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Sharoda
Sharoda
Education: PhD in Information Sciences and Technology from Pennsylvania State University
Business: GE Global Research, San Ramon, CA
Position: Collaboration Researcher in the Digital Industries Organization at the Global Software Center
Hobbies/Interests: At work, my research interests are in human-computer interaction (HCI), computer-supported cooperative work (CSCW), social computing, and healthcare informatics. Outside of work, I like to run, hike and explore nature. I like to cook food from different cuisines. And I also enjoy going out dancing and to the theater.

What were you doing before joining GE?

I was a Computing Innovation Fellow in the Augmented Social Cognition group at the Palo Alto Research Center. I studied how people use their social networks to fulfill their information needs. Before that, my PhD dissertation focused on how groups make sense of information during collaborative information seeking activities in two domains - Web search and healthcare. During my PhD. program, I had the opportunity to intern twice at Microsoft Research in Redmond, WA in their HCI groups.

Why did you decide to join GE?

I was excited by the opportunity to apply my research on collaboration to real products and complex problems in software, collaboration, human-computer interaction and user experience.

What are you working on?

I'm exploring how collaboration and social technologies can be leveraged by GE to support collaborations both among groups within the company as well as for GE's customers.

What are you most looking forward to about your role at the Global Software Center?

I'm looking forward to helping GE explore new problems and develop innovative solutions in software, collaboration tools, and analytics. I'm also looking forward to participating in shaping the direction of my team, both in terms of research agenda and team building.

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