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Hi, I'm Ajwa

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

Before Dartmouth, I completed my M.S. CS at the University of Virginia in the Ultimate User Interface Lab working with Prof. Seongkook Heo, graduating with highest honors and publishing my thesis work at ACM CHI. Iā€™m broadly interested in human-AI interaction, intelligent interfaces, and building interactive systems that augment human ability rather than replace it.

šŸ‘©šŸ»ā€šŸŽ“ Starting PhD in Computer Science at Dartmouth University
šŸŽ“ MS CS with Thesis in HCI at the University of Virginia
šŸŽ‰ Publication accepted at CHI 2025 LBW Track.

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Masters Thesis

HCI AI LLMs Older Adults CHI 2025

Paper Video Defense
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

Project Demo
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

HCI UI/UX Figma

Project Prototype
screenshots of ride sharing application

Ride Sharing for Pakistani Women

UX Research UI Design Figma Mobile App

Project Prototype
screenshots of application visualizing Sustainability with Narrative Wallpapers

Promoting Sustainability with Wallpapers

UX Research Thematic Data Analysis Graphic Design Mobile App

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

Conencting low literate parents to doctors

Full Stack Dev UI/UX Research Mixed Methods

Project Prototype

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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