Centering human values,situated knowledge,and lived experiences.

Principal Investigator

Associate Professor, University of Toronto. National AI Consultant, UNDP Bangladesh.

Human-Computer Interaction
Designing with people, practices, and lived contexts.
AI + Critical Computing
Examining power, ethics, and automated systems.
Communities at the Margins
Centering voices often overlooked in computing.

Latest research

Zarif Masud, Abhijit Paul, Syed Ishtiaque Ahmed, Ebrahim Bagheri

ICWSM 2027

Maryam Mokhberi, Dipto Das, Syed Ishtiaque Ahmed

GROUP 2027

Jiessie Tie, Bingsheng Yao, Tianshi Li, Hongbo Fang, Syed Ishtiaque Ahmed, Dakuo Wang, Shurui Zhou

ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM) 2026

Benjamin Kaveladze, ... Syed Ishtiaque Ahmed, ..., Jessica Schleider

Nature Human Behavior 2026

Enzhuo Zhang, Syed Ishtiaque Ahmed

Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience 2026

Pourya Momtaz, Mohammad Noaeen, Konrad Samsel, Neil Seeman, Robert Cribb, Syed Ishtiaque Ahmed, Amol Verma, Dionne M Aleman, Zahra Shakeri

PLOS Digital Health 2026

AI & Machine Learning
Exploring the social, ethical, and political dimensions of AI systems.
Human-Computer Interaction
Designing sociotechnical systems that respond to real-world needs and practices.
Critical Computing
Centering perspectives and knowledge overlooked in mainstream computing.
Empirical & Design Research
Developing responsible, participatory, and context-aware AI systems.
Ethics & Society
Understanding how technologies shape everyday life, practices, and institutions.