Human-Centered Computing Research

Human-Centered Computing explores the relationship between people, groups, and societies and computing and information systems, with an emphasis on applications in various domains in health, transportation, mobile computing, and many other areas. The Human-Centered Computing faculty actively engage in state-of-the-art research and publish in the top journals and conferences across the many subareas of this exciting discipline.

Associated Faculty

Ellen Bass: Human-centered design, human-computer interaction, human factors, human performance modeling , judgment and decision making, medical informatics, systems engineering
Karthik Bhat: Human-Centered Computing, Human-Centered AI, Care Work, ICTD
Tiffany D. Do: Human-Centered AI, Virtual Avatars, Virtual Reality
Michael Ekstrand: Recommender systems, information retrieval, algorithmic fairness, social impact of technology, AI ethics
Tim Gorichanaz: Humanity-centered design, information ethics, human information behavior, philosophy of technology
Helena Mentis: Human-computer interaction (HCI), computer supported cooperative work (CSCW), health informatics, AR/VR
Afsaneh Razi: Human-computer interaction, Social Computing, human-centered AI, Privacy, Ethics, Online Safety, language processing
Shadi Rezapour: Computational social science; natural language processing; network analysis; human-centered data science; computational linguistics
Michelle L. Rogers: Human-computer interaction, healthcare informatics, human factors engineering, socio-technical systems, health services research, patient safety
Dario Salvucci: Cognitive science, cognitive architectures, human-computer interaction, human factors, multitasking and interruptions, applications to driving and driver distraction
Aleksandra Sarcevic: Computer-supported cooperative work, human-computer interaction, healthcare informatics; crisis informatics; social analysis of information & communications technology (ICT)
John Seberger: Human-Computer Interaction, Human-Centered Computing, Social Informatics, Privacy

Associated PhDs

Layla Bouzoubaa: Social computing, natural language processing (NLP), harm reduction
Erica Shusas Racine: Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), Human-Centered AI (HAI), Credibility assessment of online information and AI-generated content