Samantha Kleinberg (skleinbe)

Samantha Kleinberg

Professor and Farber Chair Professor

Charles V. Schaefer, Jr. School of Engineering and Science

Department of Computer Science

Gateway Center S322
(201) 216-8249

Education

  • PhD (2010) New York University (Computer Science)

Research

Causality

Health Informatics

Artificial intelligence + cognition

General Information

See lab website: http://www.healthailab.org/

Experience

Farber Chair Professor, Computer Science Farber Chair Associate Professor, Computer Science Associate Professor, Computer Science ​
Assistant Professor, Computer Science September 2024 - present
September 2023 - August 2024
September 2018-August 2023
September 2012-August 2018

Professional Service

  • NSF NSF Review Panel
  • Conference on Health, Inference, and Learning Track chair, CHIL
  • KDD Causality workshop, IJCAI, JDST, CogSci Conference and journal reviewing, conference program committee
  • Chair, Heuristics and Causality in the Sciences conference
  • NSF NSF review panel
  • University of California, MRPI Grant reviewer

Professional Societies

  • ASN – American Society for Nutrition Member

Selected Publications

Selected recent publications:
S. Kleinberg and J. K. Marsh. Where the Women Are: Gender Imbalance in Com-
puting and Faculty Perceptions of Theoretical and Applied Research. IEEE Access,
2025.

L. A. Gomez, J. Claassen, and S. Kleinberg. Causal Inference for Time Series
Datasets with Partially Overlapping Variables. Journal of Biomedical Informatics,
2025.

Y. Shen, E. Choi, and S. Kleinberg. Predicting Postprandial Glycemic Responses
With Limited Data in Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes. Journal of Diabetes Science and
Technology, 2025.

V. Cheung, C. Leone, D. Lagnado, and S. Kleinberg. Causal and Counterfactual
Reasoning about Gradual and Abrupt Events. In Proceedings of the 46th Annual
Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society (CogSci), 2025.

A. A. Toye, A. Celik, and S. Kleinberg. Benchmarking Missing Data Imputation
Methods for Time Series Using Real-World Test Cases. In Conference on Health,
Inference, and Learning (CHIL), 2025.

S. Kleinberg, J. D. Pleuss, and A. L. Deierlein. Food Records Show Daily Varia-
tion in Diet During Pregnancy: Results From the Temporal Research in Eating,
Nutrition, and Diet during Pregnancy (TREND-P) Study. The Journal of Nutrition,
154(12):3780–3789, 2024.

J. K. Marsh, O. Asan, and S. Kleinberg. Perceived Penalties for Sharing Patient
Beliefs with Healthcare Providers. Medical Decision Making, 44(6):617–626, 2024.

S. Kleinberg and J. K. Marsh. Less is More: Information Needs, Information Wants,
and What Makes Causal Models Useful. Cognitive Research: Principles and Implica-
tions, 8, 2023.