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I am Mrunal, a 2nd year Masters in HCI student at the University of Maryland, College Park. I am fortunate to be advised by Dr. Huaishu Peng, at the SMART Lab, UMIACS UMD. Multi-disciplinary HCI Researcher. Currently, a graduate student pursuing a Master of Science in Human-Compute Interaction from the University of Maryland, College Park. My research interest lies in building equitable technologies. Currently venturing into Personal health Informatics and Human-Robot Interaction.
News
Below is a list of recent updates, which admittedly focuses on good news. If you want, I'm happy to chat! (idea from the amazing Jane Im)
Sep 2023 Volunteering at UIST 2023!
Aug 2023 Selected for the Masters and Doctoral Consortium at the COMPASS 2023 COnference. First time talking about my research, pretty exciting!
Aug 2023 Selected for the Masters and Doctoral Consortium at the COMPASS 2023 COnference. First time talking about my research, pretty exciting!
Research
Below is a list of recent updates, which admittedly focuses on good news. If you want, I'm happy to chat! (idea from the amazing Jane Im)
Below is a list of recent updates, which admittedly focuses on good news. If you want, I'm happy to chat! (idea from the amazing Jane Im)
Publications
There is No App for That: Manifestations of the Digital Divides During COVID-19 School Closures in India
Mrunal Dhaygude , Naitik Lapsiya, Dipanjan Chakraborty
The 25th ACM Conference On Computer-Supported Cooperative Work And Social Computing
Rethinking Design of Digital Platforms for Emergent Users: Findings from a Study with Rural Indian Farmers
Mrunal Dhaygude , Dipanjan Chakraborty
IndiaHCI 2020: IndiaHCI '20: Proceedings of the 11th Indian Conference on Human-Computer Interaction | November 2020
In the media
Our research is highlighted in the media: http://bit.ly/3XOgMUn
A news-format report of our research on school closures during the COVID-19 lockdowns was commissioned by 360info and is now available online. The original research paper is available here: https://lnkd.in/dK3fRJKd
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