Hi! I am Divyanshu 👋.
Pronouns: he/him.

I'm a PhD Candidate in Information Science at the University of Colorado Boulder, where I am adivsed by Bryan Semaan. Broadly, I am interested in how mundane technologies (e.g. names, documents, YouTube) around us are shaped by/through the history and lived realities of the communities at the margins of our society.

My current research focuses on the caste system, examining the mechanisms in which caste influences the experience of lower-caste communities with technology (e.g. social media) and underlying socio-technical production of technology (e.g. AI). I conduct empirical research with interpretivist tradition, particularly employing tools such as ethnography, algorithmic audits, and theoretical analysis/development.

Before starting my PhD, I worked as a Software Engineer at Scry Analytics for a year. I completed my B.Tech in Computer Science and Engineering from IIIT Delhi, India in 2021. I worked as a student reseracher in Human-Machine Interaction Lab where I worked with Jainendra Shukla, Venkata Ratnadeep Suri and Pushpendra Singh.

Divyanshu wearing a tshirt, in a lecture hall, smiling.


contact me

Email: Divyanshu[dot]Singh[at]colorado[dot]edu
Twitter: @uhsnayvid
LinkedIn: divyanshukumarsingh

news

November 2021
Our work lead by Asra Sakeen Wani titled “Hartal (Strike) Happens Here Everyday”: Understanding Impact of Disruption on Education in Kashmir, got condicationally accepted at ACM CHI 2022.
June 2021
Graduate from IIIT Delhi (yay!!) and starting as a software engineer at Scry Analytics.
March 2021
I am selected to serve as a Shadow PC at ACM COMPASS'2021.
January 2021
Winter 2021, I am Teaching Assistant for DES101(Introduction to Human-Computer Interaction) being instucted by Dr. Rajiv Ratn Shah.
December 2020
Presented first phase of my Bachelor's Thesis - 'Design for the Well-Being of LGBTQIA+ University Students'. Slides.
October 2020
Selected for SIGCHI CSCW Asia Winter School (Dec 18-19), Taipei, Taiwan. I will be presenting my work on "Design for the Well-Being of LGBTQIA+ University Students".
Feburary 2020
Selected as a Student Volunteer at ACM/IEEE HRI'2020. Super excited to attend HRI at Cambridge (Yayy!) - Tickets Done, Visa Applied. :)
January 2020
Our work titled "Toy, Tutor, Peer or Pet: Preliminary Findings from Child-Robot Interaction in a Community School" has been Accepted as a Late Breaking Report at ACM/IEEE HRI'2020. (My first acceptance, after a rejection! xD)