Research Team – Civic A.I. Lab

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.

Mitanshi Vyas

AI Masters Research Engineer

She graduated from Northeasterns masters program and now designing intelligent tools and recommender systems for gig workers

Maya De Los Santos

Undergraduate Research Assistant

Maya is a computer engineering undergraduate who is creating AI based tools for Latina gig workers.

Aishwarya Abbimutt Nagendra Kumar

Masters Research Assistant

She is creating and evaluating generative AI interfaces to assist with job searches.

Chirag Malhotra

Masters Student

Working on human centered AI systems for workers

Joon Lee

Undergraduate Research Assistant

He works on AI Gaming Interfaces.

Ryan Heminway

Masters Research Engineer

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

Vahid Agbortoko

Masters student working on designing and evaluating AI tools for gig workers and undeserved communities

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.

Liliana Savage

UX Product Manager

Lili leads several key research initiatives in civic and GovTech, driving human-centered solutions that enhance public services, promote civic engagement, and ensure technology benefits communities equitably.

Rafael Morales

Director Gov Tech

Rafael is leading our gov tech research and helping us to connect and work with a number of governments in Latin America so we can design empowering technologies for them. He is a researcher and professor at UNAM.

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.

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.