Hi! I am a computer science Ph.D. student at the University of Washington. I'm excited and fascinated by software built using machine learning algorithms where behavior is learned from data rather than manually specified in code. I try to understand why applying machine learning is hard and build tools to make development with machine learning easier. As part of the DuB group, I am advised by James Fogarty and James Landay. My work is currently funded by Microsoft in the form of a Microsoft Research Fellowship. Previously I was supported by the US government in the form of a National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate (NDSEG) Fellowship.

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Publications

Gestalt: Integrated Support for Implementation and Analysis in Machine Learning Processes Gestalt: Integrated Support for Implementation and Analysis in Machine Learning Processes
Kayur Patel , Naomi Bancroft , Steven M. Drucker , James Fogarty , Andrew J. Ko and James A. Landay
Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology, 2010. Full Paper (PDF)
Amplifying Community Content Creation  with Mixed Initiative Information Extraction Amplifying Community Content Creation with Mixed Initiative Information Extraction
Raphael Hoffmann , Saleema Amershi , Kayur Patel , Fei Wu , James Fogarty and Daniel S. Weld
Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2009. Full Paper (PDF)
    Best Paper Nominee
VoiceLabel: Using Speech to Label Mobile Sensor Data VoiceLabel: Using Speech to Label Mobile Sensor Data
Susumu (丞) Harada (原田) , Jonathan Lester , Kayur Patel , T. Scott Saponas , James Fogarty , James A. Landay and Jacob O. Wobbrock
International Conference on Multimodal Interfaces, 2008. Full Paper (PDF)
Investigating Statistical Machine Learning as a Tool for Software Development Investigating Statistical Machine Learning as a Tool for Software Development
Kayur Patel , James Fogarty , James A. Landay and Beverly Harrison
Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2008. Full Paper (PDF)
Personalizing Routes Personalizing Routes
Kayur Patel , Mike Chen , Ian Smith and James A. Landay
Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology, 2006. Tech Note (PDF)