Omar Shaikh
Hey there! I'm a third (!) year Ph.D. student in Computer Science at
Stanford, co-advised by Michael Bernstein and Diyi Yang. Previously, I was an undergrad in the College of Computing at
Georgia Tech (go Jackets!), advised by Diyi Yang and Polo Chau.
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I'm interested in human-AI grounding—namely, how should we define, measure, and build computational representations of shared context between humans and artificial intelligence. I work on NLP methods to measure and model the construction of common ground between humans and computers. I also build HCI systems that help people build common ground with eachother.
Also: if you're an undergrad at Stanford interested in research (especially if you identify with a historically marginalized group), please reach out! I'm more than happy to chat about opportunities here!
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