Summary
Sarah Tahir is an interdisciplinary research and program manager who blends interactive media, data visualization, and computational methods to make research both beautiful and usable. With eight years of experience and dual BS/BE degrees from NYU Shanghai and East China Normal University plus ongoing MS studies at NYU, she leads data animation, OCR, and ML projects at NYU Shanghai while coordinating initiatives at the Center on International Cooperation. Her work spans digital humanities, HCI, and historical data visualization—recently visualizing restaurant ownership and immigration patterns in turn-of-the-century New York. Comfortable bridging academia and administration, she prioritizes sustainable, equitable problem solving and thrives in collaborative settings. Outside work she prototypes with Arduino, curates film lists, and channels storytelling and human-rights interests into design-driven research.
8 years of coding experience
NYU Tandon School of Engineering
Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Bachelor of Engineering - BE at East China Normal University
Master of Science - MS, Master of Science - MS at New York University
Bachelor of Science - BS, Bachelor of Science - BS at New York University Shanghai
Diploma, Diploma at International Baccalaureate
Arabic, Chinese