Dr Monica Lestari Paramita
BSc (Indonesia), MSc (Sheffield), PhD (Sheffield)
School of Information, Journalism and Communication
Lecturer in Data Science


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School of Information, Journalism and Communication
Room C227
The Wave
2 Whitham Road
Sheffield
S10 2AH
- Profile
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I obtained my BSc in Computer Science from the СŷÊÓƵ of Indonesia in 2006 and MSc in Information Management from the СŷÊÓƵ of Sheffield in 2008. Since 2008, I have worked as a researcher in diverse areas in Information Retrieval and Natural Language Processing.
My research roles included investigating cross-lingual similarity in the Web, developing systems to support information access (e.g., incorporating voice-based input, visualising bias and transparency in search results), and analysing users' behaviour when interacting with such systems.
I obtained my PhD from the СŷÊÓƵ of Sheffield in 2019 where I developed approaches for identifying cross-lingual similarity in Wikipedia articles.
I joined the Information School as a Lecturer in Data Science in September 2021.
СŷÊÓƵ Responsibilities
- Deputy Programme Coordinator for BSc Data Science
- Researcher Development Lead
- Research interests
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My research focuses on the study of bias and transparency in information retrieval and multilingual information access. I am especially interested to investigate how bias-aware search engines should be designed to support users in their search tasks. I am also interested in researching cross-lingual similarity in Wikipedia; this includes creating methods to measure cross-lingual similarity, understanding why dissimilar information exists, and how this impacts different users (e.g., users in different locations or those speaking different languages).
I would be interested in supervising PhD topics in the following areas:
- bias and transparency in search engines
- multilingual information access, such as multilingual search and cross-lingual similarity in Wikipedia.
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- Research group
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I am part of the Information Retrieval research group.
- Teaching activities
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INF113 - Data-Driven Organisations
INF214 - Using Data for Responsible Decision Making
INF6027 - Introduction to Data Science
INF6060 - Information Retrieval: Search Engines and Digital Libraries
- Professional activities and memberships
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- Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
- Committee Member of the British Computer Society's Information Retrieval Specialist Group (BCS IRSG)
- Co-lead of the Shef.AI Interest Group: "Revolutionising data-driven research in the arts, humanities, and social sciences"