About
| Publications
|
CV
__________________________________________
Starting in May 2012, I will be a User Experience Researcher at Google.org, the non-profit division of Google, doing ICT4D research in Africa. My research interests are in technology design for socio-economic development (ICT4D) and Human Computer Interaction (HCI).
I have a PhD. in Information and Computer Sciences from the University of California, Irvine. I was advised by Prof. Bonnie Nardi, and worked closely with Ed Cutrell and Profs. Alladi Venkatesh, Don Patterson, and Bill Maurer. My dissertation focussed on re-conceptualizing "the user" and understanding sharing in low-income communities in India--in urban microenterprises, sex workers, and slum communities. I graduated with a Master of Science in Human Computer Interaction from Georgia Tech, in 2007, where I worked with Prof. Mike Best, among others.
I spent three summers doing ICT4D research at Microsoft Research India. I have also worked as a research intern at Nokia Research Center in Tampere, Finland and IBM TJ Watson Research Center, Hawthorne, NY.
______________________________________________________
I (occasionally) write a world music blog with a friend.
______________________________________________________
Updates
April: Best of CHI honorable mention for paper on airtime sharing.March: Graduated with a Ph.D.!
Gave a talk on technology usage in low-income communities in Southern India in the Social Media course.
December: Paper on airtime sharing in micro enterprises in India accepted to CHI 2012.
November: Gave a talk on design ethnography with sex workers in the Design Thinking course.
August: Wrapping up internship at MSR!
July: "Cutting Chai, Jugaad, and Here Pheri: towards UbiComp for a global community" in the Digital Divide special of the PUC journal.
______________________________________
