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Hi, I'm Ajwa

a student researcher who has promised to design dependable and enjoyable digital solutions

🎓 MS CS with Thesis in HCI at the University of Virginia
👩🏻‍🎓 Starting PhD in Computer Science at Dartmouth University
🎉 Publication accepted at CHI 2025 LBW Track. Meet me online at the conference!

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Projects

My CV
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Masters Thesis

HCI AI LLMs Older Adults CHI 2025

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Hand Me the Music titled project showing music notes playing when a illustrated girl moves her hand. A badge showing best project award won for the project for the course called Engineering Interactive Technologies

Music Making Glove

Prototyping Algorithm Design Usability Testing

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Project title: Transparency in Mobile Health. Picture of a girl looking at a privacy policy screenshot of the Teladoc app and looking confused

Transparency in Mobile Health

HTML CSS JavaScript

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screenshots of ride sharing application

Ride Sharing for Pakistani Women

UX Research UI Design Figma Mobile App

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screenshots of application visualizing Sustainability with Narrative Wallpapers

Promoting Sustainability with Wallpapers

UX Research Thematic Data Analysis Graphic Design Mobile App

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screenshots of a doctor's app showing voice notes that a doctor can listen and respond to

Conencting low literate parents to doctors

HTML CSS JavaScript

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Teaching

Human-Computer Interaction (CS 6501)

Instructor: Dr. Seongkook Heo

University of Virginia

Advanced Software Development Techniques (CS 3240)

Instructors: Dr. Mark Sherriff, Dr. Tom Horton

University of Virginia

Usability Engineering (CS 4501)

Instructor: Dr. Panagiotis Apostolellis

University of Virginia

Fundamentals of Computer Systems (CS 225)

Instructor: Dr. Basit Shafiq

School of Sciences and Engineering, LUMS

Discrete Mathematics (CS 210)

Instructors: Dr. Basit Shafiq, Dr. Imdad Ullah Khan

School of Sciences and Engineering, LUMS

Computational Problem Solving (CS 100)

Instructor: Dr. Maryam Mustafa

School of Sciences and Engineering, LUMS

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