Rahat Jahangir Rony

Research student, School of Computer Science and Informatics

: ronyr@cardiff.ac.uk
: +44(0)7311249074
: 2.36, HCC Lab, Abacws, Senghennydd Road, Cathays, Cardiff, CF24 4AG

I am Rahat Jahangir Rony, Ph.D. Student and Researcher in Computer Science and Informatics at Cardiff University under the supervision of Dr. Katarzyna, Dr. Nervo, and Dr. Valerie.

I am also an affiliated researcher (external) in Design Inclusion and Access Lab (DIAL) at North South University. I worked as a Research Assistant of Dr. Nova Ahmed, Professor, ECE Dept., NSU, Bangladesh, and still working with her. Also, I worked as a RA at BRAC University. I have nearly five years of research experience in HCI. I have worked as a Researcher on funded research projects by Gates Foundation, Google, UKRI & GCRF. I have completed my Bachelor's in Electrical Engineering from North South University, Bangladesh. I also have a small research firm, "Methopoth Ltd.: Reaching to the People," based in Bangladesh.

Treasurer: Dhaka ACM SIGCHI Chapter (September 1, 2019 - August 30, 2023)

Organizer:

AC M SIGCHI Workshop on Introduction to HCI Research World (July, 2022)

ACM SIGCHI Virtual Summer School on Research Methodologies: CHI and CSCW (June 2020)

ACM SIGCHI Winter School on How to Write a Research Paper for CHI 2021, Bangladesh (November 2019)

ACM SIGCHI Summer School on Research Methods in Human-Computer Interaction: Building Bangladesh's Future HCI Professionals, Bangladesh (March 2019)

Workshop on Privacy: Privacy and Pandemic in South Asia: Work from Home Culture, Class and Domestic Space. IndiaHCI 2020

Workshop on Teaching HCI in South Asia: Designing inclusive HCI Curriculum. IndiaHCI 2020

Research interests

My research interest includes Human-Computer Interaction and ICT4D

Few notable projects:

Intersection of Gender and Technology in Bangladesh (Gates Foundation: 2020-2022)

Developing Affordable Wearables for Upper-limb Function Rehabilitation in Bangladesh ( GCRF-UKRI: 2021-2022)

Digital RMG Mapping in Bangladesh (2020)

Assessment of the Driving Behavior and Stress in Multi-modal Road Culture in Developing Countries (2016-2018)

Development of the Wearable Security for Women Against Sexual Harassment (2016-2018)

Google Gender and Technology Research in Bangladesh (Google: 2017)

Cyber Security, Privacy Concerns, and Data Breach (2018-2019)

Thesis

Exploring the Opportunities of Low-cost wearable for Upper-Limb Rehabilitation for the Low income Communities in Bangladesh and Wales in the UK

This project aims to explore the landscape of upper-limb rehabilitation for stroke patients and come up with possible, affordable, and accessible wearable options to aid ULR for both patients in Wales and Bangladesh.