Maryam Mustafa
Assistant Professor
Department of Computer Science
Lahore University of Management Sciences
maryam_mustafa [at] lums [dot] edu [dot] pk
I am an Assistant Professor at the Department of Computer Science at the Lahore University of Management Sciences. I run the Interactive Media Lab at LUMS and am the Director of the Gender and Technology Cluster and the Saida Waheed Gender Center housed at LUMS. I am also the Co-Founder of Awaaz-e-Sehat , a speech based AI assistant for Maternal Health Workers.
I have a PhD in Computer Science from the Technical University of Braunschweig, Germany and am a Fulbright scholar with a Masters from Cornell University, NY.
My research interests are in human-computer interaction (HCI), and Human Computer Interaction for Development. I am interested in developing technologies that consider the social and technical constraints of diverse populations, with a specific focus on gender. My work seeks to create inclusive solutions that respond to the unique challenges and aspirations of these communities. My recent work spans multiple domains, including maternal and mental health, financial inclusion, digital literacy, and privacy. I am particularly interested in designing and developing safe, secure and trustworthy AI systems for sustainable development.
Recent News
Shared my work on leveraging AI tools to improve maternal health outcomes in Pakistan at the 78 United Nations General Assembly session on Artificial Intelligence for Accelerating Progress on the Sustainable Development Goals: Addressing Society’s Greatest Challenges.
Delighted to receive the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundations Grand Challenges Catalyzing Equitable Artificial Intelligence (AI) Use award for our project Awaaz-e-Sehat: Empowering Maternal Healthcare with Voice-Enabled Electronic Record Management.
Excited to share that our Feminist Designer book, edited by Alison Place, is now available for pre-order: https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262048422/feminist-designer/ ! The book brings together a constellation of voices and perspectives to examine the intersection of design and feminist theory.
Happy to be serving as papers co-chair for CSCW 2024 !
Our paper on "Stalking is immoral but not illegal": Understanding Security, Cyber Crimes and Threats in Pakistan" has won the IAPP SOUPS Privacy Award at the 19th Symposium on Usable Privacy and Security (SOUPS 2023).
Our paper on "Ask this from the person who has private stuff": Privacy Perceptions, Behaviours and Beliefs Beyond W.E.I.R.D has been accepted at CHI 2022.