Suleman Shahid is an Associate Professor of Computer Science at the Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) and the founding director of the LUMSx – Digital Learning Center at LUMS. At LUMS, he directs the ‘Computer-Human Interaction for Inclusion, Wellbeing and Learning’ (CHISEL) Lab, manages the university’s Usability Lab and is the Faculty Lead for the Facebook Innovation Lab at LUMS, which is Facebook’s first Innovation Lab in Pakistan. Suleman is also a part of the National Center on Big Data and Cloud Computing at LUMS. It leads its Open Data Pakistan initiative, a first-of-its-kind open data portal in Pakistan. Suleman is also a Senior Design and Strategy Consultant. He works with private and public sectors on design-driven innovation, people-centred change management, and digital transformation projects.
He is also the founder of the annual UX Pakistan design conference, the Lahore Design Festival, the UX Camps program and co-host of the Design Baithak podcast and meetups initiative.Suleman’s primary area of interest is designing learning and healthcare technologies for/with the margins in the global south with an emphasis on using participatory and inclusive design to drive innovation. His research focuses on the intersection of design, technology, and inclusion with applications to (1) assistive technologies (mobile apps and VR/AR systems) to enhance the quality of life of persons with disabilities (e.g. autism, dyslexia, visual impairment, dementia), and persons with mental health conditions (e.g. anxiety, depression), and (2) learning and playful technologies for children.
