Nadia Nahar

Software Engineering PhD Candidate @CarnegieMellon @SCSatCMU @S3DatCMU

[Nadia Nahar @NadiaIIT]

So thrilled to share that our paper received best paper award at #CHI2026! 🏆✨

Huge thanks to my incredible co-authors and the HCI community for the support. See you in Barcelona!

[Nadia Nahar @NadiaIIT]

Excited to give an invited talk at SEMLA 2025 on June 18 at Polytechnique Montréal!

I'll share how I use LLMs to design interventions that support collaboration among practitioners developing machine learning products.

More info: https://t.co/srF7kyHjHW

#SEMLA2025 #LLM #SE4ML

[Nadia Nahar @NadiaIIT]

Stronger together 😃 #CMU #S3D #ICSE2025

[Parv Kapoor ✈️ ICML 26 /\ RSS 26 @Parvkpr]

CMU and alumni at ICSE 2025!

[Nadia Nahar @NadiaIIT]

(3) 𝗟𝗟𝗠-𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗔𝘀𝘀𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗶𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗡𝗲𝗴𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗠𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗹 𝗥𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 -- Work on progress, 🗓️ Monday (May 5),📍University of Toronto, at the BTMM 2025 (https://t.co/m7MLIvb54c).

[Nadia Nahar @NadiaIIT]

🥳Heading to Ottawa for #ICSE2025!

Excited to present 3 works in the upcoming week (details in comments) and meet fellow researchers.

Let’s connect and grab coffee if you’re around!☕️

[Nadia Nahar @NadiaIIT]

(2) 𝗕𝗲𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗳𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗭𝗼𝗻𝗲: 𝗘𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗦𝗼𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗢𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗴𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗟𝗟𝗠𝘀 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝗦𝗼𝗳𝘁𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝘀 🗓️Friday (May 2), 14:00,📍Room 206📄 Preprint: https://t.co/CCpqNamwEn.

[Nadia Nahar @NadiaIIT]

(1) 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁 𝗕𝗲𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗹 – 𝗔𝗻 𝗘𝗺𝗽𝗶𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝘁𝘂𝗱𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗥𝗲𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗻-𝗦𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗲 𝗠𝗟 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝘀 🗓️ Thursday (May 1), 11:00–12:30, 📍Room 215. 📄 Preprint: https://t.co/H0zrx6fxBd.

[Nadia Nahar @NadiaIIT]

📢 Calling for ML practitioners, researchers, & students!

We invite you to join our 60-min user study on our new LLM-powered tool for ML evaluation. Enjoy a $35 Amazon gift card as a thank you!

Sign up: https://t.co/stROISZ3AA or email [email protected] for details.

[David Bergman @TheDavidBergman]

Always risky to predict what will happen in Bangladesh, but I am increasingly of the view that there is now no way back for prime minister Sheikh Hasina and the Awami League to govern normally in the country. Why do I say this?

(a) At least 155 people have been confirmed killed by law enforcing authorities but local observers are saying the true figure could well be many multiples of this number. The issue of "quotas" is now no longer the principal concern of students/supporters - it is the shooting of civilians by the state.

(b) The Awami League government has now lost a key rationale for its presence in power - its ability to allow the public to get on with their lives without political conflict and violence. A large proportion of the public in Bangladesh may not have liked the Awami League that much, were critical of its restrictions on freedom of speech/assembly etc and would rather it have allowed free and fair elections, but at the same time they appreciated the peace and stability that the party provided them, particularly since the opposition violence of 2015. However, now, it is clear that the Awami League cannot provide peace and stability in the future, and so it has lost a crucial basis for it to remain in power.

(c) Since Friday afternoon, the government has shut down the internet. It is likely this was done to:
- stop images of killings and police violence from being shared online;
- prevent people from accessing news from online media websites;
- hinder students from being able to organise protests. However, the government cannot keep the internet blocked for too long - as so much of its economy is so dependent on it.

(d) Imagine then what will happen when the internet is opened again - there will be an outpouring of rage against the government on both social and online news media sites, and there will likely be an avalanche of highly critical social media posts about the police killings and violence, with photos and videos. This will feel overwhelming for the government.

(e) Since Friday night, the government declared a curfew and brought the army onto the streets. A curfew, enforced by the army, with apparent shoot to kill instructions, effectively brought to the end students protests, except in isolated places. But how long can this last. At some point in the near future, the government will have ro remove the curfew and allow the army to go back to the barracks.

(f) And when that does happen, there will surely be a huge resurgence of student protests (catalysed by by the outpouring of social media news etc discussed above) against the killings and the violence meted out by the law enforcing authorities. If the government allows the students to protest without facing police violence, then there is a good chance the protests will get bigger and bigger, with the involvement of more and more ordinary citizens, and the government would become overwhelmed. If the government uses the police to shoot on them again, the cycle of violence will start again, and the government will again be forced to declare a curfew and bring the army, something that would become unsustainable

(g) The Awami League government is not going to just resign - and there is no civil society entity independent or powerful enough to persuade it to resign. Remember, the government is authoritarian in nature, and has been willing to use brutal violence in the past to remove any threats to its position. It will do everything to hang onto power. The only way there can be a transfer of power away from the Awami League is if the army decides to take a role. And I believe the situation in Bangladesh could well force the army to make such a decision

(h) As set out in the thread written earlier (see below) the head of the army is loyal to the Awami League and he would do everything he can to preserve the government. However, due to a combination of the argument set out above, there will be a point where the army realises that in order to avoid chaos it will have to take charge, and this will require forcing the government to resign, taking over power temporarily, and hopefully allowing the possibility of free and fair elections.

(i) Of course the Awami League and Sheikh Hasina has managed many crises before - indeed one critic of the prime minister has described her to me as an "indestructible cockroach." However, she has never had to deal with a situation quite like this one, and it would require quite monumental political skills on her part to remain in power after a crisis like this one, ironically a crisis completely of her own making.

[Nadia Nahar @NadiaIIT]

How much of a crime is this to stop a whole country of people to communicate with their loved ones during this difficult time?

[Steve Hanke @steve_hanke]

Bangladesh’s AUTHORITARIAN PM Sheikh Hasina's idea of FREEDOM OF SPEECH = UNPLUG THE INTERNET.

[banojyotsna ... @banojyotsna]

A South Asian nation is completely blacked out, no news, no contact with outside world, for almost 24 hours!

The last news was 60+ young school-college-university students have been KILLED on the street, hundreds are critical.

The world needs to speak up for Bangladesh NOW!!

[Tasnim Fabiha @tasnim_fabiha]

My country is disconnected to the world for over 24hours now. And the death toll is increasing :(

Thanks to @USC_ISI for bringing this to light. Check the article below by ANT Lab @USC_ISI

https://t.co/Ppc1qOSZ3a

#AlleyesonBangladesh
#SaveBangaldeshiStudents

[hobi’s sweat @sugas_studio]

ALL EYES ON BANGLADESH
#Save_Bangladeshi_students
#StudentsUnderAttack
#QuotaReform

[Pinaki Bhattacharya @PinakiTweetsBD]

#Bangladesh has been cut off from all international communication. The authoritarian regime has shut down the cellular network and the internet. Fixed landlines are not working—it's a total blackout. @elonmusk please provide @Starlink services for Bangladeshi people who are faceing widespread violence by fascist regime.

[Arif's Den 𝕏 @arifsden]

My twitter network

Please help me to spread this.

#SaveBangladeshStudents
#SaveBangladeshiStudents
#StudentProtest
#StarlinkforBangladesh

[𝚃ɑ𝔯ⅈ𝖓✮🇧🇩🇵🇸 @Tarin_71]

The New Bangladesh..!! 🇧🇩🇧🇩🇧🇩

No matter how much blood you shed or how many of them you kill but the spirit of this generation is unbreakable and they are true fighters.

#SaveBangladeshiStudents #QuotaMovement #StudentProtest #AllEyesOnBangladesh

[Yeasin Arafat Imran @YeasinArafat769]

Black night has descended in Bangladesh, Bangladesh's communication with the whole world is cut off, broadband, mobile internet have all been shut down. please help our Students 🙏....
#Dhaka #StudentsUnderAttack #StudentProtest #StudentprotestBangladesh
#StarLinkforBangladesh

[Nadia Nahar @NadiaIIT]

#FreePalestine

[Nadia Nahar @NadiaIIT]

I will be presenting a paper on Wednesday 11:30 at the Transparency and explainability session. Do join. Here is the preprint: https://t.co/0wrd5OilWy

[Nadia Nahar @NadiaIIT]

It was a great morning at @FAccTConference and Brazil.
Let's chat if you are also here!