North South University Human Computer Interaction

26/08/2026

Huge congratulations to Md. M Jahidul Islam for starting his M.Sc. in Business Analytics at King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM) on a tuition scholarship for Fall 2026!

Before joining KFUPM, Jahid has been worked as RA at DIAL. He worked on the “Automated Unit Test Case Generation” project and later “Understanding Mental Health Challenges and Opportunities of People with Disabilities” project. Since September 2025, he has also been working as Data Scientist on the HEAT Project - Understanding Mental Health Status and Data-Driven Tech Intervention Design for Tertiary-Level Students.

Beyond his technical contributions, his warmth, integrity, and dedication made him a wonderful teammate.

The DIAL family wishes you tremendous success in your journey ahead, Jahid!

26/08/2026

Huge congratulations to Antara Saha, one of our finest qualitative researchers, as she begins an exciting new chapter pursuing her PhD in Industrial and Systems Engineering at the University of Louisville, USA!

​Her doctoral research will explore critical frontiers in Human Factors, focusing on the integration of human-centered AI and automation in healthcare systems transition.

​During her time at DIAL, Antara contributed to high-impact research backed by top-tier publications. Beyond her academic excellence, the entire DIAL family will deeply miss her warmth, kindness, and generous hospitality.

​Thank you, Antara, for your exceptional dedication. We wish you the very best in all your future endeavors!

23/07/2026

"Designing for Amplifying Voices: Supporting Bangladesh's Low-Income RMG Workers Through Technology Amid COVID-19 Pandemic: Qualitative Study" by Rahat Jahangir Rony and Nova Ahmed has been accepted for publication in JMIR Human Factors.
This work has been conducted during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Bangladesh with the support of BRAC CDE.

17/04/2026

Hello all, the ACM COMPASS 2026 poster track successfully completed the first round and is now rolling for the second round of submissions.

[Important Dates for Authors]

Second Round
Submission deadline: May 15, 2026
Submission link: https://compass26posters.hotcrp.com/
Notification to the authors: June 12, 2026
Camera-Ready Completion Deadline: June 26, 2026

COMPASS 2026 Conference: July 27-31, 2026
Deadlines are anywhere on earth (AoE) time.

Submission length: Between 2000 and 4000 words excluding references. Typically, up to 6 pages long (excluding references).

Submissions must be anonymous and should not include any author names, affiliations, and contact information.

Accepted papers will be included in the Proceedings of COMPASS 2026 and will become available in the ACM Digital Library.

Welcome to the ACM SIGCAS/SIGCHI Conference on Computing and Sustainable Societies Posters Track (COMPASS 2026 Posters) submissions site.

17/04/2026

Congrats to Shahriar Ifti, Shuvashish Chakrabarti, and Asif Mahmud on the acceptance of their short paper at ACM COMPASS 2026 from their co-learning project.

15/04/2026

Huge congratulations to the researchers (Monirul, Shihab and Richie) in DIAL for the new Q1 journal publication in PLOS One (H-index: 467).

"Attention and residual mechanism-based CNN (ARC-Net) with enhanced fairness generalization for deepfake facial image".

The team developed ARC-Net, an advanced model that distinguishes real from deepfake faces with an incredible 99% accuracy. But they didn't just stop at high accuracy, they prioritized fairness with out-of-distribution (OOD), McNemars statistical test and Explainable AI. Most deepfake datasets lack South Asian representation, so the team integrated real Bangladeshi faces into the training data. Result? The false positive rate dropped by more than half! Tiny data adjustments led to massive fairness wins.

Read the full article: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0340099

03/04/2026

Hello all,
We are excited to announce a Call for Papers for the ACM Transactions on Accessible Computing (TACCESS) Special Issue on Play and Accessibility. This special issue focuses on exploring how play across digital, physical, and social spaces intersects with accessibility, disability, and inclusive design. It is a great opportunity to contribute research that highlights innovative practices and perspectives in this area.

Important Dates:
Submission Deadline: July 10, 2026
First-Round Review Decisions: August 10, 2026
Revision Submission Deadline: August 31, 2026
Final Decision Notification: October 15, 2026
Tentative Publication: To be decided

Click here for the full call for Papers and submission instructions:
https://dl.acm.org/pb-assets/static_journal_pages/taccess/pdfs/ACM-TACCESS-CfP-SI-Play-Accessibility.pdf

We invite submissions that explore topics related to play, accessibility, disability, inclusive design, gaming, recreation, and everyday playful interactions.

For full details and updates, please visit: https://taccess.acm.org⁠

For any queries, feel free to contact: [email protected]

We look forward to your valuable contributions. Best wishes.

Thank you.

02/04/2026

We are proud to announce that the Design Inclusion and Access Lab (DIAL) at North South University has commenced a new project funded by UN Women, Bangladesh Mahila Parishad and Bonhishikha to develop an innovative ICT solution. Huge congratulations to Professor Nova Ahmed and her team - Anik Sinha, Gazi Fakrul Islam, Sami Uddin, and othermembers of DIAL.

They recently had the honor to participate in an inspiring event that brought together participants from all eight divisions of Bangladesh. There, they had the opportunity to demonstrate the progress to over 100+ dedicated individuals working relentlessly to make our country a more caring and inclusive place.

This partnership will also facilitate to research on the design and use cases of technology for social activism, with plans to publish findings in premier HCI venues.

21/03/2026

Eid Mubarak to everyone 🌙✨
May this Eid bring peace, happiness, and endless blessings into your life. Thank you for being a part of our journey.

04/03/2026

📢 Seminar Announcement

We are pleased to invite all researchers to join this seminar session.

Date: 5th March 2026
Time: 2:00 PM to 3.00 PM
Venue: BRAC University

The session is open to all researchers. You can register using the link below and join the talk.

🔗 Registration Link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSczcBwUOqpoWvHIQ8Hx8eWDQmDM1wQKmnc9naR0t3RJTTVykw/viewform?pli=1

Looking forward to your participation!