Mentors and Collaborators
  • Sept 10, 2022: Teaching the graduate course INF1339 (Introduction to Computational Thinking) in the School of Information at UofT.
  • August 05, 2022: [Upcoming talk] Speaking in the iSchool at Syracuse University.
  • July 8, 2022: Serving as an AC at the Understanding People (Qualitative Studies) subcommittee in CHI 2023. Submit!
  • July 1, 2022: Guest edited the ACM Interactions special issue on spirituality in design. The issue is online now.
  • June 17, 2022: Attending FAccT CRAFT 2022 on Big Data and AI in Global South with the proposal paper, "Uncertainty in AI Technologies: Trust, Fairness, and Justice of AI Technology Platforms in the Global South."
  • June 06, 2022: Received the Schwartz Reisman Institute graduate fellowship!
  • March 18, 2022: Workshop proposal on big data and AI in Global South has been accepted to the ACM Conference on Fairness, Accountability, and Transparency (FAccT 2022)!
  • April 30 - May 06, 2022: [Upcoming travel: CHI 2022 at New Orleans] I will present a paper, co-organize a workshop, and work as a student volunteer at CHI 2022.
  • March 22, 2022: [Upcoming talk] Speaking at Cornell Information Science Graduate Seminar Series.
  • February 11, 2022: Position paper accepted to the CHI 2022 workshop, integrating religion, faith, and spirituality in HCI! In this paper, we present a system for moderating online contents to detect and mitigate Islamophobic posts.
  • December 7, 2021: Passed my candidacy exam!
  • December 2, 2021: Workshop proposal on integrating religion, faith, and spirituality in HCI has been accepted to CHI 2022! The call for participation is coming soon.
  • December 1, 2021: Our workshop proposal, "Decolonizing AI: Developing Data-driven Tools, Techniques, and Methodologies with Historically Marginalized Communities," has been accepted into Decolonized AI Futures at MozFest 2022. We invite you to participate in this event! Details of how you can participate are coming soon.
  • November 27, 2021: Paper accepted to CSCW 2022!
  • November 14, 2021: Got one paper accepted to CHI 2022. Here I come, New Orleans!
  • Winter, 2022: Teaching CSC300 (Computer and Society) in the Department of Computer Science at UofT.
  • Nov 17, 2021: Co-organizing the critical computing seminar (second season) at UofT.
  • Nov 02, 2021: Guest lecturing for ENV261 (Is Internet Green?) in the Department of Environmental Engineering at UofT.
  • Oct 08, 2021: Co-organizing the panel, "Designing Technologies at the Intersection of Faith, Religion and Nationality" at 4S 2021. Come join us!
  • June 28--July 02, 2021: Attending COMPASS 2021. Find the compass schedule here.
  • May 25, 2021: Two papers accepted to COMPASS 2021.
  • May 8--12, 2021: Attending CHI 2021.
  • April, 2021: Partcipating in Shadow PC at COMPASS 2021. This event trains emerging researchers on technical programs (such as AC-reviews, program committee meeting, etc.) of ACM conferences.
  • Nov 17, 2020: Guest lecturing for ENV261 (Is Internet Green?) at UofT. I will talk about environmental sustainability.
  • Oct 17-21, 2020: Presenting our paper at CSCW 2020.
  • Oct 05-08, 2020: Presenting our proposal at USAID's Evidence Summit on Strategic Religious Engagement.
  • Oct 3, 2020: Co-organizing the critical computing seminar at the University of Toronto. Know more about the seminar and the upcoming talks from here.
  • Sep 04, 2020: Proposal for combining faith to computing for interfaith communication and social development has been accepted to USAID's Evidence Summit on Strategic Religious Engagement.
  • July 24, 2020: Our paper, "Religion and Sustainability: Lessons of Sustainable Computing from Islamic Religious Communities," got accepted at CSCW 2020! Preprint
  • July 23, 2020: Participated at IslamicHCI workshop at CHI 2020. The presentation is here.
  • July 1-2, 2020: Organizing a CHI 2020 virtual event at Third Space, the University of Toronto. Details are here.
  • June 13, 2020: Joining a panel discussion on HCI research and career by SIGCHI Bangladesh chapter. Details are here.
  • June 06, 2020: Received the COVID-19 Student Engagement Award at the University of Toronto. The project description is here.
  • Feb 29, 2020: Position paper on religious values and privacy accepted to IslamicHCI workshop at CHI 2020.
  • Feb 24, 2020: Journal paper on e-waste recycler exposure to flame retardants published to Science of the Total Environment (STOTEN). The priprint is here.
  • Nov 13, 2019: Guest Lecturing for CSC300 (Computer and Society).
  • Nov 12, 2019: Guest Lecturing for ENV261 (Is the Internet Green?).
  • May 4-9, 2019: Attending CHI 2019 in Glasgow. I will present a paper, participate in a workshop with a position paper, and serve as a student volunteer. Excited to see many of my friends in Glasgow!
  • April 26, 2019: Received Ph.D. conference travel grant award from the Department of Computer Science at the University of Toronto.
  • April 25, 2019: Speaking at TorCHI about my works on e-waste recycling in Bangladesh. [Event Details]
  • April 09, 2019: Demo accepted to DIS 2019!
  • March 15, 2019: My paper has received a CHI 2019 best paper honorable mention award! Excited to present the paper in Glasgow!
  • February 18, 2019: A position paper has been accepted to HCI Across Boarder (HCIxB) workshop at CHI 2019!
  • February 1, 2019: Received an offer from Microsoft Research, India as a research intern to work in Summer!
  • December 21, 2018: I have been selected as a student volunteer for CHI 2019!
  • December 10, 2018: Paper accepted to CHI 2019!
  • November 27, 2018: Presenting my research at the University of Waterloo. [Event Details]
  • November 13, 2018: Guest lecturing for ENV261 at University of Toronto.
  • September 01, 2018: Taking the role of DGP lab meeting coordinator.
  • April 21-26, 2018: Attending CHI 2018 as an SV and a HCIxB workshop participant.
  • July 9, 2017: Starting from Fall 2017, I will join University of Toronto's CS Ph.D. program. I will be a part of the Dynamic Graphics Project Lab (DGP). Excited for the new journey!
  • May 6-11, 2017: Attending CHI 2017 and presenting Money, God, and SMS: Explorations in Supporting Social Action Through a Bangladeshi Mosque.
  • February 7, 2017: Our paper, Privacy in Repair: Challenges around the Broken Digital Objects in Bangladesh, has been selected to be included in a "Best of ICTD'16"—an ITID Special Issue.
  • December 11, 2016: Two papers have been accepted to CHI 2017!
  • August 14, 2016: Joined the INFO Ph.D. program at the University of Colorado Boulder.
  • May 09, 2016: Received job offer to join UNU-CS as a Research Assistant. [Could not pursue]
  • April 13, 2016: Accepted the Ph.D. admission offer from the Department of Information Science at the University of Colorado at Boulder. Excited!
  • January 23, 2016: Extended abstract has been accepted to the Development Consortium: HCI4D Across Border of the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2016).
  • January 26, 2016: Two papers accepted to ICTD 2016!