About Me

Hello! I am Syed Zuhair Hossain (you can call me Zuhair) from Dhaka, Bangladesh. I am a passionate tech-enthusiast with a strong interest in Science and Arts. I am into learning new things about technology and research methodology with an engineering mindset. I completed my undergraduate degree in Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) at Brac University in May 2023.

I am currently a DevOps Engineer at Therap (BD) Ltd., where I work within the Application and Middleware (DevOps) Team. My role involves managing and maintaining the company’s systems and infrastructure, while also applying DevOps principles to automate and streamline our software delivery processes.

Previously, from February 2023 to September 2025, I worked as a DevOps Engineer in the Platform Architecture and Operations Department of the ITP Division at RedDot Digital IT Ltd. (subsidiary of Robi Axiata Ltd.). I was responsible for managing the platform’s core infrastructure, utilizing advanced automation tools like CI/CD, Docker, and Kubernetes.

I completed my undergraduate thesis on Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) under the guidance of Dr. Jannatun Noor Mukta in collaboration with Dr. A. B. M. Alim Al Islam, Dr. Tanjir Rashid Soron, and Dr. Md. Golam Zel Asmaul Husna. We were honored to receive a prestigious research grant from Brac University, which enabled us to expand our research work.

Research Interests

🧠 Mental Health & Computing
⚖️ AI Fairness & Bias
💻 Human-Computer Interaction
🌍 ICT for Social Good
📊 Computational Social Science

My research focuses on Human-Computer Interaction, aiming to solve real-world problems faced by marginalized communities to enhance social good. I am particularly interested in mental health technologies and understanding AI bias in computing systems. I am actively looking for PhD positions in HCI research labs.

News & Updates

Jul 2025 Paper published at IEEE COMPSAC 2025: "Examining Large Language Models Within Autism-Related Contexts: A Systematic Review of Bias and (Mis) Representation" - a collaboration with the NEAT Lab at Western Washington University.
Sep 2025 Joined Therap (BD) Ltd. as a DevOps Engineer in the DevOps Team.
Jun 2024 Started remote research collaboration with Western Washington University on mental health analysis of neurodivergent individuals (NEAT Lab).
Sep 2024 Virtual internship at Empathetic Computing Lab, University of South Australia & University of Auckland - EEG-based user input preference detection.
Dec 2024 Presented first-authored paper at NSysS'24: 11th International Conference on Networking, Systems and Security.
Feb 2024 Published first-authored poster in Proceedings of HotMobile '24 (25th International Workshop on Mobile Computing Systems and Applications).
Jun 2023 Awarded Brac University Research Grant 2023 for undergraduate thesis project.
May 2023 Completed undergraduate journey in CSE at Brac University. Thesis defense scored 95%.

Academic Service

Conference Reviewer: ACM CHI’24 & CHI’25 (Paper, Case Study, Alt.chi) · ACM CUI’24 · ACM DIS’24 · icSoftComp 2022–2024

Conference Volunteer: MobileHCI 2024 · UbiComp/ISWC 2024 · CHI PLAY 2024 · IEEE VIS 2024