Assistant Professor
Cornell University  
243 Gates Hall
adityav (at) cornell.edu
​Twitter : @imadityav
I am recruiting students interested in HCI, ICTD, and Accessibility research. Email me to know more!
I am an Assistant Professor at the Cornell Ann S. Bowers College of Computing and Information Science. My research focuses on designing, building, and evaluating appropriate computing systems for underserved communities worldwide. This encompasses: 
  1. ​Building novel computing systems for ​low-literate people, rural residents, and people with disabilities;  
  2. Systematizing factors that impact their use of technology;
  3. Deploying systems in real-world settings to facilitate their socioeconomic development.
​​More broadly, my work lies at the intersection of Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), ICT & Development (ICTD), and Accessibility.

My research spans several disciplinary boundaries, such as computer science, information science, global health, agriculture, and others. At Cornell, I am a member of the Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability, Digital Life Initiative, Cornell Center for Health Equity, and Cornell Center for Social Sciences.  

​My research is generously supported by Microsoft, Google, Facebook, USAID, PATH, Humanity United, and others. My work has transitioned into large-scale, real-world products that have reached an estimated 220,000 people in Africa and South Asia. 
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Before Cornell, I completed a Ph.D. in Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Washington, where my dissertation was recognized with the William Chan Memorial Dissertation Award and the WAGS/ProQuest Innovation in Technology Award.
​RECENT NEWS
  • Jun 2021: Thank you to the Cornell Center for Health Equity for funding our work on misinformation!
  • Jun 2021: Our new paper at ASSETS 2021 focuses on response bias in accessibility research. Congrats Joy!
  • May 2021: Rama's work on technostress experienced by low-income teachers will appear at CSCW 2021. Congrats Rama! 
  • Feb 2021: Our CHI paper, led by Sachin Pendse at Georgia Tech, received the best paper award at CHI 2021!  
  • Dec 2020: Excited to have four papers accepted at CHI! Thank you Rama, Chinasa, Gesu, and Sachin for leading these papers!
  • Dec 2020: Very grateful to be the recipient of  2020 Wags/Proquest Innovation in Technology Award! Thank you WAGS and Proquest.   
  • Oct 2020: Our work led by Farhana Shahid received a best paper honorable mention award at CSCW!
  • Jun 2020:  Received a grant from Cornell's Atkinson Center for Sustainability to examine misinformation about COVID-19 in low-resource environments! Thank you Cornell Atkinson!
  • Apr 2020:  Our paper, Learning from Tweets: Opportunities and Challenges to Inform Policy Making During Dengue Epidemic, got accepted at CSCW 2020!
  • Jan 2020: Got a Google Faculty Research Award to combat online harassment of marginalized women using human-centered AI approaches!
  • Jan 2020: Our paper, Challenges and Issues Integrating Smartphones into Teacher Support Programs in India, got accepted at ICTD 2020!