in Developing Communities (26 papers), Innovative Human-Technology Interaction (16 papers) and Innovative Approaches in Technology and Social Development (10 papers). Nithya Sambasivan collaborates with scholars based in United States, India and Bangladesh. Nithya Sambasivan's co-authors include Shivani Kapania, Bonnie Nardi, Praveen Paritosh, Lora Aroyo, Kentaro Toyama, Ed Cutrell, Thomas N. Smyth, Nimmi Rangaswamy, Edward Cutrell and Nova Ahmed and has published in prestigious journals such as Personal and Ubiquitous Computing, IEEE Security & Privacy and interactions.

In The Last Decade

Nithya Sambasivan

44 papers receiving 1.4k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

“Everyone wants to do the model work, not the data work”: Data Cascades in High-Stakes AI

2021 375 citations Nithya Sambasivan, Shivani Kapania et al. profile →

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Aditya Vashistha United States

Joyojeet Pal United States

Marshini Chetty United States

Jacki O’Neill India

Janet Vertesi United States

David G. Hendry United States

Kenneth R. Fleischmann United States

Matthias Söllner Germany

Amy Voida United States

Airi Lampinen Sweden

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Fields of papers citing papers by Nithya Sambasivan

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Nithya Sambasivan

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Kameswaran, Vaishnav, et al.. (2024). Help and The Social Construction of Access: A Case-Study from India. 1–12.

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Veeraraghavan, Rajesh, et al.. (2022). Inheriting Discrimination: Datafication Encounters of Marginalized Workers. 1–11. 1 indexed citations

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Ismail, Azra, et al.. (2022). When is Machine Learning Data Good?: Valuing in Public Health Datafication. CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. 1–16. 17 indexed citations

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Wang, Ding, et al.. (2022). Whose AI Dream? In search of the aspiration in data annotation.. CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. 1–16. 34 indexed citations

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Sambasivan, Nithya, et al.. (2021). “Everyone wants to do the model work, not the data work”: Data Cascades in High-Stakes AI. 1–15. 375 indexed citations breakdown →

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Sambasivan, Nithya. (2021). Seeing like a dataset from the global south. interactions. 28(4). 76–78. 4 indexed citations

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Kumar, Neha, et al.. (2020). Beyond the portal. interactions. 27(6). 80–83. 3 indexed citations

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Kumar, Neha, et al.. (2020). Towards an AI-powered Future that Works for Vocational Workers. 1–13. 27 indexed citations

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Wong-Villacrés, Marisol, Aakash Gautam, Wendy Roldan, et al.. (2020). From Needs to Strengths. 527–535. 39 indexed citations

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Sambasivan, Nithya, Nova Ahmed, Amna Batool, et al.. (2019). Toward Gender-Equitable Privacy and Security in South Asia. IEEE Security & Privacy. 17(4). 71–77. 13 indexed citations

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Sambasivan, Nithya, Amna Batool, Nova Ahmed, et al.. (2019). "They Don't Leave Us Alone Anywhere We Go". 1–14. 97 indexed citations

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Sambasivan, Nithya, et al.. (2019). Toward Gender Equity Online: Research with the Next Billion Users.

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Dye, Michaelanne, David Nemer, Laura R. Pina, et al.. (2017). Locating the Internet in the Parks of Havana. 3867–3878. 21 indexed citations

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Sambasivan, Nithya, et al.. (2016). "We call it Hi-Fi". 1–11. 7 indexed citations

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Sambasivan, Nithya, et al.. (2015). SmartBrowse: Design and Evaluation of a Price Transparency Tool for Mobile Web Use. Information Technologies and International Development. 11(1). 21–40. 5 indexed citations

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Warschauer, Mark, et al.. (2011). Infrastructures for low-cost laptop use in Mexican schools. 945–954. 34 indexed citations

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Sambasivan, Nithya, Ed Cutrell, Kentaro Toyama, & Bonnie Nardi. (2010). Intermediated technology use in developing communities. 2583–2592. 176 indexed citations

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Sambasivan, Nithya, Ed Cutrell, & Kentaro Toyama. (2010). ViralVCD. 2607–2610. 9 indexed citations

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Thomas, John, Andy Dearden, Susan Dray, et al.. (2008). Hci for community and international development. SHURA (Sheffield Hallam University Research Archive) (Sheffield Hallam University). 3909–3912. 11 indexed citations

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Sambasivan, Nithya, et al.. (2008). VoiceList. 499–500. 8 indexed citations

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