Shion Guha
Assistant Professor
Studies human-centered data science, algorithmic bias and AI governance in the public sector.
Shion Guha's lab at Toronto works on social computing & responsible AI and data management & big data. 32 papers since 2023, 14 at top venues, mostly CHI and CSCW. 5 PhD students and 6 master's students. 21 alumni, most often to Ethical AI. Applications close .
At a glance
- papers, 2023–2026
- 8/ year
- at T1 venues
- 44%
- PhD students
- 5
- MS students
- 6
- alumni listed
- 21
Papers by yearfrom the lab homepage, 2023–2026
- 9 papers2026 · T1 2 · collecting
- 6 papers2025 · T1 2
- 11 papers2024 · T1 7
- 6 papers2023 · T1 3
T1 venuesOtherVenues: CHI, CSCW, FAccT
Research focuspaper titles that use each topic's words
- Social computing & responsible AI3 papers
- Data management & big data3 papers
- bias0 papers
- faculty0 papers
- studies human-centered0 papers
Paper list
From the lab homepage.
20269 papers
- Findings of EACLArgument-Based Consistency in Toxicity Explanations of LLMs (opens in a new tab)
- FAccTBureaucratic Silences: What the Canadian AI Register Reveals, Omits, and Obscures (opens in a new tab)
- PLOS ONEFairCareNLP: An AI-driven Patient Review Analyzer for Healthcare (opens in a new tab)
- Canadian AIFairness Audits of Institutional Risk Models in Deployed ML Pipelines (opens in a new tab)
- CHI (T1)How do the Global South Diasporas Mobilize for Transnational Political Change? (opens in a new tab)
- Can. Public PolicyRisk, Retention, and the Algorithmic Institution: AI as a Policy Response to Higher Education in Crisis (opens in a new tab)
- FAccTThe Paradox of Prioritization in Public Sector Algorithms (opens in a new tab)
- CHI (T1)The Promises and Perils of Using LLMs for Effective Public Services (opens in a new tab)
- Frontiers Digital HealthTrauma-Informed Conversational Agents for Mental Health (opens in a new tab)
20256 papers
- Digital HealthA Participatory Approach to Deploy Responsible AI for Diabetes Prediction and Prevention (opens in a new tab)
- CASCONEvaluating Toxicity Understanding of LLM Agents (opens in a new tab)
- J. Participatory MedicinePrinciples and Practices of Community Engagement in AI for Population Health (opens in a new tab)
- CHI (T1)Talking About the Assumption in the Room (opens in a new tab)
- CHI (T1)The Datafication of Care in Public Homelessness Services (opens in a new tab)
- COMPASSTowards Sustainable Community-Designed AI Systems in the Public Sector (opens in a new tab)
202411 papers
- CHI (T1)"This is not a data problem": Algorithms and Power in Public Higher Education in Canada (opens in a new tab)
- CHI (T1)A Human-Centered Review of Algorithms in Homelessness Research (opens in a new tab)
- ACM JRCAlgorithmic Harms in Child Welfare: Uncertainties in Practice, Organization, and Street-level Decision-making (opens in a new tab)
- CHI (T1)Are We Asking the Right Questions?: Designing for Community Stakeholders and AI in Policing (opens in a new tab)
- Graphics InterfaceBeyond Predictive Algorithms in Child Welfare (opens in a new tab)
- CHI (T1)Charting the COVID Long Haul Experience (opens in a new tab)
- Trans. Soc. Comput.Combating Islamophobia: Compromise, Community, and Harmony in Mitigating Harmful Online Content (opens in a new tab)
- CSCW (T1)Datafication Dilemmas: Data Governance in the Public Interest (opens in a new tab)
- Int. J. HCIDesign Recommendations towards a Smartphone-Based Point-of-Care Tool for Rural Bangladeshi Users (opens in a new tab)
- CHI (T1)The "Colonial Impulse" of Natural Language Processing: An Audit of Bengali Sentiment Analysis Tools (opens in a new tab)
- CHI (T1)Towards a Non-Ideal Methodological Framework for Responsible ML (opens in a new tab)
20236 papers
- CHI (T1)A Human-Centered Review of Algorithms in Decision-Making in Higher Education (opens in a new tab)
- BMC PsychiatryReal-world Clinical Outcomes and Treatment Patterns in MDD Patients Treated with Vortioxetine (opens in a new tab)
- CHI (T1)Rethinking "Risk" in Algorithmic Systems Through a Computational Narrative Analysis of Casenotes in Child Welfare (opens in a new tab)
- CSCW (T1)Social Media is not a Health Proxy: Social Media vs. EHR Reports of Post-COVID Symptoms (opens in a new tab)
- Pervasive HealthSpatio-Temporal Predictive Modeling for Placement of Substance Use Disorder Treatment Facilities (opens in a new tab)
- Commun. ACMThe Principles of Data-Centric AI (opens in a new tab)
Where alumni went21 listed, 57% to industry
Industry 8Academia 6
Most often to
- Ethical AI
Also to
- Carnegie Mellon University
- Georgia Tech
- McMaster University
Apply to TorontoFall 2027
Computer Science MSc/PhD
- Round
- Single round (Dec 1)
- Opens
- —
- GRE
- optional
- English
- TOEFL/IELTS if applicable
- Fee
- CAD 135
Confirmed on the program page.
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