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Human Centered AI, Value Sensitive AI, Responsible AI, Participatory Design, Collaborative Design, Artificial Intelligence, Conversational AI
United Kingdom, Egypt

Biography

Malak is a Design Engineering PhD student at Imperial College London. Her work lies at the intersection of AI and design. Specifically, she's interested in creating tools that aid in collaboratively designing conversational AI that respects stakeholders’ values. The aim is to work towards ensuring AI-based systems are better aligned with the values of those involved in making and using them.

Activities

Employment (1)

Alan Turing Institute: London, GB

2023-10-31 to 2024-03-31 | Enrichment Scheme Researcher
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Education and qualifications (3)

Imperial College London: London, GB

2021-10-01 to 2025-10-01 | PhD in Design Engineering (Dyson School of Design Engineering)
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University of St Andrews: St Andrews, Scotland, GB

2019-09-01 to 2020-10-01 | MSc in Human-Computer Interaction (School of Computer Science)
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American University in Cairo: Cairo, EG

2014-09-01 to 2019-06-01 | BSc in Computer Engineering (Department of Computer Science and Engineering)
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Professional activities (5)

Center for Human-Inspired Artificial Intelligence (CHIA): Cambridge University, GB

2022-09-01 to present | Researcher
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Imperial College London: London, GB

2021-10-01 | Nominated for President's Award and Tuition Fees Waived (Dyson School of Design Engineering)
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University of St Andrews: St Andrews, Scotland, GB

2020-10-01 | Highest Overall Grade for the MSc Program (School of Computer Science)
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University of St Andrews: St Andrews, Scotland, GB

2020-10-01 | Best MSc Dissertation Project (School of Computer Science)
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American University in Cairo: Cairo, EG

2014-06-01 | Graduated with Highest Honors (Summa Cum Laude) and Dean's List Award (Deparment of Computer Science and Engineering)
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Funding (1)

PhD in Design Engineering: Creating Value-Sensitive Conversational AI

Grant
Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence (Cambridge, GB)
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Works (13)

Challenges of responsible AI in practice: scoping review and recommended actions

AI & SOCIETY
2025-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Malak Sadek; Emma Kallina; Thomas Bohné; Céline Mougenot; Rafael A. Calvo; Stephen Cave
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Closing the Socio–Technical Gap in AI: The Need for Measuring Practitioners’ Attitudes and Perceptions

IEEE Technology and Society Magazine
2024 | Journal article
Contributors: Malak Sadek; Rafael A. Calvo; Céline Mougenot
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Challenges in Value-Sensitive AI Design: Insights from AI Practitioner Interviews

International Journal of Human–Computer Interaction
2024-12-18 | Journal article
Contributors: Malak Sadek; Celine Mougenot
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Designing value-sensitive AI: a critical review and recommendations for socio-technical design processes

AI and Ethics
2024-11 | Journal article
Contributors: Malak Sadek; Rafael A. Calvo; Céline Mougenot
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The Value-Sensitive Conversational Agent Co-Design Framework

International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction
2024-11-25 | Journal article
Contributors: Malak Sadek; Rafael A. Calvo; Celine Mougenot
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Collaborative Workshops at Scale: A Method for Non-Facilitated Virtual Collaborative Design Workshops

International Journal of Human–Computer Interaction
2024-10 | Journal article
Contributors: Dorian Peters; Malak Sadek; Naseem Ahmadpour
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Codesigning AI with End-Users: An AI Literacy Toolkit for Nontechnical Audiences

Interacting with Computers
2024-07-22 | Journal article
Contributors: Freya Smith; Malak Sadek; Echo Wan; Akira Ito; Céline Mougenot
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Gaps between reflection frameworks and students’ practice: implications for design education

Proceedings of the Design Society
2024-05 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2732-527X
Contributors: Akira Ito; Yuki Taoka; Echo Wan; Malak Sadek; Celine Mougenot; Shigeki Saito
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Enabling the Collaborative Design of Value-Sensitive Conversational Agents

CUI@CHI Workshop at the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI’24)
2024-05-11 | Conference paper
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Guidelines for Integrating Value Sensitive Design in Responsible AI Toolkits

2024-05-11 | Conference paper
Contributors: Malak Sadek; Marios Constantinides; Daniele Quercia; Celine Mougenot
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Empowering End-users in Co-Designing AI: An AI Literacy Card-Based Toolkit for Non-Technical Audiences

The International BCS Human-Computer Interaction Conference
2023 | Conference paper
Part of ISSN: 1477-9358
Contributors: Freya Smith; Malak Sadek; Céline Mougenot
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Co-designing conversational agents: A comprehensive review and recommendations for best practices

Design Studies
2023-12 | Journal article
Contributors: Malak Sadek; Rafael A. Calvo; Céline Mougenot
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Trends, Challenges and Processes in Conversational Agent Design: Exploring Practitioners’ Views through Semi-Structured Interviews

2023-07-19 | Conference paper
Contributors: Malak Sadek; Rafael A Calvo; Celine Mougenot
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Peer review (1 review for 1 publication/grant)

Review activity for Knowledge in society. (1)