Hello, my name is
Zaidat Ibrahim
Ph.D Candidate, Informatics
Ph.D minor: Human-Computer Interaction
Indiana University, Bloomington
- zaibrahi@iu.edu
About Me
I am a 5th-year Ph.D. Student in Health Informatics and Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) at Indiana University Bloomington, USA. I work at the ProHealth Lab with Dr. James Clawson and Dr. Katie Siek. My research lies in the intersection of Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), Personal Informatics, and Women’s Health. As a researcher, I am interested in new ways of supporting people during the course of their health journey. My research is currently focused on menstruation and pregnancy journeys.
Each year, I continously mentor undergraduate students for a year-long research projects through the Emerging Scholars Program at Indiana University’s Center of Excellence For Women & Technology (CEWiT). Outside of school, you’ll find me: learning German, contributing to Google Local Guide, trying out a new recipe, catching up on ‘Shark Tank’, giving back to my community through NaijaCoders, or reading a book from my continuously growing amazon wishlist! Follow my reading journey on Goodreads. This summer, I am fortunate to be working at Microsoft Research New England Lab and mentored by Mary Gray, PhD, a leading expert in the emerging field of AI and ethics.
Interests: Health Journeys, Personal Informatics, Women’s Health, Value-Design, and HCI.
I am on the job market this cycle 😊
Highlights
2024
September 2024: I’m attending the Health & AI Workshop by Google Research Africa.
August 2024: Selected as a Rising Stars in EECS 2024 (MIT EECS Rising Stars ) !
August 2024: Very fortunate to have been offered a fall internship at Microsoft Research under the mentorship of Mary Gray
July 2024: Selected as a DigiStars Scholar– I will be presenting at the DigiStars Annual Symposium at University of Utah!
June 2024: My colleagues and I were Featured on Luddy News.
May 2024: Invited research presentation at Victoria Interactive eXperiences with Information (VIXI) Lab at University of Victoria, Canada (In-person). {See my talk history }.
May 2024: Awarded Berkeley Big Ideas Challenge/Mastercard Alumni Scholars Impact Fund for Project: Naijacoder (Grand Pitch May 15th, 2024)
May 2024: I will be attending CHI 2024 in Hawaii. My presentation schedule is listed here.
May 2024: Excited to share that I’ve accepted a PhD Research Intern position at Microsoft Research.
April 2024: Our Paper received an Honourable Mention award 🏆 (Top 5% of submissions)
April 2024: Awarded merit-based IU Graduate & Professional Student Government (GPSG) Travel Awards
March 2024: Selected to participate in Velocity Conference jointly sponsored by Kelley Business School/UC Berkeley (March 2024 | Berkeley, California)
January 2024: First-author papers accepted into ACM CHI 2024 (Details on presentation schedule coming soon).
January 2024: Co-authored Case Study Paper accepted into CHI 2024 (Details on presentation schedule coming soon) .
January 2024: Finalist for 2024 Berkeley Big Ideas Challenge/Mastercard Alumni Scholars Impact Fund [You can also donate to support free education for students who are unable to afford it].
January 2024: Co-organizing ACM CHI 2024 Workshop: Fraudulence in HCI Research.
2023
December 2023: Selected for 2024 CHI 2024 in-person Doctoral Consortium (May 11-17 2024 | Hawaii, USA)
December 2023: Passed PhD dissertation proposal 🎉.
September 2023: Attending the Future of Pandemic Prevention Response at University of Michigan. (Read Report)
March 2023: ACM-W Scholar/ Travel Award Recipient (Thank you ACM!)
March 2023: Accepted to present two (2) Work in Progress research projects at WISH @CHI 2023. (Hamburg, Germany)
2022
December 2022: Passed Qualification Exams (PhD Candidate 🎉)
May 2022: José Blakeley 2022 PhD Summer Research Award
March 2022: Acceptance to participate in workshop titled Integrating Faith, Religion & Spirituality in HCI as part of ACM CHI Conference 2022
February 2022: Selected as student volunteer for ACM CHI Conference 2022 (April 30 – May 5 2022 | New Orleans, LA)
January 2022: Selected to participate in 2022 CRA-WP Grad Cohort for Women (April 21-24, 2022 | New Orleans, LA)
January 2022: Selected to participate in 2022 CRA-WP Grad Cohort for IDEALS (March 24-26, 2022 | San Diego, CA)
2021
September 2021: Selected as CSCW 2021 Student Volunteer (Virtual)
July 2021: GHC Student Scholarship to attend 2021 Grace Hopper Conference (Virtual)
May 2021: Completed the first year of Ph.D.
January 2021: Selected to participate in 2021 CRA-WP Grad Cohort for IDEALS and CRA-WP Grad Cohort for Women .