Sukrit Venkatagiri

I’m a second-year PhD student in Computer Science at the Crowd Intelligence Lab at Virginia Tech, where I’m advised by Dr. Kurt Luther. I received my BE in Computer Science from PES University (Electronic City) under the guidance of Dr. Snehanshu Saha.

My research interests lie at the intersection of human-computer interaction, design, and sensemaking, where I study and build real-time crowdsourcing systems to augment expert investigators’ work practices and scale up their expertise.

I employ a variety of methods—both qualitative and quantitative—to evaluate the systems and interfaces that I build. Currently, I am conducting a mixed-methods evaluation of a crowdsourcing system to help journalists find where a photo was taken anywhere in the world. It includes a think-aloud protocol, log analysis, and a semi-structured interview to analyze how journalists perform using our tool, and what their thoughts and reflections are.

• November 2019 (Austin, TX): Attending CSCW 2019 as a Student Volunteer and presenting a paper.
• April 2019 (Blacksburg, VA): Attended the VT Algorithms that Make You Think Workshop in Blacksburg, VA, and presenting a poster.
• December 2018: An essay I co-authored with Amy Zhang was published by RTI Press.
• November 2018 (Jersey City): Attending CSCW 2018 as a Student Volunteer and presenting a paper at the Rural Computing Workshop.
• October 2018 (Washington, D.C.): Selected as a Graduate Student Fellow to attend the Rita Allen Misinformation Solutions Forum in DC.
• June 2018 (Pajaro Dunes, CA): Attended HCIC 2018 on AI + HCI where I presented a poster on my current work.
  
• June 2018: Moved to the VT Research Center in Arlington, VA.
  
• April 2018 (Montreal, QC): Attended CHI 2018 as a Student Volunteer, my first conference!
• March 2018: Presented my work from last semester at VT GSARS.
• March  2018 (Blacksburg, VA): Helped organize the VT Systems of Truth Workshop and presented a poster.
  
• January 2018: I’m TA-ing for CS2505: Computer Organization I.
• August 2017: I’m TA-ing for CS2506: Computer Organization II.
• August 2017:  Joined the Crowd Intelligence Lab at Virginia Tech.