He is interested in interdisciplinary research approaches addressing human information interaction and retrieval using neuro-physiological methods to understand information seeking and searching (neuro information retrieval). His recent projects investigate search personalizaiton and employ eye-tracking/brain tracking in assessment of reading and inferring information through relevance feedback. His previous research experiences include User Interest Modeling, Oculomotor (human eye) Systems, Eye Movement Biometrics and NLP. Sampath received his PhD in Computer Science at Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas. He completed his Master’s in Computer Science (2010) at Texas State University-San Marcos. In 2006, Sampath graduated from University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, with a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science (First Class Honors).