Nitin Sawhney
- Visiting researcher, Tutkimusinstituutti, Research Institute
- nitin.sawhney@uniarts.fi
Publications on ORCID website
Introduction
Nitin Sawhney is a visiting researcher at the University of the Arts Research Institute. He has a background in computational media, human-centered design and documentary film. He served as a Professor of Practice in the Department of Computer Science at Aalto University, leading the Critical AI and Crisis Interrogatives (CRAI-CIS) research group. He completed his doctoral dissertation at the MIT Media Lab, and taught in the Media Studies program at The New School and the MIT Program in Art, Culture and Technology (ACT).
Working at the intersection of Human Computer Interaction (HCI), responsible AI, and participatory design research, he examines the critical role of technology, civic agency, and social justice in society and crisis contexts. He has co-curated exhibitions and co-directed documentaries in Gaza and Guatemala, focusing on creative resistance and historical memory in conditions of war and conflict.
In October 2024 he co-organized the Contestations.AI Transdisciplinary Symposium on AI, Human Rights and Warfare in Helsinki. He is currently developing a transdisciplinary platform to foster critical dialogues and co-existence through science, technology, and the arts, and conceptualizing a new documentary film project critically examining the role of AI in warfare.
http://www.NitinSawhney.org