About me
Collaboration Software Research -- Collaborative User Experience Group
Research lab: Watson Research Center (Cambridge)
Sadat joined the Collaborative User Experience Group at IBM Research in the summer of 2008. His primary research areas are computer supported cooperative work, computer mediated communication, and social computing. Specifically, his interests lie in the design of theoretically informed systems that can act as effective ‘interventions’ to support knowledge workers. He enjoys developing systems that embrace the potential of emerging technologies but also have a strong grounding in socio-cognitive theories of behavior.
Sadat has a PhD in Information Science from Cornell University, where he majored in Human Computer Interaction. Prior to starting his PhD, Sadat was a research associate at the University of Michigan Ann Arbor, where he developed multi-player online games to study distributed collaboration. His research has been presented at various international conferences such as CHI, CSCW, INTERACT, and HICSS.
Sadat has lived in five countries and while he does not intend to live in any more, he certainly looks forward to visiting many more. When he's not doing research, Sadat can be found jogging along the Charles River on the Cambridge side, where he also lives.
Current Project
I am working on the Olympus project where I'm empirically testing the effectiveness of using avatars in distributed meetings.
Publications
Refereed conference and journal articles
[C.12] Shami, N.S., Ehrlich, K., Gay, G.K., Hancock, J.T. (2009) Making sense of strangers' expertise from signals in digital artifacts. In Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2009), ACM Press. (Acceptance rate: 277/1130 ~ 24.5%)
[C.11] Shami, N.S., Ehrlich, K., Millen, D.R. (2008) Pick me! Link selection in expertise search results. In Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2008), ACM Press. (Acceptance rate: 61/338 ~ 18%)
[C.10] Ehrlich, K., Shami, N.S. (2008). Searching for expertise. In Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2008), ACM Press. (Acceptance rate: 61/338 ~ 18%)
[C.9] Shami, N.S., Yuan, Y., Cosley, D.R., Xia, L., Gay, G.K. (2007). That's what friends are for: Facilitating awareness of 'who knows what' across group boundaries. In Proceedings of the 2007 International ACM SIGGROUP Conference on Supporting Group Work (GROUP 2007), Sanibel Island, FL. (Acceptance rate: 38/132 ~ 29%)
[C.8] Xia, L., Shami, N.S., Yuan, Y., Gay, G.K. (2007). The impact of negative relations on performance and satisfaction in group work. In Proceedings of the 40th Hawaii International Conference on Systems Sciences (HICSS-40 '07), Hawaii, USA.
[C.7] Bos, N.D., Olson, J.S., Nan, N., Shami, N.S., Hoch, S. (2006). Collocation blindness in partially distributed teams: Is there a downside in being collocated? In Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2006), ACM Press. (Acceptance rate: 118/508 ~ 23%)
[J.2] Bos, N.D., Shami, N.S. (2006). Adapting a face-to-face role-playing simulation for online play. Educational Technology Research and Development. Vol. 54, No. 5, 493-521.
[J.1] Bos, N.D., Shami, N.S., Naab, S.R. (2006) A Globalization simulation to teach corporate social responsibility: Design features and analysis of student reasoning. Simulation & Gaming, Vol. 37, No. 1, 56-72.
[C.6] Shami, N.S., Leshed, G., Klein, D. (2005). Context of Use Evaluation of Peripheral Displays (CUEPD). In Proceedings of the Tenth IFIP TC13 International Conference on Human Computer Interaction (INTERACT 2005), Rome, Italy. (Accpetance rate: 70/264 ~ 27%)
[C.5] Bos, N.D., Olson, J.S., Cheshin, A., Kim, Y., Nan, N., Shami, N.S. (2005). Traveling Blues: The effect of relocation on partially distributed teams. In Extended Abstracts of the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2005), ACM Press. (Acceptance rate: 113/453 ~ 25%)
[C.4] Shami, N.S., Bos, N.D., Wright, Z., Hoch, S., Kuan, K.Y., Olson, J.S., Olson, G.M. (2004). An experimental simulation of multi-site software development. In Proceedings of CASCON '04, IBM Center for Advanced Studies, Toronto. (Acceptance rate: 24/97 ~ 25%)
[C.3] Bos, N.D., Shami, N.S., Olson, J.S., Cheshin, A., Nan, N. (2004). In-group/out-group effects in distributed teams: An experimental simulation. In Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work 2004, New York: ACM Press. (Acceptance rate: 53/176 ~ 30%)
[C.2] Shami, N.S., Bos, N.D, Fort, T., Gordon, M.D. (2004). Designing a globalization simulation to teach corporate social responsibility. Developments in Business Simulation & Experiential Exercises, Volume 31, 2004. [ Recipient of Best Paper Award ]
[C.1] Bos, N.D., Fort, T., Gordon, M.D., Shami, N.S. (2003). Simulation of tradeoffs in socially responsible globalization. In Proceedings of World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2003, 23-26.
Workshops
[W.6] Shami, N.S. (2008) Supporting distributed meetings through 'lightweight' virtual world applications. Remix rooms: Redefining the smart conference room workshop. CSCW 2008, San Diego, USA.
[W.5] Shami, N.S., Hancock, J.T., Peter, C., Muller, M.J., Kim, Y., Mandryk, R. (2008). Measuring affect in HCI: Going beyond the individual. In Extended Abstracts of the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2008), New York: ACM Press.
[W.4] Crane, E., Shami, N.S., Peter, C. (2007). Let's get emotional: Emotion research in Human Computer Interaction. In Extended Abstracts of the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2007), New York: ACM Press.
[W.3] Shami, N.S. (2006). Together apart: An ethnographic study of industry-academia collaboration. Supporting the social side of large scale software development workshop, CSCW 2006, Banff, Canada.
[W.2] Shami, N.S. (2006). The influence of positive affect in solving a computer mediated 'hidden profile' task. The role of emotion in HCI workshop, HCI 2006 Conference, London, UK.
[W.1] Shami, N.S., Hancock, J.T., Bos, N.D., Gay, G.K. (2004). Managing distributed teams: Lessons learned. In Proceedings of CASCON ‘04, IBM Center for Advanced Studies, Toronto, October 2004.
Refereed conference presentations
[P.3] Bazarova, N.N., Walther, J.B., McLeod, P.L., Shami, N.S. (2007). Minority influence in distributed groups: A comparison of four theories of minority influence. Paper presented at the 2007 annual conference of the International Communication Association, San Francisco, CA.
[P.2] Walther, J.B., McLeod, P.L., Shami, N.S. (2006). Bogus bits and discussion maneuvers in computer-mediated hidden profile discussions. Paper presented at the 92nd National Communication Association Convention, San Antonio, TX.
[P.1] McLeod, P.L., Walther, J.W., Shami, N.S. (2005). Distributed Information and Distributed People: The Hidden Profile and Decision Making in Virtual Groups. Paper presented at the 2005 annual conference of the International Communication Association, New York, NY.
Invited Talks
[T.5] Shami, N.S. (2008) Making sense of strangers’ expertise from digital artifacts. Microsoft Research, Redmond, WA, March 2008.
[T.4] Shami, N.S. (2008) Making sense of strangers’ expertise from digital artifacts. IBM TJ Watson Research Center, Cambridge, MA, February 2008.
[T.3] Shami, N.S. (2005) Facilitating sharing of unique information in distributed teams. 2nd Annual IBM TJ Watson HCI Symposium, Hawthorne, NY, November 2005.
[T.2] Shami, N.S. (2005). Computer Supported Cooperative Work. Guest Lecture for INFO 440/640 Advanced Human Computer Interaction Design, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, November 2005.
[T.1] Shami, N.S. (2005). Decision making in distributed teams: The use of a hidden profile experiment. Cornell Information Science Colloquium, Cornell University , Ithaca, NY, March 2005.
Invited Participant
[I.2] National Science Foundation review panel on Human Centered Computing in CSCW, Arlington, VA, 2009.
[I.1] Microsoft Research Faculty Summit, Redmond, WA, 2008.
Last updated 26 May 2009