Dilruba Showkat

Dilruba Showkat (she/her)

Ph.D. Candidate

Khoury College of Computer Sciences

Northeastern University

Boston, MA, USA

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BIO

I am a Ph.D. Candidate in the Khoury College of Computer Sciences at Northeastern University. I am advised by Professor Alexandra To. My research spans the intersection of HCI, Value-sensitive design, and Human-centered Artificial Intelligence (HCAI). Currently, I am focusing on contributing to AI/ML literacy and value-sensitive algorithm design for low-income individuals in the USA. I am deeply passionate about making AI/ML knowledge more consumable for everyone. My work has been published in premier HCI venues including ACM CHI, ACM CSCW, and ACM DIS. Previously, I worked as a lecturer in the CSE department, at BRAC University, Dhaka, Bangladesh. I completed my B.Sc. and M.S. in CSE from the University of Dhaka, Bangladesh. I also received a second M.S. degree in CS from Oregon State University. I love doing service work; for example, sometimes on the weekends, I am probably doing service work (e.g., reviewing, attending talks, admission committees). I have reviewed over 80 conference and journal papers in premier HCI venues. In my free time, I like taking nature photographs.

NEWS

RESEARCH INTERESTS

EDUCATION

Ph.D. Candidate
Graduate Assistant (Fall 2021 - present)
Khoury College of Computer Sciences
Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA
Thesis Advisor: Prof. Alexandra To

Masters (M.S.) in Computer Science (Summer 2017)
Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, USA

Masters (M.S.) in Computer Science and Engineering (2012)
University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) in Computer Science and Engineering (2010)
University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh

HONORS AND AWARDS

SELECTED RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS

Peer-Reviewed Journal and Conference Papers

  1. Dilruba Showkat, Angela D. R. Smith, Lingqing Wang, Alexandra To, “Who is the right homeless client?”: Values in Algorithmic Homelessness Service Provision and Machine Learning Research.”, In Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI), 21 pages, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1145/3544548.3581010
  2. Alexandra To, Angela D. R. Smith, Dilruba Showkat, Adinawa Adjagbodjou, Christina Harrington, “Flourishing in the Everyday: Moving Beyond Damage-Centered Design in HCI for BIPOC Communities.”, In Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Designing Interactive Systems Conference (DIS’23), 21 pages, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1145/3563657.3596057
  3. Dilruba Showkat, Eric P. S. Baumer, “It’s Like the Value System in the Loop”: Domain Experts’ Values Expectations for NLP Automation.”, In Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Designing Interactive Systems (DIS), 100-122, 2022. https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3532106.3533483
  4. Dilruba Showkat, Eric P. S. Baumer, “Where Do Stories Come From? Examining the Exploration Process in Investigative Data Journalism.”, In Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interac- tion, 5(CSCW2), 1-31, 2021. https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3479534
  5. Dilruba Showkat, Cindy Grimm, “Identifying Gender Differences in Information Processing Style, Self-efficacy, and Tinkering for Robot Tele-operation.”, in the 15th International Conference on Ubiq- uitous Robots (UR), Hawaii, USA, 2018. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8441766

Extended Abstracts

  1. Dilruba Showkat. (2024, May). “Towards Algorithmic Reform: Low-Income Individuals Inclusion in AI/ML Literacy and Ethical Values-Informed Tool Design”. In Extended Abstracts of the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (pp. 1-6). https://dl.acm.org/doi/full/10.1145/3613905.3651127
  2. Laveda Chan, Showkat, Dilruba, & Alexandra To (2024, May). “An Exploration of Learned Values Through Lived Experiences to Design for BIPOC Students’ Flourishing”. In Extended Abstracts of the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (pp. 1-7). https://dl.acm.org/doi/abs/10.1145/3613905.3650899
  3. Dilruba Showkat, “Determining Newcomers Barrier in Software Development: An IT Industry Based Investigation.”, in the 21st ACM Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing (CSCW), Jersey City, NY, USA, 2018. https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3311957.3359467

Workshop

  1. Dilruba Showkat, Shereen Bellamy, Alexandra To, “Fair and Trustworthy Welfare Systems: Re- thinking Explainable AI in the Public Sector”, in ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI) workshop, 2022. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/360396692_Fair_and_Trustworthy_Welfare_Systems_Rethinking_Explainable_AI_in_the_Public_Sector
  2. Dilruba Showkat, “Supporting Responsible Data and Algorithmic Practices in The News Media”, in ACM Intelligent User Interfaces (IUI) workshop, 2022. http://ceur-ws.org/Vol-3124/paper18.pdf
  3. Dilruba Showkat, “Tinkering: A Way Towards Designing Transparent Algorithmic User Interfaces.”, in ACM Intelligent User Interfaces (IUI) workshop, 2021. http://ceur-ws.org/Vol-2903/IUI21WS-HUMANIZE-5.pdf
  4. Dilruba Showkat, Eric P. S. Baumer, “Outliers: More than Numbers?.”, in the 23nd ACM Computer- Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing (CSCW) workshop (Virtually held), 2020. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/345774805_Outliers_More_Than_Numbers

SELECTED RESEARCH PROJECTS

TEACHING

  1. Lecturer
    BRAC University (Spring 2018 - Summer 2019)
    Department of Computer Science and Engineering
    Dhaka, Bangladesh
  2. Graduate Teaching Assistant (GTA)
    Oregon State University (Fall 2015 - Summer 2017)
    Department of Computer Science
    Corvallis, OR, USA
  3. Lecturer
    BRAC University (Fall 2011 - Summer 2015)
    Department of Computer Science and Engineering
    Dhaka, Bangladesh

Courses Taught

MENTORING EXPERIENCE

I am fortunate to have worked with amazing undergraduate and graduate students during my PhD at Northeastern.

SERVICE EXPERIENCE

Conference Paper Reviewer:

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