Tanusree Sharma

I'm currently a Ph.D. candidate in Informatics at the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, based in Champaign. I'm very fortunate to be advised by Dr. Yang Wang , with additional mentorship from Andrew Miller, Dawn Song, Sauvik Das, Yun Huang and many other collaborators.

I study questions in the intersection of system and society, particularly in the context complex socio-technical system. With a particular emphasis on underserved populations, I design, evaluate, and implement interventions to address ethical and privacy concerns in data-driven systems, covering facets, including, data, algorithms, and user interactions- in both user-to-user and user-to-company contexts.

I use tactical and opportunist interventions leveraging both experimental and theoretical techniques to reimagine, build and test more socially responsible alternatives.  This includes new methods for engaging underserved groups as a contributor; methods of technical inclusion in cooperative deliberative design. I also utilize a combination of systems-building and empirical studies (user experiments, field deployments, co-design, and expert interviews).

I'm on the academic job market this year!  I'll graduate with a PhD from Informatics, the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign in 2024. I'm open to TT faculty positions. If my work aligns with yours, please get in touch!

Honors And Awards

2023 - Democratic inputs to AI by OpenAI - Awarded $110,000 (PhD Dissertation Work)

2023 - SIGCHI Gary Marsden Travel Grant 2023 - Awarded $2500

2023 - IC3 Student Travel Award - Awarded $2,000

2023 - Plurality Student Travel Award - Awarded $1,500

2022 - Nomination by UIUC Grad College for Google PhD Fellowship

2022 - Nomination by UIUC Grad College for Apple AI/ML PhD Fellowship

2021 - Virtual Grace Hopper Celebration Scholarship 2021 - Awarded / Sponsored by Google $1500

2021 - CSRMP Scholar-Google’s CS Research Mentorship Program

2021 - Graduate College Travel Grant 2021, UIUC Awarded $1500

2021 - Best Paper Award on 9th International Conference on the Internet of Things

News and updates

[10/2023] I will be giving a talk for CTF (Cybersecurity & Trusted Foundations) colloquium talk at Arizona state university on Oct. 24th, 2023

[10/28/2023] I'll be giving a talk at OpenAI in San Francisco on Inclusive.AI: Democratic Inpute to AI

[09/30/2023] I am invited in DAO Workshop Stanford Center for Blockchain Research for the workshop on Utilizing DAO Tooling for non-DAO context: Democratic input to AI

[09/11/2023] I'll be giving a talk at Usenix PEPR 23 on Rethinking Data Minimization from a User-Centered Approach at SANTA CLARA, CA

[08/2023] I'll be presenting my paper on Smart Contract developer security paper at Usenix 23, ANAHEIM, CA

[08/2023] I'll be presenting my paper at SOUPS 23 on Iterative Design of An Accessible Crypto Wallet for Blind Users

[08/2023] I'll be presenting an Accessibility and Security of Crypto browser wallet and Iterative design approach on SOUPS 23, at ANAHEIM, CA

[07/2023] I am giving a talk at IEEE Computer Society Bangladesh Chapter on Women in Computing & Higher studies

[06/2023] I am giving a talk at IC3 Blockchain Camp, Cornell Tech Workings and metrics to evaluate Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAOs).

[06/2023] I'll be serving as CHI 24 Chair Assistant for the Privacy and Security Track

[06/2023] I am attending HCIC

[04/2023] I will be presenting two First Authored papers at CHI 2023 in Hamburg, Germany