NYU. I study HCI & labor, advocating for vulnerable communities. I mentor underserved students. Need help? contact me! Prev: Cornell, Google (RAI), MSR (TEM)
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If you don't know already, I actively mentor individuals w/ limited resources. So, if you are in high school, under grad, Masters, or PhD, PM me or email me on [[email protected]]. Let me help you. Not sure if you are resource constrained? Hit me up anyways!
#chi2025 Ever wondered how experienced writers are reshaping their work due to GenAI? What about those who resist it? 🛡️✍️
Our CHI paper introduces AI Rivalry: competitive strategies writers use to resist GenAI 🛡️ while redefining their craft—just like those who embrace it ⚡.
But at the same time…
🛡️ Resisters focused on reshaping both their identity and practices as part of their crafting process to stand out.
⚡ Adopters focused on reshaping primarily their practices, sometimes at the expense of their identity.
Our paper shows how current systemic structures hurt not only 🛡️ resisters but also ⚡ embracers crafting practices in various ways!
Read more here - is.gd/RnR6P6
#CHI25 #AI #GenAI
Hi folks! I’m teaching a data visualization class at NYU and looking for industry colleagues to give a guest lecture on a real-world data & visualization case study! Small class, great students! 😁 If interested, please reply, DM, or email [email protected]
Hi folks - we are organizing an amazing workshop in CSCW that brings together representatives of local labor organizations and HCI researchers to discuss about key issues plaguing tech-mediated labor in South America. I encourage young PhD researchers in this space to sign-up!
💫Excited to announce our #CSCW24 workshop in Costa Rica!
Join us for a deep dive into how tech is reshaping work + labor visibility, w/ insights from local experts in Costa Rican labor orgs and universities. Let's discuss the future of work + design potential solutions together!
ALT Flyer for CSCW 2024 workshop on Labor, Visibility, & Technology: Weaving Together Academic Insights and On-Ground Realities. Workshop is on Sunday November 10th, in-person in Costa Rica.
TIL: if you are not affiliated with a university, you can still apply an IRB through independent services. For example - eandireview.com/
An important victory! Thank you everyone for signing and supporting it.
It’s official: #NoCutsToLibraries! You did it NYC, this victory is yours. Thank you @NYCMayor, @NYCSpeakerAdams, and the entire @NYCCouncil for restoring library funding in the FY25 budget.
See the full statement: on.nypl.org/4clpcKq
🚨 Study recruitment 🚨
1. Are you in a writing profession in the US?
2. Are you using or have used (and potentially stopped) AI tools (e.g., ChatGPT) in your daily work?
Please see details of paid study (50$ for 60-80 mins interview) below
We are doing a paid interview study with professionals in the writing field to see how they are shaping their work around the increasingly pervasive AI tools (e.g., ChatGPT).
If you are interested in talking to me about it, please fill out the survey (forms.gle/AfMXkxQomsCFrxXE9) and we will reach out to for an interview if your answers fit the profile. Please see the study poster for more details (is.gd/iGcC8q)
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📢 Looking for current research on #HCI + #AI? Here's a collection of 100+ #CHI2024 preprints, collected via arXiv and twitter. Suggestions welcome! dbuschek.medium.com/chi24-pr…
Super helpful if you are applying to MS/PhD and have limited funds.
Are you a student having hardship paying application fees for PhD programs?
Feeling difficult to find fee waiver information, I created a list of application fee waivers from different schools!👇
github.com/KaiserWhoLearns/C…
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Internship for PhD students: jobs.careers.microsoft.com/g… - Work with my team & with MS Office. I am looking for a social scientist with experience in organizational communication, new employee experience, productivity, mixed-methods field studies.
Looking for master (or post-graduate in or outside HCI) to work on an project - studying the notion of proxy work and its impact on WFH in Indian contexts. The project is going to be qual. (ethnography and/or interview-based). Please DM or email at [email protected].
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PhD applicants: Our application review program at @CornellInfoSci is now open! Submit your application materials to get feedback. Open to everyone, we focus on scholars who have navigated barriers in higher education.
Details: infosci.cornell.edu/phd/admi…
Deadline: November 10, 2023
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💼📈 Are you ready for the future of work? Don't miss the launch of #WorkingWithoutBorders: The Promise and Peril of Online Gig Work
📆Sep 7 | ⏰8:30AM - Learn from the best minds in #DigitalDevelopment & #YouthEmployment. Ask us anything:
wrld.bg/Y1vG50PAxeh
We were informed that junior researchers are having visa issues. To accommodate them we are making the session ONLINE & extending the deadline (16th Aug). If you have not already registered due to travel constraints, please do so ASAP!
Are you attending @ACMCOMPASS2023? We are excited to announce a research coaching session where junior researchers can bring a research piece of their choice and work w/ senior researchers to learn the craft of research. Apply by August 7, 2023 11:59pm AoE. Details below:
Final reminder for the young researchers. The deadline is tonight AOE!
Are you attending @ACMCOMPASS2023? We are excited to announce a research coaching session where junior researchers can bring a research piece of their choice and work w/ senior researchers to learn the craft of research. Apply by August 7, 2023 11:59pm AoE. Details below: