Nithya Sambasivan

Nithya Sambasivan is a computer scientist who researches Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) and AI/ML. Her current personal site describes Google DeepMind and Google Research as former affiliations; a 2023 paper lists her as an Independent Researcher in California. A public LinkedIn summary currently lists Stealth Startup, but the company and exact role are not disclosed. Her research addresses data cascades, model centrism, domain expertise, data quality, and global algorithmic fairness, with a focus on human-centered and responsible AI for the Global South and marginalized communities. Google’s historical profile records her founding the HCI group at Google Research India and researching with PAIR; her current site summarizes past impact on Google Station, Search, YouTube, Maps, Gemini, and other projects.

• Current public status | Stealth Startup | Listed in a public LinkedIn summary; company and role undisclosed
  • The full LinkedIn page returned 999 during this review, so no company name, title, or start date is inferred.
• Former | Google DeepMind / Google Research | Staff Research Scientist; HCI team founder and leader
  • Her personal site describes her as formerly a Staff Research Scientist at Google DeepMind in Mountain View and says she founded and led HCI teams in India and Ghana.
  • A 2021 Google interview described her then-current role as founder of the Google Research India HCI group and an HCI researcher at PAIR; this is historical and does not establish a current Google role.
• Former | University of Washington | Visiting associate professor
  • Listed as a former role on her personal site; dates are not provided.

• Dates not stated | University of California, Irvine | Ph.D. in Information and Computer Sciences
• Dates not stated | Georgia Institute of Technology | M.S. in Human-Computer Interaction
  • She describes undergraduate study as engineering, but her public materials do not identify the institution; no third-party aggregator data is added.

• Personal website: current About text uses “formerly at Google/Google DeepMind” and lists education, research areas, and contact.
• Google interview (2021): verifies the historical Google Research India HCI/PAIR role and Global South/responsible-AI focus.
• AI for Accessibility: An Agenda for the Global South (2023): lists her author affiliation as Independent Researcher, California, USA.
• Verification date: 2026-09-23. LinkedIn full page returned 999 and Google Scholar returned 429; links are retained but their internal account data was not read.