Conference Paper2026

A Privacy-by-Design Framework for Digital Phenotyping: On-Device AI for Accurate Behavioral Research Without Compromising User Trust

Istiaq Ahmed, Faiza Omar Arpita, Ashraful Islam, Saadia Binte Alam, Moinul Islam Zaber, M Ashraful Amin

International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction

In: Human-Centered Design, Operation and Evaluation of Mobile Communications

Springer Nature Switzerland, pp. 319-336, ISBN: 9783032305480

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-032-30549-7_19URL

Keywords

  • on-device AI
  • digital phenotyping
  • privacy by design
  • participant recruitment and retention
  • edge AI
  • Federated learning
  • self-report questionnaire
  • data anonymization
  • user trust
  • recall bias

CCDS Authors

Istiaq Ahmed
Istiaq Ahmed

Istiaq Ahmed

  • Research Assistant, HCI Wing

Published at

CHI, HCII

Research Interests

mHealth, Human-Computer Interaction, Cross-Platform App/Website Development

Ashraful Islam, PhD
Ashraful Islam

Ashraful Islam, PhD

  • Center Director, CCDS
  • Director, HCI Wing

Assistant Professor

Department of Computer Science and Engineering

Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB)

Published at

CHI, UIST, UbiComp, IJCNN, ICIP, HCII, ICDMW, BLP, IEEE Internet of Things Journal, JMIR, JMIR Human Factors, JMIR Formative Research, IEEE Access, Smart Agricultural Technology, Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice, PLOS ONE

Research Interests

Human-Computer Interaction, AI for Social Good, AI for Public Health, AI for Impact

Saadia Binte Alam, PhD
Saadia Binte Alam, PhD

Saadia Binte Alam, PhD

  • Director, MIRA & WiSE Wings

Associate Professor

Department of Computer Science and Engineering

Independent University, Bangladesh

Published at

HCII, Scientific Reports, Cognitive Computation, Neural Computing and Applications

Moinul I Zaber, PhD
Moinul I Zaber, PhD

Moinul I Zaber, PhD

  • Director, HCI Wing
  • Supervisor, DS Wing

Professor

+2 more affiliations

Department of Computer Science & Engineering

Dhaka University

Published at

ICPR, HCII, JMIR

Research Interests

Computational Social Science, Human-Computer Interaction, Telecommunication Policy

Prof. M Ashraful Amin, PhD
M Ashraful Amin, PhD

Prof. M Ashraful Amin, PhD

  • Founder Director, CCDS
  • Director, AI/ML, HCI & DS Wings

Professor

+1 more affiliation

Department of Information Sciences and Technology

George Mason University, USA

Published at

ACL, CHI, UbiComp, ECAI, WACV, PAKDD, IJCNN, ICPR, ICIP, HCII, CLEF, BLP, Scientific Reports, JMIR, IEEE Access, Smart Agricultural Technology, Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience, Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice, PLOS ONE

Research Interests

Machine Learning, Cognitive & Vision Science, Cybernetics, Surveillance & Security, ICT in Education, Health, & Agriculture, Human-Computer Interaction, Internet of Things, Robotics

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