I am a PhD candidate in computer science at UC Berkeley, advised by Professor Niloufar Salehi. My research is at the intersection of human-computer interaction (HCI) and artificial intelligence. My current work examines how everyday people interpret, evaluate, and challenge algorithmic systems, especially in contexts where technical definitions of fairness and trust collide with lived experiences, domain expertise, and cultural norms. I enjoy conducting mixed-methods research across diverse contexts, including education, healthcare, and faith-based communities. I invite you to explore some of my work below, and please feel free to reach out if you'd like to connect or chat!
CHI 2026 Workshop on Bidirectional Human-AI Alignment - Sabriya Alam, Marwa Abdulhai, Tarek Naous, Niloufar Salehi. “Context-Dependent Alignment Failures in AI-Generated Religious Guidance.” (2026)
🏆 [Best Paper Award]
CHI 2026 Workshop on AI Across Cultures - Sabriya Alam, Marwa Abdulhai, Niloufar Salehi. “Trust in Tradition: Islamic Scholarly Practices as Design Precedents for Epistemic Challenges in AI.” (2026)
FAccT 2025 - Sabriya Alam, Marwa Abdulhai, and Niloufar Salehi. "Blind Faith? User Preference and Expert Assessment of AI-Generated Religious Content." In Proceedings of the 2025 ACM Conference on Fairness, Accountability, and Transparency, pp. 2451-2479. 2025.
AAAI 2024 - Sabriya Alam, Haodi Zou, Reya Vir, and Niloufar Salehi. "SAGE: System for Accessible Guided Exploration of Health Information." In AAAI-2024 Workshop on Public Sector LLMs: Algorithmic and Sociotechnical Design. 2024.
CSCW 2024 - Nguyen, Tonya, Sabriya Alam, Cathy Hu, Catherine Albiston, and Niloufar Salehi. "Definitions of Fairness Differ Across Socioeconomic Groups & Shape Perceptions of Algorithmic Decisions." Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction 8, no. CSCW 2, (2024): 1-31.
BMC 2023 - Gao, Xiaoquan, Sabriya Alam, Pengyi Shi, Franklin Dexter, and Nan Kong. "Interpretable machine learning models for hospital readmission prediction: a two-step extracted regression tree approach." BMC medical informatics and decision making 23, no. 1 (2023): 104.
Alam, Sabriya, Olivia Jimenez, Julia Taylor, and Dwaine Jengelley. "Unmanned and Autonomous Weapons Systems: Practices and Related Policy." Student Papers in Public Policy 2, no. 1 (2020): 7.
Alam, Sabriya Maryam. "Navigating in Numerous Video Data: User Interface Design for an On-Camera Video Analytics Engine." The Journal of Purdue Undergraduate Research 10, no. 1 (2020): 10.
EE 120: Signals & Systems at UC Berkeley
Head TA (Spring 2026, Fall 2026)
EECS 16A: Information Devices & Systems I at UC Berkeley [🏆 Outstanding GSI Award]
Graduate Student Instructor (Fall 2023)
Head TA (Spring 2024, Fall 2025)
Lead Instructor (Summer 2024)
ECE 270: Python for Data Science at Purdue University
Undergraduate Teaching Assistant (Spring 2020)
ENGR 161: Honors Introduction to the Physical Science of Engineering at Purdue University
Undergraduate Teaching Assistant (Summer 2018, Fall 2018, Spring 2019, Summer 2019)