Sushmita Khan
sushmik[at]clemson[dot]edu
Last Updated: December 2024
Research
Area: AI, Privacy, Learning Sciences
Methods: In-Depth Interview, Survey, Action Research, Design Research, Grounded theory, Experiment
Education
Ph.D. Human-Centered Computing, Clemson University (Expected - 2025), Advisor: Dr. Bart Knijnenburg
Msc. Computational Science and Information Technology (2020), Georgia Southern University
Bsc. Computer Science and Engineering (2013), Brac University, Bangladesh
Grants & Recognition
1. Human Factor Institute, Clemson University, 2024
2. Finalist, Meta PhD Fellowship, Data and Privacy, 2023
3. Computing Research Association (CRA-WP), 2023
4. Travel Award, NSF, 2022 (Award ID 2240232)
5. Diversity Grant, Usenix, 2021
6. SEINFORMS 2017, Best Student Paper: students’ ethical technology use
Invited Talks
1. Implications and Strategies for Adolescents Data Privacy Violation, Cybersecurity at MIT Sloan (MIT CAMS)(November 2024)
2. Implications and Strategies for Adolescents Data Privacy Violation, NOKIA Bell Labs (November 2024)
3. Recommender Systems for Preference Elicitation, Intelligent systems Program, University of Pittsburg (October 2024)
4. Prototyping using Figma, HCI 6140 class, Clemson university (October 2024)
5. Recommender Systems for Preference Elicitation, HCC 8810, adaptive decision support system (2022)
6. Technology Limiting Users Perspective, CPSC 8800, Machine learning model explainability (2022)
Research Experience
Research Assistant, Clemson University (2020 - Present)
Evaluating self-actualization and accessibility of recommender systems (NSF Award 2045153)
AI and Privacy education intervention for adolescents (NSF Award 2039616) and older adults (Meta)
Research Assistant, Georgia Southern University (2016 - 2018, 2019 - 2020)
Classifying user personality based on their reviews of feature-rich good
Service
Local Chair, IUI 2024
Co-Organizer, Privacy Intervention and Education Workshop, CHI 2023
Student Volunteer, CSCW 2021
Review: CHI, CSCW, UMAP, TiiS, ECIS, Human Computing and Social Computing Workshop, COMPSAC