PinnedThe First Milestone in my PhD Journey: The Prelim ExamA few months ago, I remember hearing about Prelim presentations from the then-second years in HCDE. On the days of the presentations, my…Nov 21, 2021Nov 21, 2021
PinnedPublished inTowards Data ScienceThe Forceful and Insistent Application of Gender Stereotypes by Google TranslateHow does one of the most common language translation tools used across the world perpetuate bias?Dec 6, 2021Dec 6, 2021
Taking a Stand on Instagram isn’t “Armchair Activism,” because it worksIf you’ve been on the Internet over the past week or so, then you hopefully have seen the heartbreaking visuals and information about the…Oct 19, 2023Oct 19, 2023
Designing for one context, shipping to another: The perils of supposedly Universal DesignPicture this. You live in a colder-than-freezing place, and design and manufacture a jacket for your usage. It’s a pretty good jacket, and…Oct 3, 2023Oct 3, 2023
Small power, Big Anxiety: Navigating Unease with Sending Rejection Emails as an Early-Career…Sep 19, 2023Sep 19, 2023
Pele, and why Brazilian flags are still painted on Kolkata walIf you’re a visitor or tourist to Kolkata, one of the strangest things you might experience in the city is random walls of city streets…Dec 29, 2022Dec 29, 2022
Human-Centered Data Science: What is it, and why is it the way forward?Data Science has been defined as “ a set of fundamental principles that support and guide the principled extraction of information and…Jan 14, 2022Jan 14, 2022
Published inILLUMINATION3 ways to plan for switching in-person to remote instruction for college instructorsAs we walk in to the new year, we do so in the now very-precedented times of living under the scourge of the Coronavirus pandemic. However…Jan 3, 2022Jan 3, 2022
Alexa’s latest failure is not an individual incident, but a larger issueIf you’ve been following technology news over the past week, you might have noticed Amazon Alexa’s latest fiasco, in which the smart…Dec 29, 2021Dec 29, 2021
