Scholar
Sharifa Sultana
Google Scholar ID: 2wSaNE0AAAAJ
Assistant Professor, Computer Science, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Citations & Impact
Citations
958
H-index
15
i10-index
19
Publications
20
Co-authors
83
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Resume (English only)
Academic Achievements
- ['Recipient of the 2025 Sheth Distinguished Faculty Award for International Achievement', "Paper accepted at CHI 2025: 'Talking About the Assumption in the Room'", "Paper accepted at DIS 2025: '‘Socheton’: A Culturally Appropriate AI Tool to Support Reproductive Well-being'", "Paper accepted at CIES 2026: 'Reimagining Language Learning: A Gesture-Based Approach to Enhancing Persian Language Preservation'", "Paper accepted at iConference 2025: 'Analysis of the integration of e-commerce and rural lives in China'", 'Paper accepted at ACM GROUP 2025: '"My very subjective human interpretation": domain expert perspectives on navigating the text analysis loop for topic models'', "Paper accepted at ICTD 2024: 'The Ancient Elephant in the Room: Stigma, Gender Norms, and Cultural Barriers in Reproductive Care in Bangladesh'", 'Serving as Notes Chair for ICTD 2024 organizing committee']
Background
- Human-computer interaction (HCI) and human-AI interaction (HAI) researcher
- Connects computing, justice, faith, and access to empower communities worldwide
- Expertise in HCI, AI, design theory, postcoloniality, feminism, and science and technology studies (STS)
- Has worked with rural communities in Bangladesh and Muslim immigrants in North America for the past nine years
- Uses both quantitative and qualitative (ethnographic) methods and ethics frameworks to study and design computational tools and systems
- Brings novel perspectives to Responsible AI, HAI, HCI, and ICT for Development (ICTD)
- Research interests include: HCI4D, HCI-Design, HAI, AI for All, Visualization, Ethics in AI; Empowerment, Rural Computing, Decoloniality
