Portrait of Naveena, smiling and looking into the camera
Assistant Professor, Georgia Tech
Director, D3 Lab
VP Communications, SIGCHI

News, talks, & travel

National Union of Healthcare Workers Leadership conference, Dec 5
SIGCHI Futures Summit, Nov 16-18
Wrapped up the inaugural ACM AI Summit, where I served as communications chair
Received a Google grant to build “Inherently Auditable AI” with Mark Riedl
Panel at the Symposium on Digital Schooling at Michigan State University, May 19
Talk at the UC Irvine Informatics Seminar Series, Jan 30
12th Heidelberg Laureate Forum, Sept 14-19
CSCW ‘25 Honorable Mention for our paper “Bridging Ontologies of Neurological Conditions”

I am an Assistant Professor in Interactive Computing at Georgia Tech, where I direct the D3 Lab. My research focuses on human-centered AI and health/well-being in underserved communities. I examine how we can design for more just care infrastructures that better recognize the labor, autonomy, and rights of care workers and care recipients.

My research has been published and recognized at leading HCI venues such as ACM CHI, ACM CSCW, and ACM FAccT. This work has been supported by Google, the Atlanta Interdisciplinary AI Network, and others, and has received coverage in media outlets across the US.
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I was previously a postdoctoral fellow at the Harvard Center for Research on Computation and Society. I have a PhD in Computer Science from the University of Washington and an undergraduate degree in Computer Science from Georgia Tech. ‍
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I also think a lot about care and work outside of research. I serve as Vice President for Communications on the SIGCHI Executive Committee, where I support an informed and connected HCI research community.