Updates on publications, awards, and research milestones.
2026
Apr 10, 2026📄 Paper ACCEPTED at EuroVA 2026 (EuroVis Workshop on Visual Analytics): "Interpreting Latent Variables in Causal DAGs: A Study of Non-Expert Understanding."
Apr 01, 2026📄 Paper ACCEPTED as a poster at EuroVis 2026: "What Catches the Eye? A Conjoint Study of Infographic Design Preferences."
Apr 10, 2026🎤 Attending the Innocence Network Conference 2026, Chicago, Illinois — discussing AI, Innocence Intake, and scaling justice with AI. Funded by NSF BIAS-NRT.
Feb 19, 2026📄 Two papers ACCEPTED at CHI 2026 Extended Abstracts: "Making Charts Speak: LLM Based Conversational Chart Question Answering for Blind and Low Vision Users" and "Every Persona Has Its Palette: Persona Based Color Highlighting for Emotional Expression in Text Chat."
Jan 05, 2026🏅 Received Special Recognition for Outstanding Reviews at CHI 2026.
2025
Dec 15, 2025🏅 Received Special Recognition for Outstanding Reviews at IUI 2026.
Dec 01, 2025🎤 Delivered a guest lecture on MisVisFix at SUNY Old Westbury.
Feb 25, 2025📄 Paper ACCEPTED at CHI 2025 Extended Abstracts: "Leveraging LLMs for Personalized Public Messaging."
2024
Aug 01, 2024🎓 Awarded the NSF Research Traineeship (BIAS-NRT) Fellowship at Stony Brook University for interdisciplinary research on bias in AI, data, and institutions.
Jul 29, 2024🎉 Passed the Research Proficiency Examination (RPE) — officially a Ph.D. Candidate in the CS Department, Stony Brook University.
Earlier
Jan 2022🚀 Started Ph.D. at Stony Brook University, advised by Dr. Klaus Mueller.
May 2016🏫 Joined East West University as Senior Lecturer.
Jun 2015💼 Joined Robi Axiata Limited as Software Engineer.
Jun 2015🎓 Completed M.Sc. from University of Dhaka with ICT Ministry Fellowship.
2014🌏 Received ISIF Asia Award for Project "Shohoj Sonchoy — Easy Savings."
2012–2015🔬 Research at Green Networking Research Group, University of Dhaka.