Hello,

I'm Ananta Chowdhury!

I am a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Computer ​Science at the University of Manitoba. My research interest is ​Human-computer Interaction, more specifically, child-​computer interaction. My research concentrates on ​designing innovative interactive technology for children, ​with children. I also have an interest in the social aspects of ​human-robot interaction.

ANANTA CHOWDHURY

Education

Ph.D. in Computer Science

University of Manitoba, Canada (Sept 2020- Present)

Co​ncentration: Human-Computer ​Interaction

Supervisor: Dr. Andrea Bunt

Research ​Experience

2021-​ Present​

Exploring A Child-Centric Design Space of Digital Interventions for​ Early Adolescents’ Disengagement from​ ​Technology Overuse


Utilizing co-design and research-through-design methods, this research aims to ​define and explore a child-centric design space for developing digital ​interventions aimed at addressing early adolescents’ tech overuse

2019-

2021

Designing an Online Tutorial Authoring Tool for Children for Sharing ​Digital Art Workflows

Conducted two user studies to design a tutorial authoring tool where children ​can create and share their digital art along with their workflows.


20​20

How Robot Informational Error Affects Children’s Trust Towards Robots

An HRI study, where an experiment was designed to understand how robots' ​errors are perceived by children and how it impacts their trust.​


2019​

An Exploratory Study on the Effect of Robot’s Motivation on People’s ​Productivity

An HRI Project, that investigated how a robot’s motivation can modify people’s ​behavior and help them to concentrate on their tasks while ignoring ​distractions.

2018​

Online Platform Addressing the International Students’ Difficulties of ​Integration into A Social Network

An HCI Project, where design implications for an interactive online platform ​were proposed based on user studies, in order to make international students’ ​social integration easier.


2015

Educational Intervention for Special Children of Bangladesh

An HCI project, where interactive and educative games in Bengali were ​developed to make learning easy and entertaining for children with autism ​using Kinect sensor.​

Work Experience

2019-​Pres​ent

Te​aching Assistant & Grader

De​partment of Computer Science, University of Manitoba

Courses: Human-Computer Interaction, Human-Computer Interaction 2, ​Introduction to Computer Science, Computer Programming for Scientists & ​Engineers

2022​

Se​ssional Instructor

De​partment of Computer Science, University of Manitoba

Course: Human-Computer Interaction

2018-

2​019

Le​cturer

Dept. of Computer Science & Engineering, Daffodil International University

Courses: Programming & Problem Solving, Data Structures, Discrete ​Mathematics, Object-oriented Programming, Computer Graphics


Publications

  • Ananta Chowdhury and Andrea Bunt. 2024. Exploring A Design Space for Digital ​Interventions Facilitating Early Adolescents’ Tech Disengagement: A Parent-Child ​Perspective. In Proceedings of the Nordic Conference on Human-Computer ​Interaction (NordiCHI’24). (Accepted for publication)


  • Ananta Chowdhury and Andrea Bunt. 2023. Co-Designing with Early Adolescents: ​Understanding Perceptions of and Design Considerations for Tech-Based ​Mediation Strategies that Promote Technology Disengagement. In Proceedings of ​the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI ’23), April ​23–28, 2023, Hamburg, Germany. ACM, New York, NY, USA, 16 pages.


  • Ananta Chowdhury and Andrea Bunt. 2023. Reflections on Online Child-Centric ​Participatory Design Approaches: Two Case Studies with Children and Early ​Adolescents. In Proceedings of the ACM CHI 2023 Workshop on Bridging Distances ​for Global Participation: Conducting and Theorizing Participatory Design and ​Research in Hybrid Contexts, April 23–28, 2023, Hamburg, Germany


  • Ananta Chowdhury and Andrea Bunt. 2022. Tutorials for Children by Children: ​Design and Evaluation of a Children’s Tutorial Authoring Tool for Digital Art. In ​Proceedings of the 48th Graphics Interface Conference (GI ’22). Canadian Human-​Computer Communications Society. (Best Paper Award)


  • Ananta Chowdhury. Tutorials for Children by Children: Design and Evaluation of a ​Child-Centric Tutorial Authoring Tool. MSc Thesis (2020). University of Manitoba, ​Canada.


  • A. Chowdhury, J.S. Rahman, and M.S. Hawlader (2016). Well-connectedness - a ​novel measure for improving protein complex detection from PPI network. 2016 ​IEEE Conference on Computational Intelligence in Bioinformatics and ​Computational Biology (CIBCB’16), 1-6.


Awards

  • Michael A. J. Sweeney Award, Best Student Papers at Graphics Interface (2022)


  • Computer Science Progression Award, University of Manitoba (2022)


  • Faculty of Graduate Studies Research Completion Scholarship, University of

Manitoba (2021)


  • University of Manitoba Graduate Student Fellowship (UMGF), University of ​Manitoba (2020 – 2024)


  • University of Manitoba Graduate Student Fellowship (UMGF), University of ​Manitoba (2019 – 2020)


  • Graduate Enhancement of Tri-Agency Stipends (GETS), University of Manitoba ​(2018 – 2020)


  • International Graduate Student Entrance Scholarship, University of Manitoba ​(2018)


Other Activities

  • Subcommittee Chair Assistant, Specific Application Area Subcommittee, CHI ​2024


  • Volunteer, Guild Support, Victoria Hospital, Winnipeg (2023 - present)


  • Student Volunteer, CHI 2023


  • Reviewer, ACM Conferences (CHI, DIS) and Universal Access in the Information ​Society Journal (UAIS)


  • Website Admin, Human-Computer Interaction Lab, Department of Computer ​Science, University of Manitoba (http://hci.cs.umanitoba.ca/), (2023 - Present)


  • Assistant Cultural Secretary, Canadian Bangladeshi Association (2021 - Present)


  • Women’s Representative, University of Manitoba Bangladeshi Student (UMBSA) ​Association (2020 - 2021)


  • Mentor and Problem-setter, HCI Smart City Hackathon Bangladesh (2017)


  • Founding Member of HCI DIU, Daffodil International University (2017)

Publications

Exploring A Design Space for Digital Interventions Facilitating Early Adolescents’ Tech Disengagement

Ananta Chowdhury and Andrea Bunt. 2024. Exploring A Design Space for Digital Interventions Facilitating ​Early Adolescents’ Tech Disengagement: A Parent-Child Perspective. In Proceedings of the Nordic ​Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (NordiCHI’24). (Accepted for publication)

Ananta Chowdhury and Andrea Bunt. 2023. Co-Designing with Early Adolescents: Understanding ​Perceptions of and Design Considerations for Tech-Based Mediation Strategies that Promote Technology ​Disengagement. In Proceedings of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI ​’23), April 23–28, 2023, Hamburg, Germany. ACM, New York, NY, USA, 16 pages.

Ananta Chowdhury and Andrea Bunt. 2023. Reflections on Online Child-Centric Participatory Design ​Approaches: Two Case Studies with Children and Early Adolescents. In Proceedings of the ACM CHI 2023 ​Workshop on Bridging Distances for Global Participation: Conducting and Theorizing Participatory Design ​and Research in Hybrid Contexts, April 23–28, 2023, Hamburg, Germany

Ananta Chowdhury and Andrea Bunt. 2022. Tutorials for Children by Children: Design and Evaluation of a ​Children’s Tutorial Authoring Tool for Digital Art. In Proceedings of the 48th Graphics Interface Conference ​(GI ’22). Canadian Human-Computer Communications Society. (Best Paper Award)

Ananta Chowdhury. Tutorials for Children by Children: Design and Evaluation of a Child-Centric Tutorial Aut​horing Tool. MSc Thesis (2020). University of M​anitoba, Canada.

Chowdhury, A., Rahman, J.S., & Hawlader, M.S. (2016). Well-connectedness - a novel measure for improving ​protein complex detection from PPI network. 2016 IEEE Conference on Computational Intelligence in ​Bioinformatics and Computational Biology (CIBCB’16), 1-6.

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Ananta Chowdhury

chowdhu1@myumanitoba.ca


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