DSV research received four awards
Congratulations to DSV researchers Silas Majyambere, Tony Lindgren, Workneh Yilma Ayele, Alejandra Gómez Ortega and their co-authors! Four publications have been awarded at two international research conferences in May and June.
First up was eTELEMED 2026, The Eighteenth International Conference on eHealth, Telemedicine, and Social Medicine. It was held in Venice, Italy, 24-28 May 2026. Silas Majyambere, a PhD student at DSV, presented a paper together with DSV colleagues Tony Lindgren and Workneh Yilma Ayele, and Celestin Twizere from University of Rwanda.
The paper, “Implementation of Big Data Analytics for Diabetes Management: Needs Assessment in the Rwanda Healthcare System”, was selected as one of two Best Papers at the conference.
Next up was Alejandra Gómez Ortega, who is a postdoctoral fellow at DSV. She attended the ACM Designing Interactive Systems (DIS) 2026 Conference, held in Singapore on 13–17 June 2026.
Three of her publications at the conference received recognition at the conference: Best Pictorial Award was given to the article “AI Loves Boobies: Unpacking Harmful Imaginaries in Community-Based Generative AI”. Honorable Mention Awards were given to articles “On Designing Visceral Encounters with Synthetic Intimate Imagery” and “Consentful Lights: Designing for Consent when Sharing Intimate Fertility Data”.
Gomez Ortega is the first author of all three papers. They have different co-authors, but DSV professor Airi Lampinen is involved in all three.
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Silas Majyambere, Tony Lindgren, Workneh Yilma Ayele and Celestin Twizere have been invited to submit an extended version of the article “Implementation of Big Data Analytics for Diabetes Management: Needs Assessment in the Rwanda Healthcare System” to one of the IARIA Journals.
More information and their Best Paper in full text
Alejandra Gómez Ortega’s postdoctoral project, Design and Policy Considerations for (Inter)Personal Intimate Data, is funded by Digital Futures.
“ […] we explore how design can help make issues of consent, power, and representation visible, creating space for reflection and more responsible technological futures,” says Alejandra Gómez Ortega in an article published by Digital Futures.
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Last updated: 2026-06-26
Source: Department of Computer and Systems Sciences