Shalini Kapali Kurumathur

Doctoral Student - ISCS, Information Systems and Cyber Security

Shalini Kapali Kurumathur

Bio

She received her Advanced Graduate Certificate in Complex Systems Science and Engineering from the State University of New York at Binghamton and holds an undergraduate degree in Electronics and Communications Engineering. She has over six years of experience in various industries, including oil and gas, media, IT, and consulting.

Her research interests focus on the integration of behavioral science and information systems. Specifically, her research draws on theories from sociology, psychology, criminology, and leadership in the context of information systems. In particular, she has explored topics such as polarization on social media, phishing, and software development teams. She also specializes in methodologies involving computationally intensive theory construction, computational social science, natural language processing, econometrics, generative AI, machine learning, and conducting systemic surveys.

Her work has been presented at various international conferences and workshops, including the International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS), the Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS), the Annual Symposium on Information Assurance (ASIA), the Bright Internet Global Summit (BIGS), the Northeast Regional Conference on Complex Systems (NERCCS), and the Trust and Safety Research Conference at Stanford University. She has received the Outstanding Doctoral Student Paper Award at the Pre-ICIS Workshop on Information Security and Privacy (WISP) and the Best Student Paper Award at the Bright Internet Global Symposium (BIGS). She has teaching experience in Information Systems and Organizational Behavior

Research Interests

  • Social impact of social media
  • Cyber Security
  • Artificial intelligence
  • Computational Social Science