Vivek Singh

I direct the Behavioral Informatics Lab at Rutgers University. Our lab works at the intersection of human behavior and information technology. We develop new algorithms, interfaces, and frameworks that aim to maximize the good of technology (e.g., predicting mental health issues) while minimizing the potential harms (e.g., privacy loss).

Two major themes of research are:

(1) AI for health and wellness: Developing theory-aware algorithms that use multimodal data (e.g., phone logs, social media) to model mental health, wellbeing, trust, etc. Projects: Rutgers Well-being Study (2015-2020); Rutgers Wellness Study (2021-ongoing).

(2) Reducing harm in digital environments: Developing algorithms, interfaces, and frameworks that reduce harm in digital environments (e.g., cyberbullying, privacy loss, misinformation, algorithmic bias).

Education

• Post-doctoral Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2012 — 2014)
• Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) University of California, Irvine (2007 — 2012)
• Master of Computing National University of Singapore (2003 — 2005)
• B.Eng National University of Singapore (1998 — 2002)
• City Montessori School

Companies

• Visiting Scholar Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2021)
• Associate Professor Rutgers University (2020)
• Assistant Professor Rutgers University (2014 — 2020)
• Post-Doctoral Associate MIT (2012 — 2014)
• Doctoral Research University of California, Irvine (2007 — 2012)
• Research Intern Kodak Research Labs (2010 — 2010)
• Research Associate National University of Singapore (2006 — 2007)
• Lecturer Institute of Technical Education, Singapore. (2002 — 2006)
• Research Intern Silicon Graphics Inc (2001 — 2001)