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Director

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Dr. Saiph Savage

Director

Assistant Professor at the Khoury College of Computer Science at Northeastern. Named one of the 35 Innovators Under 35 by MIT Tech & recognized by UNESCO as having the top most impactful AI projects. Former Tech Worker.

PhD Students

Joon Lee

PhD Student

He works on AI Gaming Interfaces for workers.

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Kashif Imteyaz

PhD Student

He is working on designing collective action systems for gig workers. In the past he has created tools to digitize India’s rural workforce.

Christopher Curtis

PhD Student

Creating culturally aware AI based tools for gig workers.

Rosa Suviranta

Visiting PhD Student

She is a PhD student from the University of Helsinki working at the intersection of Human-Computer Interaction and Digital Humanities. Her research explores how crowdsourcing and Large Language Models (LLMs) can be combined for multimodal data annotation and new methods in digital humanities.
Claudia Flores-Saviaga

Alumni: Dr. Claudia Flores-Saviaga

Alumni: PhD Candidate

Researcher at Meta’s Observatory Board.

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Alumni: Dr. Carlos Toxtli

Alumni: PhD Candidate

He is now an Assistant Professor at Clemson University.

Ghanahshyam Kshirsagar

Alumni: Dr. Ghanahshyam Kshirsagar

Alumni: Post Doctoral Visiting Scholar

Working on Brain Computer Interface, Biosignals, Machine (Deep) Learning. He is currently also working with the Northeastern Exponential AI Institute.

Undergraduate Students

Viraj Upadhyay

AI+ UX Research Engineer

Researcher in Human Centered AI, eorking on Data Visualizations and Political Disinformation. Viraj finished his masters degree in CS at Northeastern.

Akshita Singh

Working on AI interfaces for workers who are visually impaired.

Hunjun Shin

Masters Research Assistant

He is developing and evaluating LLM-based interfaces to assist workers.

Ryan Heminway

Masters Research Engineer

Graduated from Northeastern’s AI masters program. He is working on Human Centered AI tools for workers.

Saichandu Juluri

Masters Research Assistant

Working on AI tools for people with disabilities.

Research Collaborators

Norma Elva Chavez

Norma Elva Chavez

Professor

Professor at the Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico (UNAM). Professor Norma Elva is a research collaborator of our lab supporting our research on robots and workforce development.

Jesse Nava

Program Manager

Advancing AI Innovation for Justice-Impacted Individuals through educational courses and AI wearables that foster workforce reintegration and expand business opportunities.

Rafael Morales

Director Gov Tech

Rafael holds a PhD in Political Science and leads our GovTech research, focusing on designing empowering technologies for governments across Latin America. He plays a key role in fostering collaborations with various governmental institutions in the region. In addition to his research, he is a professor at UNAM.

Eva Navarro

Professor

Eva Navarro López was a Professor of Computing and AI at RIT and former Director of its School of Information, recognized internationally for her work in AI, cyber-physical and complex systems, and neuro-inspired computing. She co-founded ACM-Women Europe and womENcourage, contributes to global initiatives on AI democratization and inclusion, and was named one of Spain’s Women Leaders and the 2025 100 Brilliant Women in AI Ethics list.
Shazia Ansari

Shazia Ansari

Product Manager

Shazia is focused on Human Centered Intelligent Cyber security used by Federal Governments. She has a masters degree in Computer Science.

Luis Hernandez

Research Assistant in AI

Originally from NY, Luis focuses on creating AI agents for gig workers

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Gema Toledo

UX Research Collaborator

Gema is a Computer Engineer from UNAM, and is UX and Innovation Specialist. She has created a number of iniciatives to promote latinas in tech, such as BrunchTech and Technolatinas.

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