Uttishta Sreerama Varanasi
Doctoral Researcher
Doctoral Researcher
T313 Dept. Computer Science
Full researcher profile
https://research.aalto.fi/...
Phone number
+358466812838
Areas of expertise
HCI, Design, Service design
Research groups
- Professorship Vuorimaa Petri, Doctoral Researcher
Publications
Automate, Assist, Avoid : Caseworkers' Perspectives on Applying Large Language Model-Based Assistance in Public Sector Decision-Making Processes
Karolina Drobotowicz, Johanna Ylipulli, Uttishta Sreerama Varanasi, Heidi S. Mäkitalo
2026
CHI 2026 - Proceedings of the 2026 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Scaling Care-fully: Uncovering Labours of Care When Scaling Participatory Design in the Public Sector
Ruta Serpytyte, Uttishta Sreerama Varanasi, Thomas Olsson
2026
CHI 2026 - Proceedings of the 2026 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Frictions and constraints of institutioning: Facilitating equitable participatory design with migrants in municipalities
Uttishta Varanasi, Ruta Serpytyte, Thomas Olsson
2026
DRS2026: Edinburgh, 8–12 June, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Equity in the Design of Digital Public Services : A Scoping Review of the Definitions, Approaches and Measurements used in HCI
Uttishta Sreerama Varanasi, Karolina Drobotowicz, Johanna Ylipulli
2025
C and T 2025 - Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Communities and Technologies
The Death of Participatory Design : A Critical Reflection on Living Labs through Interactive Storytelling
Uttishta Sreerama Varanasi, Rūta Šerpytyte
2025
Tapestries of trust: using interdisciplinary design research to weave in multi-stakeholder perspectives in the public sector
Bhuvana Sekar, Uttishta Varanasi, Ruta Serpytyte, Viivi Eskelinen
2024
DRS2024: Boston, 23–28 June, Boston, USA
Promoting Criticality through Design Futuring with Young Children
Sumita Sharma, Noura Howell, Leena Ventä-Olkkonen, Netta Iivari, Grace Eden, Heidi Hartikainen, Marianne Kinnula, Eva Durall Gazulla, Michael Nitsche, Jussi Okkonen, Supratim Pait, Elisa Rubegni, Wouter Sluis-Thiescheffer, Lonneke van der Velden, Uttishta Sreerama Varanasi
2024
Live - Uniting HCI for a Hyperlocal and Global Experience
Infrastructural practices for sustained participation : Towards equitable public services in the Finnish context
Uttishta Sreerama Varanasi
2024
Nurturing Algorithmic Literacy: A Case Study on the Trends and Challenges of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Education in Schools
Akshat Srivastava, Uttishta Varanasi, Oleksandra Sushchenko, Charlene Mae Sta Teresa, Ravinder Singh Bidhan
2023
Proceedings International Conference on Technology 4 Education
Contextual Inquiry of Affordances for Collaboration in Crisis : Lessons from the Finnish Context
Minttu Tikka, Rahim Ahsanullah, Uttishta Varanasi, Vuokko Härmä, Nitin Sawhney, Teemu Leinonen
2023
Proceedings of the 20th International ISCRAM Conference