- Staff Scientist
Biography
Education
- Ph.D., Physics, 2024, Texas Tech University
- M.S., 2016, Physics and Astronomy, University of Glasgow
- P.G., 2015, Astronomy &,Astrophysics, M.P. Birla Planetarium
- B.S., Physics, 2014, Mount Carmel College
Profile
Sayani Ghosh is a Staff Scientist in the Complex Social Interaction Lab at the Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology at Washington State University. She earned her Ph.D. in Physics before making the leap into criminal justice, a transition that turned her world from particles to people. At the heart of her work is a love for machine learning and artificial intelligence, the connecting thread that links her background to her current research. She is passionate about applying ML and AI to better understand police–community interactions, uncover patterns in behavior, and inform evidence-based practices. A major focus of her work is harnessing these technologies to tackle real-world challenges in the public sector, bridging gaps between data, policy, and practice to make communities safer and interactions more just.
Research Interests
Machine learning for behavioral analysis, Interpretable AI for public safety research, and Multimodal data integration.
Key Skills
Machine Learning & Deep Learning • Multimodal Data Integration • Statistical Modeling •Interpretable & Ethical AI • Data Visualization & Evidence-Based Decision Support