Ok, I'll be out of X/Twitter by mid-February. Sad to see this platform destroyed :-(
Please find me here or send me a PM and I'll send you my email: @foadhamidi.bsky.social
Many thanks to UMBC for this story covering my two recent NSF-funded grants with my amazing collaborators, @DHFBaltimore, @JusticeToshiba, @bugs, and MN Associates.
umbc.edu/stories/foad-hamidi…
Congratulations to Dr. @lydiastamato on her successful dissertation defense, "Between Technosolutionism and Cultural Relevance: Environmental Justice, Community Lab, and Bioart Intersections"!
Many thanks to her committee for their guidance and support!
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Thoroughly enjoyed envisioning new futures in social technology during the "positech" #CSCW2024 workshop today organized by @jaewon_kim_ @lindsaypopowski et al!
ALT about 20 workshop participants gathered in front of projected slides
Proud of @ehiggins95 presenting our work (with Marie Sakowicz) with Maryland State Department’s 3D printed assistive technology program at ACM #ASSETS2024 Conference!
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Come see @CrawfordkirkA present our poster during a coffee break at #ASSETS24
Link to poster: dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/36635…
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I’m giving a talk at #ASSETS24 in session 5A at 2pm today! Come see me or read the paper here: dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/36635…
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After 10 years of research, my PhD thesis is finally published with @SpringerNature!It explores how social media & ICTs are used in conflict across the #MENA region, with case studies from #Palestine,Syria, Iran and Tunisia: phd.kosta.phd/ #PhD #Research #AcademicTwitter
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Congratulations to Dr. Jwawon Seo on the successful defense of his dissertation "Shaping Ownership in Augmented Reality: The Impact of Annotation Control on Psychological Ownership and Collaboration"! And special thanks to his committee for all of their guidance!
ALT Photo of webex call with Jwawon Seo, Helena Mentis, Anita Komlodi, Andrea Kleinsmith, Ignacio Avellino, and Andres Monroy-Hernandez.
Such a pleasure to share our paper with @norakmcdonald and @lydiastamato on providing free internet connectivity to Baltimore residents in COVID-19 with @WavesMesh and @DHFBaltimore: dl.acm.org/doi/abs/10.1145/3… Many thanks to @andrewcoy and Sam Musgrave for this amazing collaboration
I'm honored to have received #UMBC COEIT's 2024 Early Career Faculty Excellence Award!
Thanks to my amazing students, colleagues, collaborators, community partners, and mentors for years of work and support!
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📢📢In-person #DisabledInComputing meetup - happening today at 11:10a at #FAccT2024!!! All are welcome. 📢📢
@FAccTConference @DisabledSTEM @StemDisabled
Announcing the first-ever in person meetup of ♿@DisabledInCS ♿️ tomorrow (Thurs) @ 11:10 (in ☕️ break) in @FAccTConference #FAccT2024 hotel lobby, walking to Casa das natas Copacabana.
All with 🥄#chronicillness, 🧠 mental illness and/or #neurodivergence, and allies welcome!
So great to see you at #Facct24! Excellent paper and presentation too!
I have had such a wonderful experience at #FAccT24! It is truly an interdisciplinary conference and I am glad to have had an opportunity to learn from not just technologists but legal experts/policy makers. And lovely to meet some #a11y enthusiasts in AI thanks to @DisabledInCS!
ALT Kate, Shiri, and Foad take a photo in a large hallway underneath a tall staircase. Kate is wearing a black and white speckled dress.
ALT Kate stands in front of a FAccT 2024 screen that shows an artistic capibara. Kate is holding a mic.
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We are thrilled to share that our CEO & President, Andrew Coy, was named the 2024 Technology CEO of the Year by the Maryland Tech Council! 🎉 We are so grateful to the Maryland Tech Council for this recognition of Andrew and all the work we're doing at Digital Harbor Foundation.
Proud of @lydiastamato and our team @ehiggins95 Hasan Mahmud Prottoy @BUGSSlab presenting our paper on bioart and community engagement at #chi2024
