Ph.D Candidate
Department of Computer Science
University of Toronto
Room: 5166, DGP Lab, 40 St. George Street, Toronto, ON, M5S 2E4
rifat [at] cs [dot] toronto [dot] edu
[CV] [Google Scholar] [DBLP]
Invited Talks
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Queen's University, Kingston, ON, Canada (upcoming-January 17, 2024): Inclusion in design; Social, Ethical, and Legal Issues in Computing Lecture Series.
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Syracuse University, NY, USA (August 05, 2022): Postsecular HCI: Faith and Computing in HCI.
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Cornell University, NY, USA (April 22, 2022): Postsecular HCI: Faith and Computing in HCI, Cornell Information Science Graduate Seminar Series.
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University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada (November 27, 2019): Designing Technologies for Sustainable Development, Human-Computer Interaction Lab.
Guest Editor
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ACM Interactions, Special Issue on Spirituality in Design.
Workshop Organization
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CSCW 2023: Many worlds of ethics: ethical pluralism in CSCW.
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CHI 2023: Integrating individual and social contexts into self-reflection technologies.
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CHI 2022: Integrating faith, religion, and spirituality in HCI.
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FAccT 2022: Big data and AI in the Global South.
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4S 2021: Designing technologies at the intersection of faith, religion and nationality.
Community Services
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Program Committee
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Associate Chair, CHI 2024 (subcommittee: Understanding People -- Qualitative Studies)
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Associate Chair, CHI 2023 (subcommittee: Understanding People -- Qualitative Studies)
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Associate Chair, CHI late breaking works 2020, 2021, 2022
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Associate Chair, ICTD 2022
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Associate Chair, India HCI 2022
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Associate Chair, WANDER 2022
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Review
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CHI, CSCW, DIS, ICTD. (2016 - present)
Received special recognitions for outstanding reviews each year since 2020, both from CHI and CSCW. -
NeurIPS 2023 (Ethics Review).
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MobileHCI 2023
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Transaction on Computer-Human Interactions (ToCHI), 2023.
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Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics (JBHI) 2023.
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Student Volunteer
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CHI 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022
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CSCW 2022
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ICTD 2022 (Assistant to the PC chairs)
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IndiaHCI 2022 (Assistant to the PC chairs)
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Selected Lab Services
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Reading Group Coordinator
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Critical data science reading group, University of Toronto. (February 2022 - )
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Ethics and AI reading group, Third Space, University of Toronto. (Summer and Fall, 2021)
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Organizing Academic Events
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Critical computing seminar series, University of Toronto. (2020 - present)
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HCI4D Conference at Third Space, Department of Computer Science, University of Toronto. (July 2020)
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Computer Science at UofT, Graduate visit day, volunteer leader. (2019)
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Dynamic Graphics Project (DGP) Lab Bi-weekly lab meeting (50 members), Coordinator, University of Toronto. (September 2018 - February 2019)
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