Recent news/ updates

2025

January 2025: I am co-convening (with Cherry Benson) the first CHIA Early Career Conference: Collective Generative Futures. [Call for Paper is now out!: Link

January 2025:  Was invited by UNDP Bangladesh for a keynote on (Bangladeshi) cultural sensitivity in Text-to-Image (T2I) Generative AI tools

January 2025: Was invited to Chittagong University Research and Higher Study Society (CURHS) seminar: Interdisciplinary Perspectives in Higher Studies. 

2024

December 2024: Interviewed by Prothom Alo on the importance of interdisciplinary and critical thinking in the age of AI. [link]

Novemver 2024: Invited as a guest lecturer: Access, Outreach, and Widening Participation event at Trinity Hall, Cambridge.

October 2024: Started contributing to an ai@cam project.

October 2024: Joined CHIA as an early career community member

October2024: Chaired a session on the July Uprising in Bangladesh at The Cambridge Majlis with prominent guests. 

October 2024: Started my PhD with CamCID group and Critical Design Studio at Cambridge! 

September 2024: Interviewed by Jamuna TV on AI and the Global South Issues. 2024. [link]

September 2024: Panel discussant at The Daily Star on surveillance, privacy and digital reformations in Bangladesh. 2024. [link]

July 2024: Successfully finished the requirements of my MPhil in AI Ethics! 

July 2024:  Presented paper at Social Media and Society conference in London. 

June 2024: New FAccT Paper published! [Link]

May 2024: Won Marshall McLuhan Symposium Award 2024 for Best 3MT Thesis Presentation! Issued by: Trinity Hall, Cambridge  

May 2024: Presenter at Data Colonialism Dialogue Conference, organised by LCFI and OP Jindaal Global University. 

April 2024: Panellist Speaker at the workshop ‘Coloniality and Imperialism: How this shows up in T&S Operations and Decisions’ at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University. 

March 2024:  Offered Gates Cambridge Scholarship for PhD and accepted! 

March 2024: Offered Harding Scholarship for PhD! [later declined]

February 2024: Offered Cambridge Trust Scholarship for PhD! [later declined]

February 2024: Received PhD offer from Cambridge!

2023

November 2023: Was Invited to McMenemy Seminar at Trinity Hall to present research on 'AI in/from from the Margin'.

November 2023: Was Interviewed for Jamuna Television on AI and Responsible Journalism in the Global South. [Link]

November 2023: Appeared as a guest lecturer University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh. [Link]

October 2023: AI & Responsible Journalism Toolkit published. [Link]

October 2023:  Co-organised workshop at CSCW: Many Worlds of Ethics. [Link]

October 2023:  Started MPhil in Ethics of ADA at LCFI, Cambridge as a Research Student at Trinity Hall.

September 2023: New paper published:  How Much Users Know About 'Permission' When They Permit: The Case of the Facebook App. [Link] 

August 2023: Digital Proceedings of Many Worlds of AI Conference published. [Link]

August 2023: Public Comments on White House Office of Science and Technology Policy on National AI Priorities published. [Link]

July 2023: Public Comments on Safe and Responsible AI released by the Government of Australia published. [Link]

June 2023: Presented research on 'Datafied Interiority' at Data Justice Conference 2023.

June 2023: Appeared in podcast 'Bubble Ratio'. [Link]

April 2023: Curated a panel on AI from the Margin at Many Worlds of AI conference. [Link]

April 2023: Co-organised conference: Many Worlds of AI conference. [Link]

February 2023: Appeared in podcast by Programming Hero community.  [Link]

February 2023: Quoted on Daily Prothom Alo on AI related report. [Link]

January 2023: Awarded for 'Best Overall Performance' at CIM, Warwick.

2022

December 2022: Appeared as a guest lecturer at CIM, Warwick for Big Data Research module.

November 2022: Joined LCFI as a Research Assistant for Desirable Digitalisation project.

October 2023:  Graduated from CIM, Warwick with distinction in all six modules including dissertation.

October 2022:  Presented paper on “Digital Divide Using Data Science Techniques”, in a Workshop on ‘Big Data and AI from the Global South’ at FaccT conference.