Huma Shah

About Huma Shah

Huma is an Assistant Professor at Coventry University where she teaches ‘AI, Creativity & Ethics’ in masters and undergraduate degrees. She gained her PhD in 'Deception-detection and machine intelligence in Practical Turing tests' from Reading University, UK in 2011. She was a Research Fellow on the EU FP7 funded 'RoboLaw' project (http://www.robolaw.eu/). She directed the science and innovation (Co-Investigator) on the EU Horizon2020 research and innovation project CSI-COP. Coventry University led the international nine-partner CSI-COP team winning 'Best Innovative Privacy Project' in the inaugural PICCASO Privacy awards in 2022. CSI-COP applied a citizen science approach investigating tracking-by-default and GDPR compliance in websites and smart phone apps. More information on the EU Horizon2020 project can be found here:  https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/873169

CSI-COP's privacy-by-design website is here: https://csi-cop.eu/

Her recent publications include:

• Co-author 2023 peer-reviewed article 'Modeling intrinsic factors of inclusive engagement in citizen science: insights from the participants' survey analysis of CSI-COP' in PLOS ONE. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0294575
• Lead author 2023 chapter 'Not Born of Woman: Gendered Robots' with Fred Roberts, creator of  Elbot the robot (chatbot). The chapter is featured in Professor Jordi Vallverdu's edited book 'Gender in AI and Robotics: The Challenges from an Interdisciplinary Perspective', published by Springer Nature, 2023