Dr. Ritwik Banerjee

is a computer science researcher and educator, specializing in computational linguistics and its applications to privacy, law,  discourse, argumentation, semantics, and pragmatics.

Dr. Ritwik Banerjee is a Research Assistant Professor of Computer Science at Stony Brook University (SUNY), where he has been advancing research and teaching since 2016. He is also affiliated with the university's AI Innovation Institute.

Banerjee is a pioneering expert in natural language processing (NLP) and AI-driven healthcare, with a focus on transforming healthcare through AI applications that personalize patient care. His research explores how machine learning and computational linguistics can analyze clinical data, tailor treatments, improve disease predictions like chronic kidney disease, and minimize risks of adverse drug events. By bridging NLP and AI with patient-centered care, Banerjee is making healthcare more efficient, personalized, and intelligent.

Banerjee has made significant contributions beyond AI-driven healthcare, impacting fields such as misinformation detection, forensic linguistics, and computational argumentation. He is the recipient of several prestigious honors, including two early-concept EAGER grants from the U.S. National Science Foundation, recognizing his innovative research in medical privacy and semantic shifts in information.

Banerjee is passionately dedicated to education in computer science and mathematics. He actively mentors undergraduate, M.S., and Ph.D. students in computer science, data science, and applied mathematics. He also leads the Social & Computational Intelligence Research (SCIRE) group within Stony Brook's Department of Computer Science, fostering the next generation of innovators in AI and NLP.

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