Hi, I’m Areen Khalaila

In 2021, I came to the United States as an international student to pursue an undergraduate degree at Brandeis University in the Boston area. My passion for computer science began in eighth grade, learning to code in C# and later expanding into web development with ASP.NET. Recognizing my achievements, Brandeis awarded me a prestigious full-ride scholarship, which is given to 1 student every 4 years.

Thanks to my strong coding background, I became a teaching assistant in my first year at Brandeis. I am now a Head Teaching Assistant and lead weekly recitations while managing grading tasks and coordinating with other TAs.

At the Brandeis Visual Analytics Lab, under the guidance of Professor Dylan Cashman, we work on research focusing on visual perception studies with tactile data for visually impaired users. Additionally, I am a student researcher at the Human-Computer Interaction Institute at Carnegie Mellon University. At the AXLE Lab, under the guidance of Patrick Carrington, I research assistive technology to enhance cooking experiences for visually impaired individuals.