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Prof. Nitin Sawhney leads the CRAI-CIS (CRitical AI and Crisis Interrogatives) research group in the Department of Computer Science at Aalto University. Working at the intersection of Human Computer Interaction (HCI), responsible AI, and participatory design research, he examines the critical role of technology, civic agency, and social justice in society and crisis contexts. Prof. Sawhney has previously conducted research in speech/audio interaction, wearable computing, distributed open source collaboration, civic/participatory media at the MIT Media Lab and The New School.
At Aalto University, he is the principal investigator for a 3-year Academy of Finland research project on Reconstructing Crisis Narratives for Trustworthy Communication and Cooperative Agency, jointly conducted with the Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL). It aims to analyze crisis narratives using mixed-methods, combining qualitative research with computational data analytics of crisis discourses in news, health communications, and social media. In December 2021, he received an award from the Kone Foundation for a 4-year research project Civic Agency in AI? Democratizing Algorithmic Services in the City (CAAI). In September 2022, he was awarded a Strategic Research Council grant from the Academy of Finland for the project Designing Inclusive & Trustworthy Digital Public Services for Migrants in Finland (Trust-M).
Prof. Sawhney is a member of the research program on AI and Society at the Finnish Center for Artificial Intelligence (FCAI). At Aalto University he helped establish the research areas on Digital Ethics, Society and Policy (Digital ESP) and Human-Computer Interaction and Design (HCID). His work has been published in journals including IEEE Multimedia, ACM Transactions on Computer-Human interaction, Personal and Ubiquitous Computing, Planning Practice & Research, AI & Society: Knowledge, Culture and Communication, and Digital Creativity. He is an associate editor for the International Journal of Child Computer Interaction.
He has previously been involved in several tech startups in clinical data platforms and real-time news and social media analysis in Cambridge and New York, and co-directed two feature-length documentary films in Gaza and Guatemala.
CRAI-CIS Research Group: https://crai-cis.aalto.fi/
Personal Website: http://www.NitinSawhney.org
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Scientific › peer-review
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Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Scientific › peer-review
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Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Scientific › peer-review
Sawhney, N., Drobotowicz, K. & Kajava, K.
01/01/2022 → 31/12/2025
Project: Domestic funds and foundations
Sawhney, N., Leinonen, T., Paakki, H., Nelimarkka, M., Villaman, N., Hyökki, S., Viitanen, J., Aledavood, T., Kajava, K., Tikka, M., Ahsanullah, R., Kajava, K., Tikka, M., Truong, L., Varanasi, U., Lares, S., Paakki, H., Nariman Zadeh, H. & Sounny Slitine, F.
21/08/2020 → 30/11/2023
Project: Academy of Finland: Other research funding
01/01/2021 → 31/12/2026
Project: Academy of Finland: Competitive funding to strengthen university research profiles
Sawhney, N., Eskelinen, V. & Serpytyte, R.
01/10/2022 → 30/09/2025
Project: Academy of Finland: Strategic research funding
Tahiroglu, Koray (Recipient) & Sawhney, Nitin (Recipient), 1 Jan 2022
Prize: Granted funding (public project funding)
Nitin Sawhney (Speaker)
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Academic keynote or plenary lecture
Nitin Sawhney (Speaker)
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited academic talk
Nitin Sawhney (Speaker)
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Academic keynote or plenary lecture
Nitin Sawhney (Organiser), Henna Paakki (Organiser) & Karolina Drobotowicz (Organiser)
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organization of a workshop, panel, session, tutorial or event
Nitin Sawhney (Organiser), Andrea Botero (Organiser), Caterina Soldano (Organiser) & Karin Fröhlich (Organiser)
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organization of a workshop, panel, session, tutorial or event
10/11/2021
1 item of Media coverage
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27/04/2021
1 item of Media coverage
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26/11/2020
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20/10/2020
1 item of Media coverage
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19/05/2020
1 item of Media coverage
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