Vishal Sharma

schoolGeorgia Institute of Technologybar_chart#1835 Global Rank

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#1835

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UnWEIRDing Peer Review in Human-Computer Interaction

Peer review determines which scholarship is legitimized; however, review biases often disadvantage scholarship that diverges from the norm. Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) lacks a systemic inquiry into how such biases affect underrepresented Global South (GS) scholarship. To address this critical gap, we conducted fo…

CHI '261st AuthorSmart Cities & Urban Sensing +3

Whose Data Builds the City? Critical Data Practices for Socio-Environmentally Just Urbanization

Data-driven systems, such as satellite imagery, often dictate urban planning; however, they frequently neglect local, situated, and embodied knowledges. This paper examines the epistemic, political, and socio-ecological frictions that surface when city data (e.g., aerial imagery and administrative records) is brought…

CHI '251st AuthorDeveloping Countries & HCI for Development (HCI4D) +2

Sustainability, Development, and Human–Computer Interaction

Researchers in Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) have studied the design and use of technologies for sustainability and development, contributing to the subfields of Sustainable HCI and HCI for Development. Increasingly, there have been calls within and outside HCI for a more integrated approach to sustainable developm…

CSCW '241st AuthorSession 2e: Data, Power, and Justice

Whose Participation Counts? Towards Technology-Mediated Equitable Futures of Development Work

Participatory approaches may empower community members toward their development; however, structural and identity-based factors may impede equitable participation. It, thus, becomes imperative to critically examine the politics, dynamics, and rhetoric of participation in development contexts. We deconstruct the meanin…

CHI '231st AuthorAI-Assisted Creative Writing +2

It Takes (at least) Two: The Work to Make Romance Work

Digitalization has motivated romance novelists to move from traditional to self-publishing online. However, engagement with flexible and responsive, yet precarious and biased algorithmic systems online pose challenges for novelists. Through surveying and interviewing the novelists, and using the lens of feminist polit…

CSCW '221st AuthorUsers' Understanding of Algorithms; Users' Understanding of Algorithms

Romancing the Algorithm: Navigating Constantly, Frequently, and Silently Changing Algorithms for Digital Work

Many romance novelists have shifted to self-publishing mediated through online technologies, such as online retailer platforms for selling novels and social media for marketing. However, engagement with such complex algorithmic systems has posed challenges, including understanding continually changing algorithms, freq…

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