Publications


PEER REVIEWED
[1] Samar Sabie, Robert Soden, Steven J. Jackson, and Tapan Parikh. 2023. Unmaking as Emancipation: Lessons and Reflections from Luddism. In Proceedings of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI ’23), Hamburg, Germany. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/3544548.3581412
[2] Samar Sabie, Steven J. Jackson, Wendy Ju, and Tapan Parikh. 2022. Unmaking as Agonism: Using Participatory Design with Youth to Surface Difference in an Intergenerational Urban Context. In Proceedings of the 2022 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI ’22), New Orleans, USA. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/3491102.3501930
[3] Tapan Parikh and Samar Sabie. 2020. On destruction in design. In SIGCAS Comput. Soc. 49, 3 (December 2020), 14–15. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/3447913.3447921
[4] Dina Sabie, Samar Sabie, and Syed Ishtiaque Ahmed. 2020. Memory through Design: Supporting Cultural Identity for Immigrants through a Paper-Based Home Drafting Tool. In Proceedings of the 2020 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI ’20), Honolulu, United States. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/3313831.3376636. Honourable Mention Award
[5] Samar Sabie and Tapan Parikh. 2019. Cultivating Care through Ambiguity: Lessons from a Service Learning Course. In Proceedings of the 2019 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems Proceedings (CHI 2019), Glasgow, Scotland, UK. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/3290605.3300507
[6] Dina Sabie, Samar Sabie, Cansu E. Dedeoglu, Yasaman Rohanifar, Fatma Hashim, Steve Easterbrook, and Syed Ishtiaque Ahmed. 2019. Exile Within Borders: Understanding the Limits of the Internally Displaced People (IDPs) in Iraq. In Proceedings of the 2019 Workshop on Computing Within Limits (LIMITS ’19), Lappeenranta, Finland. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/3338103.3338104
[7] Samar Sabie, Jay Chen, Azza Abouzied, Fatma Hashim, Harleen Kahlon, and Steve Easterbrook. 2017. Shelter Dynamics in Refugee and IDP Camps: Customization, Permanency, and Opportunities. In Proceedings of the 2017 Workshop on Computing Within Limits (LIMITS ’19), Santa Barbara, USA. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/3080556.3080560

[8] Maha Salman, Samar Sabie, Steve Easterbrook, and Josie Abate. 2016. Sustainable and Smart: Rethinking What a Smart Home Is. In Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on ICT for Sustainability (ICT4S ‘16), Amsterdam, The Netherlands. DOI: https://doi.org/10.2991/ict4s-16.2016.22 *Best Paper Award*

[9] Samar Sabie, Maha Salman, and Steve Easterbrook. 2016. Situating Shelter Design and Provision in ICT Discourse for Scarce-Resource Contexts. In Proceedings of the Second ACM Workshop on Computing within Limits (LIMITS ’16), Irvine, USA. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/2926676.2926686                  

LIGHTLY REVIEWED PROCEEDINGS AND POSTERS
[1] Maha Salman, Samar Sabie, and Steve Easterbrook. 2021. What makes a home smart – technology, people or architects? In It’s not for you! It’s for the building. NRJA.

[2] Samar Sabie. 2020. Hijabis, Proxies, and Difference. In IslamicHCI: Designing with and within Muslim Populations Workshop at CHI, CHI’20, Honolulu, USA.

[3] Samar Sabie and Tapan Parikh. Meaningful Service Despite Grim Sustainability Prospects: Lessons from a Service-Learning Course at Cornell Tech. In The 2019 STARS Celebration of Broadening Participation in Computing, Sand Diego, USA.

[4] Samar Sabie, Steve Easterbrook, Cosmin Munteanu, Karan Singh, Olivier St-Cyr, and Fatma Hashim. 2017. Participatory Shelter Design for Displaced Populace: Reflections from a User Study. In the HCI Across Borders Workshop at CHI (HCIXB ’17), CHI’17, Denver, USA.
[5] Samar Sabie, Dina Sabie, and Mai Al-Judy. 2016. Pervasive Rehab: The Rehab Facility as an Enabler for Healing. In The 2016 ACM-W Canadian Celebration of Women in Computing Conference (CAN-CWiC), Ottawa, Canada.
[6] Samar Sabie and Mahtab Sabet. 2016. Optimizing Energy Consumption in Communication Networks using Software Defined Networking. In Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Environmental Design and Innovation at al Zaytoonah University (ZEC ‘16), May 16-18, 2016, Amman, Jordan.
[7] Samar Sabie. vizExpress: Graphing Made Easy in Wiki Pages. 2009. In The first Ontario Celebration of Women in Computing Conference (ONCWiC), Kingston, Canada.
[8] Maha Salman and Samar Sabie. 2008. Urban Sprawl and Planning Challenges for Mega Cities in Canada. In Proceedings of the 10th Sharjah Urban Planning Symposium, November 23, 2008, Sharjah, UAE.  
WORKSHOP ORGANIZATION
[1] Samar Sabie, Katherine Song, Tapan Parikh, Steven J. Jackson, Eric Paulos, Kristina Lindström, Åsa Ståhl, Dina Sabie, Kristina Andersen, and Ron Wakkary. 2022. Unmaking@CHI: Concretizing the Material and Epistemological Practices of Unmaking in HCI. In CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems Extended Abstracts (CHI ’22 Extended Abstracts), April 30 – May 06, 2022, New Orleans, USA. ACM, New York, NY, USA. DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1145/3491101.3503721

[2] Mohammad Rashidujjaman Rifat, Firaz Peer, Hawra Rabaan, Nusrat Jahan Mim, Maryam Mustafa, Kentaro Toyama, Robert B. Markum, Elizabeth Buie, Jessica Hammer, Sharifa Sultana, Samar Sabie, and Syed Ishtiaque Ahmed. Integrating Religion, Faith, and Spirituality in HCI. In CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems Extended Abstracts (CHI ’22 Extended Abstracts), April 30 – May 06, 2022, New Orleans, USA. ACM, New York, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.1145/3491101.3503705

[3] Dina Sabie, Reem Talhouk, Cansu E. Dedeoglu, Carleen Maitland, Volker Wulf, Eiad Yafi, Samar Sabie, Asam Almohamed, Safa’a Abujarour, Kahina Le Louvier, Faheem Hussain, and Syed Ishtiaque Ahmed. 2021. Migration and Mobility in HCI: Rethinking Boundaries, Methods, and Impact. In CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems Extended Abstracts (CHI ’22 Extended Abstracts), May 8–13, 2021, Yokohama, Japan. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/3411763.3441352