Sauvik Das
sauvik.me
Sauvik Das
@sauvik.me
I work on human-centered {security|privacy|computing}. Associate Professor (w/o tenure) at @hcii.cmu.edu. Director of the SPUD (Security, Privacy, Usability, and Design) Lab. Non-Resident Fellow @cendemtech.bsky.social
Of course! This was the syllabus the first time I taught it: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

I am planning on making some changes that I will definitely get around to reflecting in the syllabus before the class starts... probably.
Fall 2024 Syllabus
Fall 2024 Syllabus 05-499/899 D Building Technologies for the Resistance (BTR) Human-Computer Interaction Institute, CMU Course Staff Instructor: Sauvik Das <[email protected]> Office hours: by appoin...
docs.google.com
November 19, 2025 at 3:33 AM
photo credits (and also fun reads):
thenib.com/im-a-luddite/
mfadt.parsons.edu/darkdata/202...
ourconstitution.wethepeoplesa.org/release-of-p...
Cover for Mutual Aid by Peter Kroptokin
November 19, 2025 at 3:24 AM
We'll cover design principles like building for non-domination, mutual aid, voluntary association, decentralization, direct empowerment, and non-participation.
November 19, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Say hi to both if you're there!

Check out the harm reporting paper here: www.sauvik.me/papers/56/s...

Check out the AI self-disclosure assistance paper here:
www.sauvik.me/papers/58/s...
October 20, 2025 at 1:49 PM
I don't love that they're going to use AntAIfa to process receipts, but I get it
October 19, 2025 at 2:18 AM
So are you telling me that if people are no longer afraid if they’ll be able to afford housing and food and other basic necessities that they will actually be willing and able to…buy things?
October 7, 2025 at 1:39 AM
upsell.feedback.gtfo
October 6, 2025 at 8:02 PM
3) Finally, there is...very very little documentation associated with these datasets which made this audit much harder than it needed to be. To help improve documentation practices, we extended datasheets for datasets w/ audio-specific questions
September 27, 2025 at 9:05 PM