Hamyoon Behmanush
Doctoral Researcher at Saarland University
Hi! I am Hamayoon, a doctoral researcher at Saarland University in Germany, supervised by Prof. Ingmar Weber. My research focuses on adapting generative AI to support the education of marginalized communities in underserved contexts. My interests also include Human-AI Interaction and Societal Computing. I hold a master’s degree in information technology from LPU - India and a bachelor’s degree in computer science from Afghanistan. Before joining Saarland University, I accumulated eight years of teaching and administrative experience at Parwan University and the Ministry of Higher Education in Afghanistan.
News
[March 2026] Our paper on Designing Safe and Accountable GenAI as a Learning Companion with Women Banned from Formal Education is accepted to the ACM 9th Conference on Fairness, Accountability, and Transparency (FAccT) [PDF - Soon].
[Oct 2025] Our paper on Hope, Aspirations, and the Impact of LLMs on Female Programming Learners in Afghanistan is accepted to the 2nd Workshop on AI with and for Learning Science [PDF].
[July 2025] The extended abstract titled Supporting Marginalized Learners with GenAI has been accepted to the Student Program of AIES-25 [PDF].
[March 2025] Our paper on Online Learning and GenAI: Supporting Women’s Aspirations Amid Socio-Political Instability in Afghanistan is accepted on COMPASS'25 [PDF].
[July 2024] Passed PhD Qualifying Exam.
[Dec 2023] Our paper about LLM-Based Recommender Systems is accepted at the 33rd Annual Workshop on Information Technologies and Systems (WITS'23) [PDF].
[Dec 2023] Our paper about the Impact of Cyberspace Usage on Employee Productivity is accepted in IRMM Journal [PDF].
[May 2023] Joined Interdisciplinary Institute for Societal Computing as a Research Assistant.
[Dec 2022] Got PhD Prep Phase Scholarship from Saarbrucken Graduation School of Computer Science and moved to Germany.
[Nov 2019] Appointed as Head of the Information Technology Department at the Computer Science Faculty of Parwan University.