Our research in human-computer interaction focuses on creating and evaluating interactive systems. Acting as user advocates first and technology advocates second, we create advanced user interfaces and applications that incorporate mobile and collaborative technologies, interactive visualizations, and a wide range of interactions to improve the chance that new information technologies can be used and enjoyed by people for real purposes. We do this by studying the social, cognitive, and affective aspects of the user experience, as well as consequences for communities, organizations, and society. Specifically, we explore applications in areas such as behavior change for health and wellness, peer-to-peer exchange systems, collaborative learning environments, and geo-deliberation and decision-making in local communities.
![Photo of Saeed Abdullah](/sites/default/files/directory/Abdullah-Saeed.jpg)
Associate Professor
Pervasive Health Technologies; Ubiquitous Computing; Human-Computer Interaction
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Assistant Professor
Human-Computer Interaction; Intelligent Interaction System; Accessible Computing
![Photo of Jhon Bueno Vesga](/sites/default/files/directory/BuenoVesga-Jhon.jpg)
Associate Teaching Professor
usability and user experience; virtual reality learning environments; computational thinking
![Photo of Guoray Cai](/sites/default/files/directory/Cai-Guoray.jpg)
Associate Professor
Geographical information science; Visual analytics; Online democracy and deliberation
![Photo of John M. Carroll](/sites/default/files/directory/Carroll-John.jpg)
Distinguished Professor of Information Sciences and Technology
Mediated Participation and Coproduction; Community Innovation and Community Data; Health Informatics and Wellbeing
![Photo of Kelley Cotter](/sites/default/files/directory/Cotter-Kelley.jpg)
Assistant Professor
Critical Algorithm Studies; Critical Data Studies; Digital Literacy
![Xinning Gui](/sites/default/files/directory/Xinning-Gui.jpg)
Assistant Professor
Human-Computer Interaction; Health Informatics; Computer-supported Cooperative Work
![Photo of Ting-Hao (Kenneth) Huang](/sites/default/files/directory/Huang-Kenneth.jpg)
Associate Professor
Crowdsourcing & Human Computation; Crowd-AI Systems; Human-Computer Interaction
![Photo of Yubo Kou](/sites/default/files/directory/Yubo-Kou.jpg)
Assistant Professor
Human-computer Interaction; Computer-Supported Cooperative Work; Social Computing
![Photo of Priya Kumar](/sites/default/files/directory/Kumar-Priya.jpg)
Assistant Professor
Privacy and agency; Digital childhood/parenting; Datafication/data power
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Professor
Cognitive Modelling and learning; Cognitive Architecture; Human-Computer Interaction
![Photo of Sarah Stager](/sites/default/files/directory/Stager-Sarah.jpg)
Assistant Teaching Professor
Trustworthy Indications of Social Interactions In-person and Online; Human-Computer Interaction; Behavioral Moderators
![Photo of Andrea Tapia](/sites/default/files/directory/Tapia-Andrea.jpg)
Dean
Crisis Informatics; Social Data Analytics; Social Theories and Methods of Information
![Photo of James Wang](/sites/default/files/directory/Wang-James.jpg)
Distinguished Professor of Information Sciences and Technology
Biomedical Informatics; Affective Computing; Robotics and Computer Vision
![Photo of Xiaolong (Luke) Zhang](/sites/default/files/directory/Zhang-Luke.jpg)
Associate Professor
Information Visualization/Visual Analytics; Gesture-based User Interaction; Social Network Analysis