AI and Software Engineering researcher. Intersectional data and design science educator.
A little about me
My mission: to create inclusive spaces to improve diversity in the digital landscape.
My vision: to prioritize AI ethics and inclusive HCI by amplifying marginalized voices, indigenous knowledge, and the experiences of women by improving participatory design processes, data driven decision making, and data literacy competencies. This vision will impact storytelling, wellness, and relation to place for munipalities and government as well as university, business, and community collaboration.
Hi! I'm Alicia, but you can call me that or Al. I am a Postdoctoral Researcher at Erasmus University Rotterdam in the Center for Energy System Intelligence (CESI) where I work on AI and inclusion for a just and fair energy transition. CESI is an Ai, Data, and Digitalization Convergence center in partnership with TU Delft. My previous work was at Norwegian University of Science and Technology in software engineering. I'm also the co-creator of Out on an Island, a podcast about punk rock, mental health, and intersectional feminism (https://linktr.ee/outonanislandpodcast). I was recently named one of 100 Brilliant Women in AI Ethics by the Women in AI Ethics (https://womeninaiethics.org/) for 2024. With over seven years of teaching in university settings including University of Berkeley's Masters in Data Science program and University of Hawai'i at Hilo, I am thrilled to be focusing on developing research agendas and network collaborations.
I practice inclusion and data feminism at the intersections of interdisciplinary informatics, human-computer interaction, and ethical AI in software engineering. Earning a doctorate in Spring 2021 from the University of Hawai`i at Manoa, I am open to opportunities for research and collaboration across disciplines. My current research is in inclusive HCI and informatics for environmental behavior change. I also examine the intersections of mental health, gender, and computing education. My past research examined everyday (or communicative) memory, feminism, marginalized communities, and online stigmatization in local and global communities.
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I was also an active member of the COST Action EUGAIN: Gender balance in Informatics in Europe (which ended in October 2024), the Association of Computing Machinery (ACM) Women-Europe. I've held positions on the Inclusion and Diversity Team for the Horizon Europe projects New European Bauhaus and Creating Actionable Futures. In addition, I am currently in service to the Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T) as the Europe Chapter Chair-Elect and Member of the UNESCO Inclusion Policy Lab. I have been named an All Tech is Human first cohort mentee, Data Science for All Distinguished Fellow, ASIS&T New Leader, and Future Digileader for Digitize Stockholm. Send me an email if you want to chat!
https://www.eur.nl/en/people/alicia-takaoka
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