Dilruba Showkat
(she/her/hers)
PhD Student
Research interests
- Human Computer Interactions
- Game Design
- Transparent Algorithms
- Data Science
- Computational Biology
Education
- MS in Computer Science, Oregon State University
- MS in Computer Science, University of Dhaka
- BS in Computer Science, University of Dhaka
Biography
Dilruba Showkat is a doctoral student at the Khoury College of Computer Sciences at Northeastern University, advised by Alexandra To. Her doctoral research, which began in 2021 and is expected to run until 2024, focuses on human–computer interaction.
Showkat works as a graduate assistant within Khoury College. She previously worked as a graduate assistant at Oregon State university and as a lecturer at BRAC University in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Her academic background has largely focused on human–computer interaction research and design methods, stochastic algorithms, and front-end development.
Recent publications
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Cultivating Community and Creating Safe Spaces: Exploring A Design Toolkit for the Learned Values of Students of Color
Citation: Dilruba Showkat, Laveda Chan, Christopher Brooks, Devina Raithatha, Alexandra To. (2025). Cultivating Community and Creating Safe Spaces: Exploring A Design Toolkit for the Learned Values of Students of Color Proc. ACM Hum. Comput. Interact., 9, 1-28. https://doi.org/10.1145/3710905 -
An Exploration of Learned Values Through Lived Experiences to Design for BIPOC Students’ Flourishing
Citation: Laveda Chan, Dilruba Showkat, Alexandra To. (2024). An Exploration of Learned Values Through Lived Experiences to Design for BIPOC Students' Flourishing CHI Extended Abstracts, 43:1-43:7. https://doi.org/10.1145/3613905.3650899
