Excited to share that our (w/ @ishtiaquesia.bsky.social) paper "How do the Global South Diasporas Mobilize for Transnational Political Change?" received an Honorable Mention at ACM CHI 2026 🎉 Pre-print: arxiv.org/abs/2601.12705

Thank you, @uoftpandemics.bsky.social, for the fellowship that enables this trajectory of my research!

🚀 I am on the job market this year! Seeking opportunities as a Tenure-Track Assistant Professor, UX Researcher in industry or non-profit organizations. My work bridges HCI, Human-Centered AI, Algorithmic Fairness & Social Computing. 🔗 www.diptodas.net

Excited to share that I have received a postdoctoral fellowship from @uoftpandemics.bsky.social! With this, I will continue to work on ethics, fairness, and bias of algorithmic systems with @ishtiaquesia.bsky.social at @uoftcompsci.bsky.social!

I love doing research, but as a first-generation university student, I view teaching as my way to pay forward what I learned from my teachers. I look forward to receiving feedback and reading reviews from my students after each semester. Just got to read the ones from Fall 24. Here's a highlight:

Raw Story's lawsuit against OpenAI for training on their news stories was dismissed by NYC court. Court said Raw Story didn't have standing because they couldn't prove injury venturebeat.com/ai/openais-d...