Dr Suvodeep Mazumdar
BTech (West Bengal), MSc (Sheffield), PhD (Sheffield), PG Cert (Sheffield Hallam), FHEA
School of Information, Journalism and Communication
Senior Lecturer in Data Analytics
+44 114 222 2697
Full contact details
School of Information, Journalism and Communication
Room C229
The Wave
2 Whitham Road
Sheffield
S10 2AH
- Profile
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Following completion of my MSc in Advanced Computer Science at the University of Sheffield, I joined the Department of Computer Science as a researcher in the area of Human Computer Interaction, Data Visualisation and user interface development. I subsequently pursued my PhD, titled ‘Visualising Large Semantic Datasets: A generic, scalable and aesthetic approach’. My PhD thesis focused on applying interactive visualisations and User-Centered Design techniques to support exploration of large semantic datasets. I briefly worked in the Centre for Assistive Technology and Connected Healthcare as a research scientist before joining the Department of Computer Science in 2014 as a postdoctoral researcher to continue my research on large scale data analytics. I joined Sheffield Hallam University as a lecturer in Computing in September 2017, and subsequently joined the Information School in the University of Sheffield, now part of the School of Information, Journalism and Communication, as a lecturer in October 2018.
 
- Research interests
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My research explores developing techniques and mechanisms for reducing the barrier for user communities in understanding very large complex multidimensional datasets. I conduct inter-disciplinary research on highly engaging, interactive and visual mechanisms in conjunction with complex querying techniques for seamless navigation, exploration and understanding of complex datasets. I have applied my research in a wide range of application domains such as Aerospace Engineering, Sports Informatics, Crisis/Emergency Management, Smart Cities and Mobility Planning. As a part of my research, I collaborate with large multi-disciplinary teams of academics, industry partners, city councils and planners. I have worked in several large research and industrial projects funded by the European Union, Innovate UK and European Space Agency. My research includes:
- Studying and developing data and visual analytic techniques to analyse massive volumes of dynamic data in near real time;
 - Citizen Science and Crowdsourcing techniques for observing physical phenomena, events and environments;
 - User Interface development, Human Computer Interaction and User Centered Design;
 - Assistive technologies to support independent activities of daily living.
 
I am interested in supervising PhD students in the following areas:
- Data visualisation techniques for large scale data
 - Application of Data visualisation in AI
 - Citizen Science and crowdsourcing
 
 
- Publications
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Books
- . Springer International Publishing.
 
Journal articles
- . Wellcome Open Research, 10.
 - . Computers in Biology and Medicine, 197, Part A.
 - . Wellcome Open Research, 10, 455-455.
 - . Frontiers in Communication, 10.
 - . IEEE Access, 13, 140313-140336.
 - . Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, 12(1).
 - . Research Ideas and Outcomes, 10.
 - . Land, 13(6).
 - . International Journal of Community Well-Being, 7(2), 155-212.
 - . IEEE Access, 12, 34174-34191.
 - . IET Conference Proceedings, 2023(39), 104-113.
 - . BMJ Quality and Safety, 33(6).
 - . International Journal of E-Planning Research, 12(1), 1-40.
 - . Futures, 152.
 - . Education for Information, 39(4), 431-449.
 - . International Journal of Medical Informatics, 173.
 - . Journal of Librarianship and Information Science, 56(2), 330-340.
 - . Gender, Technology and Development, 26(3).
 - . Electronic Journal of Information Systems in Developing Countries.
 - . Computers in Biology and Medicine, 151, Part A.
 - . International Journal of Remote Sensing, 43(8), 2965-2985.
 - . BMJ Open, 12(5), e058628.
 - . Emergency Medicine Journal, 39, 317-324.
 - . IoT, 2(2), 275-309.
 - . Smart Cities, 3(4), 1353-1382.
 - . Future Internet, 12(12).
 - . British Journal of Occupational Therapy, 83(10), 648-658.
 - . Journal of Reliable Intelligent Environments, 6(1), 51-61.
 - . International Journal of Spatial Data Infrastructures Research, 13, 101-108.
 - . Remote Sensing, 9(1).
 - Citizens observatories for effective Earth observations: the WeSenseIt Approach. Environmental Scientist, 25(2), 56-61.
 - . International Journal of Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management, 8(2), 50-69.
 - . Semantic Web, 6(3), 277-312.
 - . Semantic Web – Interoperability, Usability, Applicability, 5(5), 357-372.
 - . Semantic Web – Interoperability, Usability, Applicability, 5(3), 203-220.
 - . International Journal of Advanced Computer Science and Applications, 16(2).
 - . Proceedings of the 22nd European Conference on Research Methodology for Business and Management Studies, 22(1), 266-269.
 
Book chapters
- In Alam M, Rospocher M, van Erp M, Hollink L & Asefa Gesese G (Ed.), Lecture Notes in Computer Science (pp. 260-270). Springer Nature Switzerland
 - , Communications in Computer and Information Science (pp. 103-109). Springer Nature Switzerland
 - , Lecture Notes in Computer Science (pp. 491-508). Springer Nature Switzerland
 - , Emergency and Disaster Management (pp. 464-485). IGI Global
 - Citizen science technologies and new opportunities for participation, CITIZEN SCIENCE (pp. 303-320).
 - , Earth Observation Open Science and Innovation (pp. 69-88). Springer International Publishing
 - , Earth Observation Open Science and Innovation (pp. E1-E1). Springer International Publishing
 - , Computer Communications and Networks (pp. 367-381). Springer International Publishing
 - In Bordogna G & Carrara P (Ed.), Mobile information Systems Leveraging Volunteered Geographic Information for Earth Observation (pp. 35-52). Springer
 - In Gandon F, Cabrio E, Stankovic M & Zimmermann A (Ed.), Semantic Web Evaluation Challenges SemWebEval 2015 at ESWC 2015, Portorož, Slovenia, May 31-June 4, 2015, Revised Selected Papers (pp. 51-62). Springer International Publishing
 - NL-Graphs: A Hybrid Approach toward Interactively Querying Semantic Data, The Semantic Web: Trends and Challenges (pp. 565-579). Springer International Publishing
 - , Lecture Notes in Computer Science (pp. 209-224). Springer Berlin Heidelberg
 
Conference proceedings
- Data-driven sustainable cities in the UK: The case of public space and social cohesion. Proceedings of the 29th UK Academy for Information Systems (UKAIS) International Conference (pp 616-629). Canterbury, Kent, 25 April 2024 - 25 April 2024.
 - Datafication in Smart Cities: Understanding How the Public Experience Urban Environments. Proceedings of the European Conference on Research Methods in Business and Management Studies, Vol. 2023-September (pp 260-263)
 - Understanding reactions to misinformation - a COVID-19 perspective. ISCRAM 2022 Conference Proceedings - 19th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management (pp 687-700). Tarbes, France, 22 May 2022 - 22 May 2022.
 - . Information Science Trends 2021: Information Science Research During COVID-19 and Post-Pandemic Opportunities. Virtual conference, 9 June 2021 - 9 June 2021.
 - . FAT* '20: Proceedings of the 2020 Conference on Fairness, Accountability, and Transparency (pp 425-435). Barcelona, Spain, 27 January 2020 - 27 January 2020.
 - . 2019 10th International Conference on Dependable Systems, Services and Technologies (DESSERT) (pp 235-240), 5 June 2019 - 7 June 2019.
 - . Proceedings, Vol. 2(6). Brisbane, Australia, 26 March 2018 - 26 March 2018.
 - . UbiComp '17 Proceedings of the 2017 ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing and Proceedings of the 2017 ACM International Symposium on Wearable Computers (pp 432-440). Maui, Hawaii, 11 September 2017 - 11 September 2017.
 - . British Journal of Occupational Therapy, Vol. 80 (pp 62-62). Birmingham, UK, 19 June 2017 - 19 June 2017.
 - . Harnessing the Power of Technology to Improve Lives, Vol. 242 (pp 102-110). Sheffield, UK, 11 September 2017 - 11 September 2017.
 - Seeing through the Eyes of the Citizens during Emergencies. The 12th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 23 May 2016 - 23 May 2016.
 - Visualizing semantic table annotations with TableMiner. Ceur Workshop Proceedings, Vol. 1690
 - A tool for creating and visualizing semantic annotations on relational tables. Ceur Workshop Proceedings, Vol. 1699 (pp 2-10)
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 - Workshop summary: Workshop on Semantics and Analytics for Emergency Response (SAFE2015). Iscram 2015 Conference Proceedings 12th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management, Vol. 2015-January
 - Geo-fence driven crowd-sourcing for Emergencies. Iscram 2015 Conference Proceedings 12th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management, Vol. 2015-January
 - . USES 2014 - The University of Sheffield Engineering Symposium. The Octagon Centre, University of Sheffield
 - Proceedings of the International Workshop on Visualizations and User Interfaces for Knowledge Engineering and Linked Data Analytics co-located with 19th International Conference on Knowledge Engineering and Knowledge Management, VISUAL@EKAW 2014, Linköping, Sweden, November 24, 2014.. VISUAL@EKAW, Vol. 1299
 - Visualizing and animating large-scale spatiotemporal data with ELBAR explorer. Ceur Workshop Proceedings, Vol. 1272 (pp 161-164)
 - User driven Information Extraction with LODIE. Ceur Workshop Proceedings, Vol. 1272 (pp 385-388)
 - Visual Design Recommendations for Situation Awareness in Social Media. Proceedings of the 11th International ISCRAM Conference – University Park, Pennsylvania, USA, May 2014
 - Visual Analysis of Real-time Social Media for Emergency Response. Proceedings of the 2nd Workshop on Social Media and Linked Data for Emergency Response (SMILE 2014), Extended Semantic Web Conference 2014. Heraklion, Crete
 - Visualizations and User Interfaces for Knowledge Engineering and Linked Data Analytics. CEUR Workshop Proceedings, Vol. 1299
 - Preface - Editors' note. Ceur Workshop Proceedings, Vol. 1191
 - Roadmapping discussion summary - Social media and linked data for emergency response. Ceur Workshop Proceedings, Vol. 1191
 - Visualising Topical Sentiment in Twitter Streams. Social Media and Linked Data for Emergency Response (SMILE)
 - Evaluating the real usability of a C2 system – short and controlled vs long and real. ISCRAM. Baden-Baden, Germany, 12 May 2013 - 15 May 2013.
 - Visualising Context and Hierarchy in Social Media. ntelligent Exploration of Semantic Data (IESD), co-located with Knowledge Engineering and Knowledge . Galway City, Ireland, 8 October 2012 - 9 October 2012.
 - A Knowledge Dashboard for Manufacturing Industries.. ESWC Workshops, Vol. 7117 (pp 112-124)
 - Identifying information needs by modelling collective query patterns. Ceur Workshop Proceedings, Vol. 782
 - . Lecture Notes in Computer Science Including Subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics, Vol. 7031 LNCS(PART 1) (pp 209-224)
 - Integrating and interpreting social data from heterogeneous sources. Ceur Workshop Proceedings, Vol. 595 (pp 16-27)
 - Visualization of large datasets using semantic web technologies. Ceur Workshop Proceedings, Vol. 568
 - Multi Visualization and Dynamic Query for Effective Exploration of Semantic Data. SEMANTIC WEB - ISWC 2009, PROCEEDINGS, Vol. 5823 (pp 505-520)
 - SEMLEX - A Framework for Visually Exploring Semantic Query Log Analysis. 10th International Semantic Web Conference (ISWC2011). Bonn, Germany, 23 October 2011 - 27 October 2011.
 - Identifying information needs by modelling collective query patterns. Consuming Linked Data Workshop (COLD 2011). Located at the 10th International Semantic Web Conferenc, Vol. 782. Bonn, Germany, 23 October 2011 - 27 October 2011.
 - A Semantic Knowledge Management Framework for Informal Communication Exchanges. 10th International Semantic Web Conference (ISWC2011)
 
Posters
- Decision Graphs: Managing Decisions for Emergencies..
 
Theses
- Visualising Large Semantic Datasets.
 - Musical Mindstorms.
 
Preprints
- , arXiv.
 - , Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
 - , Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
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- Research group
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Current PhD students
- Ahmed Alnuhayt: The Role of Computational Intelligence and Aggregation Systems in Decision Making
 - Yuyang Liu: Machine learning and health informatics
 - Jie Qi: 'Understanding Interactions with Public Spaces: A Social Values Perspective'
 - Chisenga Muyoya: 'Intersectional Approaches to Data'
 - Haoyu Xie: Understanding the use of HIT catcher scripts in crowdsourcing
 
 
- Teaching interests
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My primary areas of teaching involve big data, data analytics, HCI and visualisation topics. I am currently contributing to 'Information Visualisation for Decision Making', 'Data visualisation', ‘Researching Social Media’, and 'Information Systems in Organisations' taught across a range of MSc programs. I also supervise dissertations from various MSc programs. As a computer scientist, I have taught various technical subjects such as programming, data structures, web technologies, big data and distributed systems, visual analytics and Tableau. I also regularly organise and deliver training sessions for researchers and practitioners in international conferences and events.
 
- Teaching activities
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INF4000 - Data Visualisation
INF4001 - Data Visualisation for Decision-Making
INF6027 - Introduction to Data Science
 
- Professional activities and memberships
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I regularly serve as programme committee member and act as reviewer for several conferences and journals such as:
- ISWC – International Semantic Web Conference
 - ESWC – Extended Semantic Web Conference
 - ISCRAM – International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Management
 - Semantic Web Journal
 - EKAW – International Conference on Knowledge Engineering and Knowledge Management
 - ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
 - UbiComp – International Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing (2015)
 - Journal of Web Semantics, Special issue on evaluation of semantic technologies (2013)
 - VOILA – Visualisation and Interaction for Ontologies and Linked Data Workshop, collocated with ISWC (2016)
 - IESD – Intelligent Exploration of Semantic Data Workshop collocated with ISWC 2014
 - OntoPLM – International Workshop on Semantic Web Technologies for PLM, collocated with MICAI 2013
 - BigVis – International Workshop on Big Data Visual Exploration and Analytics (2018)
 
I organised a series of tutorials on Visual Analytics with Social Media for Crisis Management 24 at the International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management over several years (ISCRAM 2013, 2014, 2015,2017). The tutorials have had an increasing interest among a wide range of participants from researchers to practitioners and volunteers. I also organised a series of tutorials at ESWC, on Visual Analytics with LOD (Linked Open Data) and Social Media 25 for 2013, 2014.