Novia Nurain
Novia Nurain
নোভিয়া নূরাইন
Assistant Professor
  • nnurain AT cse DOT buet DOT ac DOT bd
  • tinyurl.com/google-scholar-novia
  • Department of Computer Science and Engineering (CSE),
    Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET),
    Dhaka-1000, Bangladesh
Biography
As an HCI researcher, my research focuses on how emerging GenAI technologies can benefit marginalized communities by providing equitable information access, support for self-care and everyday routine adaptation, and opportunities for reciprocal social support. Ultimately, I strive to co-create artificial intelligence (AI) experiences with marginalized communities, enabling them to work collaboratively with emerging AI systems. I rely on user-centered research approaches to ground my investigations, translate research findings into theoretical frameworks, create design toolkits, and build functional prototypes.
Education
Postdoctoral Researcher, 2025
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA

Ph.D. in Informatics, 2023
Indiana University, Bloomington, USA

M.S. in Informatics, 2020
Indiana University, Bloomington, USA

Ph.D. in Computer Science & Engineering, 2019
Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology, Dhaka, Bangladesh

M.Sc. in Computer Science & Engineering, 2014
Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology, Dhaka, Bangladesh

B.Sc. in Computer Science & Engineering, 2011
Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Research Interest
Human-Computer Interaction
Human-AI Collaboration
Human-Robot Interaction
Accessibility and Aging
Personal Informatics
Designs for Marginalized Communities
Publications
1. Ishrat Jahan, Jannatun Noor, Novia Nurain, A.B.M. Alim Al Islam, "It should help me progress and strengthen my Imaan": Understanding Algorithmic Experiences of Islamic Content on Social Media Recommendation Systems, CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2026. Conference DOI
2. Nurain, N., Chung, C., Caldeira, C., Connelly, K., “It’s Like Living a Different Life, Going to the Moon”: Rethinking Space and Activity in the Context of COVID-19, Computer Supported Cooperative Work CSCW (Impact Factor: 2.3), 33, 825--878, 2024. Journal DOI
3. Caldeira, C, Nurain, N., Heintzman, A., Molchan, H., Caine, K., Demiris, G., Siek, K., Reeder, B., Connelly, K., “How do I compare to the other people?”: Older Adults’ Perspectives on Personal Smart Home Data for Self-Management, Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction (Impact Factor: 4.55), 7, 1--32, 2023. Journal DOI
4. Nurain, N., Chung, C., Caldeira, C., Connelly, K., Hugging with a Shower Curtain: Older Adults' Social Support Realities During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction (Impact Factor: 4.55) (Received Impact Recognition Award), 5, 1--31, 2021. Journal DOI
5. Nurain, N., Talukder, B. M. S. B., Choudhury, T., Tairin, S., Ferdousi, M., Naznin, M., & Islam, A. A. A., Exploring network-level performances of wireless nanonetworks utilizing gains of different types of nano-antennas with different materials, Wireless Networks (Impact Factor: 2.1), 25, 2651--2664, 2019. Journal DOI
6. Chakraborty, T., Nurain, N., Tairin, S., Khan, T. A., Noor, J., Islam, M. R., & Islam, A. A. A., A new network paradigm for low-cost and lightweight real-time communication between train and rail track to detect missing and faulty rail blocks, Journal of Network and Computer Applications (Impact Factor: 8 ), 131, 40--54, 2019. Journal DOI
7. Nurain, N., Tairin, S., Khan, T. A., Ishraq, S., Islam, A. A. A., Power attack: An imminent security threat in real-time system for detecting missing rail blocks in developing countries, Computers & Security (Impact Factor: 5.4 ), 84, 35--52, 2019. Journal DOI
8. Islam, A. A. A., Islam, M. J., Nurain, N., & Raghunathan, V. , Channel Assignment Techniques for Multi-Radio Wireless Mesh Networks: A Survey, IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials (Impact Factor: 46.7), 18, 988–1017, 2016. Journal DOI

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