Research Team
Director
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
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.
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.
Monica Munnangi
PhD Student
Monica is researching how to develop and apply natural language processing (NLP) techniques that focus on clinical settings, including hospitals and nursing workflows, to support healthcare professionals in their daily work.
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.
Master’s 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
PhD Student
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.
Undergraduate Students
Nakul Rajpal
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Undergraduate researcher working on AI tools for workers
Jeronimo Santoyo
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Jeronimo Santoyo is an undergraduate at Northeastern University studying Politics, Philosophy, and Economics with Business Administration. Originally from Mexico, he explores ethics, governance, and technology with a focus on the social and philosophical impacts of emerging technologies.
Research Collaborators
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
Project Manager across all initiatives related to justice-impacted individuals, overseeing the design of AI tools and educational programs aimed at supporting workforce reintegration.
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
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
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.