Faculty
Raiyan Abdul Baten
Assistant Professor
ENG 116 | 585-200-8886
Office Hours: Tuesday 9:00am - 12:00pm (In Person)
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Biography
Raiyan Abdul Baten received his PhD and MS degrees from the University of Rochester and a BSc from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology. He was a research intern at Snap Inc., in the Computational Social Science group, and Samsung R&D Institute, where he was part of the Solution Lab.
Research Interests
Baten works in the research areas of human-computer interaction, affective computing, computational social science, network science, machine learning/deep learning, natural language processing, and graph data mining. He directs the USF Computational Social Science and AI (CSSAI) Lab.
His research focuses on building human-centered technology to enhance people鈥檚 soft skills and collective performance outcomes in online interaction platforms.
Teaching Interests
His teaching interests include social media mining, human-computer interaction, affective computing, ethical issues and professional conduct, data mining, statistical network analysis, machine learning, and natural language processing.
Education
PhD - University of Rochester, 2022
MS - University of Rochester, 2018
BSc - Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, 2016
Honors and Awards
- Outstanding PhD Dissertation Award, Association for the Advancement in Affective Computing (AAAC), 2023
Key Activities
Organizing Roles
- Doctoral Consortium Chair, Affective Computing and Intelligent Interaction (ACII 2025)
- Web Chair, Affective Computing and Intelligent Interaction (ACII 2024)
- Publicity and Social Media Chair, Affective Computing and Intelligent Interaction (ACII 2023)
Reviewer
Scientific Reports, ACM CHI, ACM CSCW, ACM IMWUT, AAAC ACII, UbiComp/ISWC, Frontiers in Communication, AAAI ICWSM, ACM Hypertext, International Journal of Human-Computer Studies, Negotiation Journal, ACM UIST, AAAI.