Dr. Moushumi Sharmin is currently an Associate Professor and Graduate Program Advisor in the Computer Science Department at the Western Washington University. Before joining Western, she was a Research Assistant Professor in the Computer Science Department at the University of Memphis, where she collaborated with behaviroal health scientists to design affective technology. Her research focuses on Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), Affective Technology Design, Visualization, and Designing Technology for Specific User Groups. Many of her recent projects focus on understanding and designing technology for neurodivergent individuals. She received her PhD in August 2013 in CS (HCI) from the Computer Science Department at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Dr. Sharmin received her MSc. from the Mathematical and Statistical Sciences and Computer Science Department at Marquette University and BSc. in CSE from the Computer Science Department at the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET)

 

 

 

Recent News

Moving Towards an Accessible Approach to Music Therapy for Autistic People: A Systematic Review has been accepted as a full paper at IEEE COMPSAC 2023.

“Monday Feels Like Friday!” - Towards Overcoming Anxiety and Stress of Autistic Young Adults During Times of Isolation has been accepted as a full paper at

iConference 2023.

Constrained Life in a Multifarious Environment-A Closer Look at the Lives of Autistic College Students has been accepted as a full paper at ACM SIGCHI 2022.

Lessons Learned from the Design and Evaluation of InterViewR: A Mixed-Reality Based Interview Training Simulation Platform for Individuals with Autism has been accepted as a short paper at IEEE COMPSAC 2022.

To Aid Emotion Expression for Non-Verbal Autistic Individuals, In an App, Less (Features) is More (Better) at UbiCOMP 2022.

   

       Upcoming and Recent News

         Presented an invited workshop titled "Stronger Together: Power in Access, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion" at the 2023 NCCWSL (National Conference for Student Women Leaders), University of Maryland, College Park.

Served as a panelist for AAUW Fellowship Review Committee

Attended IEEE COMPSAC 2023 Virtually

         Attended GHC 2022 virtually

         Shameem and I gave a talk on Autism and Scientifically Proven Interventions and Services for Autism on Saniya Rahman Autism Blog, 2022.