Behnoosh Mohammadzadeh

I am a postdoctoral researcher at POEL in the Department of Design (DAD) at Politecnico di Torino, where I research Community-Authored Machine Learning as a feminist approach to collaborative governance for federated content moderation. I'll write more about my project soon. I completed a PhD in Human–Computer Interaction at Université Paris-Saclay (LISN) and Sorbonne Université (ISIR). In my thesis, I looked at how people can, through interaction, influence the way ML models behave in context. You’ll find more about my thesis in the next section. Before HCI, I studied Mathematics and Computer Engineering for much of my early adulthood and later completed a Master’s in Machine Learning & Intelligent Vision. Over time, this technical path made me more curious about our place as humans in an increasingly automated world. Outside of research, I'm interested in creative and reflective practices that make visible the lived experiences of people most affected by harmful ML behavior. You can check out some of my art–science endeavors around these questions in the next-next section. Please feel free to drop me a line if you'd like to chat and explore together. \m/