Pratyasha is a Graduate Research Assistant at the Department of CSE, BRAC University. She also works as a remote Graduate Research Assistant in the Third Space Research Group at the Department of Computer Science, University of Toronto. Prior to this, she worked as a Research Assistant in the PROTIC II project at the Department of Human Centered Computing, Monash University, Australia. She holds a bachelor’s degree in Physics from the University of Dhaka.

For her research, she is broadly interested in the intersection of technology and society. She uses mixed-methods to study privacy, trust, ethics, bias, and social justice within socio-technical systems.

Over the past six years, she has conducted extensive ethnographic research with diverse groups, including online sexual harassment survivors, juvenile delinquents, sex workers, slum-dwellers, and LGBTQ+, Hijra, Bede, and Harijan communities across the Global South. Her work has been widely recognized and published in top HCI venues such as CHI and CSCW. She has published over 20 research papers, including ten in CHI and CSCW, and others in ICTD, ACM DIS, COMPASS, JCSS, and CUI. Her research has been rewarded with a CHI Best Paper Award in 2024.

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Journal/Conference Paper

1.  Pratyasha Saha, Nadira Nowsher, Ayien Utshob Baidya, Nusrat Jahan Mim, Ishtiaque Ahmed, S M Taiabul Haque; "Computing and the Stigmatized: Trust, Surveillance, and Spatial Politics with the Sex Workers in Bangladesh", Proceedings of the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2024).  [Best Paper Award] (top 1%) 
2. Md Adnanul Islam, Dan Richardson, Manika Saha, Delvin Varghese, Tom Bartindale, Pratyasha Saha, Muhamad Risqi U. Saputra, Patrick Olivier; "Recordkeeping in Voice-based Remote Community Engagement", Proceedings of the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2024).
3. Ankit Shrestha, Tanusree Sharma, Pratyasha Saha, Syed Ishtiaque Ahmed, Mahdi Nasrullah Al-Ameen; ''A First Look into Software Security Practices in Bangladesh", ACM Journal on Computing and Sustainable Societies (2023). 
4.  Sharifa Sultana, Pratyasha Saha, Shaid Hasan, S.M. Raihanul Alam, Rokeya Akter, Md. Mirajul Islam, Raihan Islam Arnob, AKM Najmul Islam, Mahdi Nasrullah Al-Ameen, Syed Ishtiaque Ahmed; "Imagined Online Communities: Communionship, Sovereignty, and Inclusiveness in Facebook Groups", Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction (CSCW2 2022). 
5.  Yasaman Rohanifar, Sharifa Sultana, Swapnil Nandy, Pratyasha Saha, Md. Jonayed Hossain Chowdhury, Mahdi Nasrullah Al-Ameen, Syed Ishtiaque Ahmed; "The Role of Intermediaries, Terrorist Assemblage, and Re-skilling in the Adoption of Cashless Transaction Systems in Bangladesh", Proceedings of the 3rd ACM SIGCAS Conference on Computing and Sustainable Societies (COMPASS 2022).
6. Fayika Farhat Nova, Michael Ann DeVito, Pratyasha Saha, Kazi Shohanur Rashid, Shashwata Roy Turzo, Sadia Afrin, Shion Guha, "Facebook Promotes More Harassment": Social Media Ecosystem, Skill and Marginalized Hijra Identity in Bangladesh, In Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction (PACMHCI Journal), CSCW 2021. 
7. Md Mahfuzul Haque, Mohammad Yousuf, Ahmed Shatil Alam, Pratyasha Saha, Syed Ishtiaque Ahmed, Naeemul Hassan; "Combating Misinformation in Bangladesh: Roles and Responsibilities as Perceived by Journalists, Fact-checkers, and Users", In Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction (PACMHCI Journal), CSCW 2020.
8. Syed Faiz Ahmed, Pratyasha Saha, S. M. Taiabul Haque; "Technology Adoption Dynamics of the Press Workers in Bangladesh", Proceedings of the 3rd ACM SIGCAS Conference on Computing and Sustainable Societies (COMPASS 2020).
9. S M Taiabul Haque, Pratyasha Saha, Muhammad Sajidur Rahman, Syed Ishtiaque Ahmed; “Of Ulti, 'hajano', and "Matachetar otanetak datam'': Exploring Local Practices of Exchanging Confidential and Sensitive Information in Urban Bangladesh”, In Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction (PACMHCI Journal), CSCW 2019, Austin, Texas. 
10. Fayika Farhat Nova, Md. Rashidujjaman Rifat, Pratyasha Saha, Syed Ishtiaque Ahmed, Shion Guha; “Online Sexual Harassment over Anonymous Social Media in Bangladesh”, In Proceedings of International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies and Development (ICTD 2019), Ahmedabad, India.
     

Poster/Workshop Paper
 

1. Afroza Nowshin Senjuti, Shammi Akhter Shiba, Pratyasha Saha, Farig Sadeque, Taiabul Haque, "Understanding the Perceptions and Practices of the Machine Learning Professionals in Bangladesh", in the Companion Publication of the 2024 ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing (CSCW 2024). (to be appeared)
2. Smit Desai, Tanusree Sharma, Pratyasha Saha; "Using ChatGPT in HCI Research—A Trioethnography", Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Conversational User Interfaces (CUI 2023).
3.  Fayika Farhat Nova, Pratyasha Saha, Shion Guha; "Understanding Online Harassment and Safety Concerns of Marginalized LGBTQ+ Populations on Social Media in Bangladesh", In Proceedings of International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies and Development (ICTD 2022).
4. Fayika Farhat Nova, Michael Ann DeVito, Pratyasha Saha, Kazi Shohanur Rashid, Shashwata Roy Turzo, Sadia Afrin, Shion Guha; "Understanding How Marginalized Hijra in Bangladesh Navigate Complex Social Media Ecosystem", in the Companion Publication of the 2019 ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing (CSCW 2020).
5. Sharifa Sultana, Pratyasha Saha, Shaid Hasan, Rokeya Akter, S.M. Raihanul Alam, Raihan Islam Arnob, Md. Mirajul Islam, Mahdi Nasrullah Al-Ameen, Syed Ishtiaque Ahmed; "Understanding the Sensibility of Social Media Use and Privacy with Bangladeshi Facebook Group Users", Proceedings of the 3rd ACM SIGCAS Conference on Computing and Sustainable Societies (COMPASS 2020).
6. Fayika Farhat Nova, Pratyasha Saha, Md. Shafiur Raihan Shafi, Shion Guha; "Sharing Of Public Harassment Experiences On Social Media In Bangladesh", in the Companion Publication of the 2019 ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing (CSCW 2019).
7. Fayika Farhat Nova, Md. Rashidujjaman Rifat, Pratyasha Saha, Syed Ishtiaque Ahmed, Shion Guha; “Silenced Voices: Understanding Sexual Harassment on Anonymous Social Media Among Bangladeshi People”, in the Companion Publication of the 2018 ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing (CSCW 2018).
8. MD Romael Haque, Pratyasha Saha, Shion Guha, Nicola Dell, Ishtiaque Ahmed, Jay Chen; "Internet Privacy and Security in Bangladesh through the lens of “Privacy in Context” Framework", Paper presented at the 'Privacy in Context Workshop', part of the 2018 ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing (CSCW 2018).
9. Fayika Farhat Nova, Md. Rashidujjaman Rifat, Pratyasha Saha, Syed Ishtiaque Ahmed, Shion Guha; “Sarahah  in Bangladesh: A Study on Anonymity and Social Media in Developing Countries", Proceedings of the companion publication of the Third ACM conference on Human Computer Interaction Across Border (HCIxB @CHI'18).

• CHI Best Paper Award
  Paper: “Trust, Surveillance, and Spatial Politics with the Sex Workers in Bangladesh” 2024
• Gary Marsden Travel Award (for virtual CHI attendance)
  By ACM SIGCHI 2024
• Higher Secondary School Certificate (HSC) Scholarship
  By The Government of People’s Republic of Bangladesh 2014
• Board Scholarship
  By The Government of People’s Republic of Bangladesh 2008