About the author
Saiph Savage is an assistant professor at Northeastern University in the Khoury College of Computer Sciences, where she directs the Northeastern Civic AI Lab. She also works at West Virginia University designing technology for rural regions.
Her focus areas include human-centered AI, gig work, and public interest technology. Saiph recently won a large grant from the National Science Foundation to study human-centered AI meant to empower rural workers and was recognized by UNESCO for her impactful research.
In 2018, MIT Technology Review named Saiph among their Innovators Under 35 for her civic AI research.
Recommended resources
→ How to use human centered design to. create tools for workers.
→ Book chapter on designing AI tools for workers.
→ Designing AI tools for workers in Latin America with the global partnership on AI.
→ Material on Human-Centered AI.