Sourav S Bhowmick is an Associate Professor in the College of Computing & Data Science (CCDS), Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. His research interests are in data management, human-data interaction, and data analytics. He is best known for his contributions to human-centered data management research and technology, and computational conflict-of-interest (COI) management. His research has appeared in premium venues such as ACM SIGMOD, VLDB, and VLDB Journal. He co-received Best Paper Awards at ACM CIKM 2004, ACM BCB 2011, VLDB 2021, and ER 2023, as well as the Best Demonstration Honorable Mention Award at ACM SIGMOD 2026.
Sourav has served/serving as a program chair/co-chair of several international conferences such as SIGMOD 2027, EDBT 2023, and ACM CIKM 2020. He is serving as a member of the SIGMOD Executive Committee, SIGMOD Awards Committee, a regular member of the PVLDB Advisory Board, and an elected trustee of the VLDB Endowment.
He is a co-recipient of several service awards including VLDB Service Award in 2018; Distinguished AE Award in SIGMOD 2021, SIGMOD 2023, VLDB 2022 and EDBT 2025; and Distinguished Reviewer Award in VLDB 2020, VLDB 2023, and VLDB 2025. He was inducted into the Distinguished Members of the ACM in 2020. Sourav is a strong advocate of research that directly or indirectly impacts end users.