Member Profile
Membership type: full
Nova Ahmed
Country of origin: Bangladesh Currently in: Bangladesh, Dhaka General field of specialization: Computing and Information Technology-
Degrees
2010 Doctorate Computing and Information Technology2004 Master Computing and Information Technology2000 Undergraduate Computing and Information Technology -
Current Research Activities
Computing and Information Technology
* Working on mobile computing for healthcare, support and utility * Working on systems to support women and children working on privacy, security and wellbeing * Working on sensor systems that are low cost to work in developing countries to deal with natural disasters like flood.
Publications resulting from Research:
Recent Selected Publications
[1] Sambasivan, N., Checkley, G., Batool, A., Gaytán-Lugo, L. S., Matthews, T., Consolvo, S., & Churchill, E. (2018, August). “Privacy is not for me, it’s for those rich women”: Performative Privacy Practices on Mobile Phones by Women in South Asia. In Fourteenth Symposium on Usable Privacy and Security ({SOUPS} 2018). USENIX} Association.
[2]Sambasivan, N., Checkley, G., Ahmed, N., & Batool, A. (2017). Gender equity in technologies: considerations for design in the global south. interactions, 25(1), 58-61. [PDF]
[3]Hossain, Mohammad Sorowar, Md Mahbub Hasan, Muhammad Sougatul Islam, Salequl Islam, Miliva Mozaffor, Md Abdullah Saeed Khan, Nova Ahmed et al. "Chikungunya outbreak (2017) in Bangladesh: Clinical profile, economic impact and quality of life during the acute phase of the disease." PLoS neglected tropical diseases 12, no. 6 (2018): e0006561.
[4]Abeer, I. A., Saha, A., Sinha, A., & Ahmed, N. (2018, September). Reinforcement based learning through communicative Android app for autism personnel. In Proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services Adjunct (pp. 132-138). ACM.
[5] Ahmed, N., Raheem, E., Rahman, N., Khan, M. Z. R., Mosabbir, A. A., & Hossain, M. S. (2018). Managing autism spectrum disorder in developing countries by utilizing existing resources: A perspective from Bangladesh. Autism, 1362361318773981.
[6]Ahmed, N., Ghosh, S., Hassan, R. A., Galib, S. I., Azad, A. K., & Syrus, M. A. (2017). A gradient sensing middleware to handle flash flood. Computers & Electrical Engineering, 62, 44-52. [PDF]
[7]Ahmed, N., Syrus, M. A., & Chowdhury, A. (2017, July). Simple Group Photo Sharing Using Facesense. In Computer Software and Applications Conference (COMPSAC), 2017 IEEE 41st Annual (Vol. 1, pp. 845-850). IEEE.
[8]Ahmed, N., Siddiquee, M. R., Karim, R., Zaman, M., Alam, S. M., & Ashram, S. F. (2017, June). Crazy Crowd Sourcing to Mitigate Resource Scarcity. In Distributed Computing Systems (ICDCS), 2017 IEEE 37th International Conference on (pp. 2322-2326). IEEE.
[9] Ahmed, Syed Ishtiaque, Nova Ahmed, Faheem Hussain, and Neha Kumar. "Computing beyond gender-imposed limits." In Proceedings of the Second Workshop on Computing within Limits, p. 6. ACM, 2016.
[10]Ahmed, Syed Ishtiaque, Steven J. Jackson, Nova Ahmed, Hasan Shahid Ferdous, Md Rashidujjaman Rifat, A. S. M. Rizvi, Shamir Ahmed, and Rifat Sabbir Mansur. "Protibadi: A platform for fighting sexual harassment in urban Bangladesh." In Proceedings of the 32nd annual ACM conference on Human factors in computing systems, pp. 2695-2704. ACM, 2014.
Current profession
Current professional activities type:ResearchTeachingOtherAssociate Professor at North South University, Bangladesh Adjunct Researcher, Biomedical Research Institute, Bangladesh
Workshop and Conference Attended
2019 Scotland ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems2017 Denver, USA ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems2016 USA ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems2019 Germany International Conference and Anniversary Annual General Meeting of the Global Young Academy2018 Thailand International Conference and Anniversary Annual General Meeting of the Global Young Academy2017 UK International Conference and Anniversary Annual General Meeting of the Global Young Academy2016 Netherlands International Conference and Anniversary Annual General Meeting of the Global Young AcademyAffiliations
Global Young AcademyPresentation given
2019Ethics and Artificial Intelligence in Developing RegionsThailandEvent: Conference of Ethics Science and Technology and Sustainable Development, UNESCO, Ministry of Higher Education, Thailand, Invited speaker03/2019Scientific Solutions in Developing RegionsBrazilEvent: IAP-Res Conference, Brazil, Invited speaker (2019)2017HCI Research in BangladeshMumbai, IndiaEvent: Interact, India, Invited Speaker2019Made in BangladeshMumbai, IndiaEvent: Interaction Design2019SIGCHI, DhakaJapanEvent: Asian Development Committee Meeting -
Other Awards
Mar 2019Grace Hopper Conference for Women in Computing, Faculty ScholarThis is a funding that supports women in computing through a network to grow together.Mar 2019Fellowship, XXIV South Asian Feminist Capacity Building Course on Gender, Sustainable Livelihoods, Human Rights and PeaceIt is a Feminist sisterhood of Sangat where South Asian women support each other.Sep 2019Best Paper Award, CHIThe work on Gendered division of technology used received best paper award in CHI.May 2018IAPP Distinguished Privacy Award,SOUPSIAPP Distinguished Privacy Award, (SOUPS, 2018) - our work shows the privacy concern among women of South Asia in technology usage.Mar 2019ACM SIGCHI Development GrantIt is a grant to develop community in human centered computingAug 2013New Investigators Award (b), Grace Hopper Celebration for Women in ComputingIt supports technical innovation with a monetary awardAug 2009New Investigators Award (a), Grace Hopper Celebration for Women in ComputingIt supports technical innovation with a monetary awardFeb 2002Deans Honour, University of DhakaSupports excellence among undergraduate students