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.
Alumni

Dr. Monica Munnangi
Alumni: PhD candidate
Senior Research Scientist at Collate focused on studying healthcare and human centered AI.
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.

Anveeksh Mahesh Rao
Masters Student
Creating novel AI interfaces to combat cyber crime on social media.

Hunjun Shin
Masters Research Assistant
He is developing and evaluating LLM-based interfaces to assist workers.

Christopher LeBlanc
Masters Research Engineer
Graduated from Northeastern’s AI masters program. He is working on Human Centered AI tools for workforce reentry.

Sheryl Deakin
Masters Research Assistant
Working on novel human centered AI tools for hospital workers.
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.

Justin Rodriguez
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Justin is an REU undergraduate research assistant whose work focuses on designing AI tools to support formerly incarcerated individuals in their workforce reentry and career development.
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.

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.

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.

Thomas Hampton
Peer Support Coach & Research Assistant
Thomas supports formerly incarcerated individuals in thriving through workplace reentry, while designing AI tools that empower their careers.

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.

Anthony Baye
Project Manager & Research Assistant
Anthony is focused on designing AI tools for fair chance hiring of formerly incarcerated individuals.



