Nitin Verma

About me

I am a doctoral student at the School of Information at The University of Texas at Austin. My broad research interest is investigating the notion of trust in information and information technology. My dissertation research focuses on how AI-based synthetic audiovisual media (such as deepfake videos) might influence trust in visual media.

Scholarly Articles and Publications

Journal Articles

Slota, S. C., Fleischmann, K. R., Greenberg, S. R., Verma, N., Cummings, B., Li, L., & Shenefiel, C. (2022). Locating the work of AI ethics. Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology. https://doi.org/h4bk


Slota, S. C., Fleischmann, K. R., Greenberg, S. R., Verma, N., Cummings, B., Li, L., & Shenefiel, C. (2021). Many hands make many fingers to point: Challenges in creating accountable AI. AI & Society. https://doi.org/gpb58n


Refereed Conference Proceedings

Stangl, A., Verma, N., Fleischmann, K. R., Morris, M. R., & Gurari, D. (2021). Going beyond one-size-fits-all image descriptions to satisfy the information wants of people who are blind or have low vision. Proceedings of the 23rd International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS ’21). https://doi.org/h4bm


Verma N., Shiroma K., Rich K., Fleischmann K.R., Xie B., Lee M.K. (2021). Conducting quantitative research with hard-to-reach-online populations: Using Prime Panels to rapidly survey older adults during a pandemic. In: Toeppe K., Yan H., Chu S.K.W. (eds) Diversity, Divergence, Dialogue (pp. 384–393). iConference 2021. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 12646. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/gjh99z


Slota, S. C., Fleischmann, K. R., Greenberg, S., Verma, N., Cummings, B., Li, L., & Shenefiel, C. (2021). Something new versus tried and true: Ensuring ‘Innovative’ AI is ‘Good’ AI. In: Toeppe K., Yan H., Chu S.K.W. (eds) Diversity, Divergence, Dialogue (pp. 24–32). iConference 2021. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 12646. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10/gjh992


Slota, S. C., Fleischmann, K. R., Greenberg, S., Verma, N., Cummings, B., Li, L., & Shenefiel, C. (2020). Good systems, bad data?: Interpretations of AI hype and failures. Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology, 57(1), e275. https://doi.org/10/ghkc72


Verma, N., Fleischmann, K. R., & Koltai, K. S. (2019). Understanding online trust and information behavior using demographics and human values. In: Taylor N., Christian-Lamb C., Martin M., Nardi B. (eds) Information in Contemporary Society (pp. 654–665). iConference 2019. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 11420. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/ghkc6h


Verma, N., Fleischmann, K. R., & Koltai, K. S. (2018). Demographic factors and trust in different news sources. Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology, 55(1), 524–533. https://doi.org/10.1002/pra2.2018.14505501057


Verma, N., Fleischmann, K. R., & Koltai, K. S. (2017). Human values and trust in scientific journals, the mainstream media and fake news. Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology, 54(1), 426–435. https://doi.org/10.1002/pra2.2017.14505401046


Karadkar, U. P., Verma, N., Dong, L., Galloway, P., Obaseki, V., & Davis, K. (2017). Digital preservation and compliance-based access for privacy-sensitive records. 2017 Texas Conference on Digital Libraries. Texas Conference on Digital Libraries, Austin, TX, USA.


Refereed Workshop Papers and Posters

Verma, N. (2022). Understanding deepfakes from an evolutionary perspective. 72nd Annual ICA Conference, May 26–30, 2022, Paris, France (Hybrid)

Fleischmann, K. R., Greenberg, S. R., Longoria, R. G., Hill, K. M., Pejlatowicz, P. M., Bendana, J., Slota, S. C., Verma. N., Ko, E. G. (2022). Smart hand tools: Leveraging AI to empower blue-collar workers. iConference 2022. February 28–March 4, 2022. Online.

Verma, N., Fleischmann, K. R., & Koltai, K. S. (2021). From the crowd to the lab: Replicating a crowdsourced information behavior data collection in a usability lab. SIG-USE 2021 21st Annual Research Symposium.

Verma, N. (2020). Deepfakes and disinformation: A grand challenge for information behavior research. SIG-USE 2020 20th Annual Research Symposium at ASIST 2020: Grand Challenges in Information Behavior Research – Theory. Virtual.

Fleischmann, K. R., Xie, B., Lee, M. K., Verma, N., Shiroma, K., Rich, K., Sagna, A., Davis, N., Jia, C., Zhang, A., & Zimmerman, T. (2020). Trust in health information about COVID-19: age, eHealth literacy, and human values. Presented at The University of Texas at Austin COVID-19 Conference. Virtual.

Verma, N., Shiroma, K., Rich, K., Fleischmann, K. R., Xie, B., & Lee, M. K. (2020). Studying the COVID-19 related health information behavior of older and younger adults. Poster presented at The University of Texas at Austin COVID-19 Conference. Virtual.

Fleischmann, K. R., Simons, R. N., Greenberg, S. R., Gurari, D., Stangl, A., Verma, N., Day, Jaxsen R., Yeh, T. (2019). Good Systems: Ethical AI for CSCW. ACM Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing. Austin, Texas.

Verma, N., Fleischmann, K. R., & Koltai, K. S. (2018). Understanding the information experience of fake news. SIG-USE Symposium: Moving Toward the Future of Information Behavior Research and Practice, Annual Meeting of the Association for Information Science and Technology, Vancouver, BC, Canada.

Verma, N., (2018). Knowledge practices and information behavior in astrology. SIG-USE Symposium: Moving Toward the Future of Information Behavior Research and Practice, Annual Meeting of the Association for Information Science and Technology, Vancouver, BC, Canada.

Fleischmann, K. R., Koltai, K. S., & Verma, N. (2017). Entitled to your own facts: The social informatics of knowledge in the era of fake news. SIG-SI Research Symposium on the Social Informatics of Knowledge, Annual Meeting of the Association for Information Science and Technology, Crystal City, VA.

Invited Talks and Panels


Teaching


Teaching