Sampath Jayarathna

Finally got my bragging wall up :) assortment of best paper/poster awards, @ODUAlumni New Faculty award, @TAMU PhD class of 2016 and #12thMan @TAMUEngineering & Computer Science. @WebSciDL @NirdsLab @oducs @ODUSCI

All Old Dominion University students and staff receive FREE admission to Norfolk Botanical Garden when you show your current campus ID from today, March 13, 2026 through Sunday, March 15, 2026.

Dissertation Prospectus ✅ Grateful to have successfully completed my prospectus milestone! 📚 A big thanks to my PhD advisor (@OpenMaze), my dissertation committee (@vikas_daveb, @weiglemc, @Faryane), and everyone at @NirdsLab and @WebSciDL for their continued support.🙌 @oducs

Big milestone for @Yasasi_Abey from @NirdsLab as she presents her PhD prospectus today. Excited to see her research vision take the next big step forward. 🎉📚 @WebSciDL @OpenMaze

New position alert. Very excited to join the Perry Honors College @odu as the new Assistant Dean of Student Affairs, where I will spearhead undergraduate research, advising, and outreach. @NirdsLab @WebSciDL @oducs @ODUSCI

@AdamSchefter Myles "Gig'em" Garrett @Flash_Garrett GOAT

Myles Garrett now has set the NFL single-season record for sacks.

Congratulations Dr. Bhanuka Mahanama @mahanama94. @ODU Convocation Banner Carrier for the Doctoral students! @NirdsLab @WebSciDL @oducs

@WebSciDL @ODU @ODUSCI @oducs @accessodu Title: Understanding Online Discussion Experiences of Blind Screen Reader Users (IJHCI 2025) Preprint: akshayknayak.vercel.app/Papers/ijhci25… DOI: doi.org/10.1080/104473… Authors: @jaf_ferdous, @AkshayKNayak7 , @LunaticBugbear, @Nithiyavenkat07, @OpenMaze, Hae-Na Lee, @vikas_daveb (5/5)

Very excited to present our @NirdsLab research titled "Egocentric Eye Tracking: Modeling Joint Attention" @odu Human Factors Psychology group. @WebSciDL @oducs.

Very excited to join the @odu_gradschool "inaugural Grad School Ready event" representing the @oducs Graduate Program. @WebSciDL @ODUSCI @NirdsLab @SoadIbrahim16 @Psnd_Snklp

OK aggies, don't give me heart attacks!

Using SageMaker Ground Truth with Mechanical Turk for annotation? Here’s a practical walkthrough that covers S3 setup, IAM roles, custom crowd elements, and the MTurk workforce. ws-dl.blogspot.com/2025/11/2025-1… #AWS #SageMaker #GroundTruth #MTurk #DataLabeling @WebSciDL @oducs @ODUSCI

Online @gather_town Trick-or-Research

Boo! Our annual Trick-or-Research is happening today @oducs. Come and say hi to our research groups. @WebSciDL @NirdsLab @ODUSCI @odu @CSGS_ODU

I am very proud to announce that my 3rd PhD student, Kehinde Ajayi, successfully defended his dissertation today! He will first join the CoStar group in Richmond and then Microsoft in Seattle. Congratulations! @WebSciDL @oducs

Cashius Howell last night and @Flash_Garrett today! Wow, Agggies dominating! Whoop!

No one is supposed to come to Death Valley and do that...but we did

Where dreams come ALIVE #GigEm | @BrookshireBros

Aggies!!!!

Excited to share our Reign in Science program blog post with you all. It's an event that introduces K-12 students and their parents to sciences and research at @ODU, aimed at raising the curiosity of the kids. Read the blog here: ws-dl.blogspot.com/2025/10/2025-1… @NirdsLab @WebSciDL @ODUSCI @odu_gradschool @oducs

@NirdsLab Doctoral student doing their research Demo for students at the Reign in Science event at ODU colleges of science. @NirdsLab @WebSciDL @oducs @odu