Nikhil Sharma
Doctoral
Candidate
School of Information,
University of Michigan, Ann
Arbor
Email: nsharma[AT]umich[DOT]edu
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Nikhil Sharma Doctoral
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About
Me
I
am currently a PhD Candidate in the School
of Information (SI) at the University
of Michigan (expected completion date: July 2009). My research is
focused on social aspects of information and HCI. I am interested in
studying sensemaking, collaboration, handoffs and the process of
design. To learn more about me please see my CV
(pdf).
Research
My
dissertation, Sensemaking
Handoffs: Why? How? & When? under
the direction of George Furnas, Michael Cohen, Judy Olson, Karl Weick
and Daniel Russell, explores the various factors affecting handoff of
sensemaking. Sensemaking situations often require people to collect
and organize information and often involve handoffs. Examples of such
sensemaking handoff situations include medical and computer-support
referrals. My research work contributes to the growing field of
social aspects of information, and studies the ways in which
information systems can leverage collaboration in difficult
information tasks like sensemaking. This work is complemented by my
interests in design, information gathering and information use. To
find out about my research please see my research
statement (pdf).
Teaching
I
have been lucky to have had the opportunity to teach at SI and was
honored to receive the outstanding Graduate Student Instructor (GSI)
of the year award (2005) at SI. To learn more about my teaching see
my teaching portfolio (pdf).
Links
Updated: December 22, 2008