Education
Bachelor (Honours) in Computer Science, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur Pakistan
Research Interests
My research interests lie at the intersection of Human-Computer Interaction and AI. I study fairness in decision-making AI systems using the socio-technical lens in the global south. I also focus on the development and deployment of AI systems in the non-western context.
Areas of interest
AI Fairness, HCI4D, Socio-Technical Systems, CSCW, ICTD
Classes taught
LIS 461: Data and Algorithms: Ethics and Policy
LIS 351: Introduction to Digital Information
Publications
Jeong, Eunmi, Corey Jackson, Liz Dowthwaite, Tallal Ahmad, and Laura Trouille. “Assessing the Value Orientations of Contributors to Virtual Citizen Science Projects.” In Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Communities and Technologies, pp. 191-202. 2023.
Lubna Razaq, Tallal Ahmad, Samia Ibtasam, Umer Ramzan, Shrirang Mare “We even Borrowed Money From our neighbor”: Understanding Mobile-based fraud through Victims’ Experiences Journal proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction CSCW, April 2021 Article number 41.
Shan M Randhawa, Tallal Ahmad, Jay Chen, Agha Ali Raza “Karamad: A voice-based crowdsourcing platform for underserved populations” CHI ’21: Proceedings of the 2021 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing SystemsMay 2021 Article No.: 569 Pages 1–15
Maryam Mustafa, Kimia Tuz Zaman, Tallal Ahmad, Amna Batool, Mastiah Ghazali, Nova Ahmad “Religion and Women’s Intimate Health: Towards an Inclusive Approach to Healthcare” CHI ’21: Proceedings of the 2021 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems May 2021 Article No.: 232 Pages 1–13
Tallal Ahmad*, Hamid Mehmood*, Lubna Razaq, Shrirang Mare, Maryem Zafar Usmani, Richard Anderson, Agha Ali Raza “Towards Digitization of Collaborative Savings Among Low-income Groups” Journal proceedings of the ACM on Human Computer Interaction Archive Volume 3 Issue CSCW, November 2019 Article number 35.
Tallal Ahmad, Amna Batool, Muhammad Salman Khalid, and Samia Ibtasam. “Scrolling, Navigation, and Selection: How New Smartphone Users Discover it”. In the Proceedings of 9th International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies and Development – ICTD 2017, Lahore, Pakistan.
Sacha Ahmad, Shan Randhawa, Muhammad Bilal Saleem, Zain Tariq, Maryam Ayub, Tallal Ahmad, Mustafa Naseem, Agha Ali Raza “Usage and feedback from a 3-week Launch of a Maternal Health helpline for men in Pakistan” (CHI 2018 HCI across Borders)
Website
https://sites.google.com/view/tallal-ahmad/home
Social Media
Twitter: @tallalahmad527