Program Management Team
Graduate Program Coordinator
Jessica Celestine
Degree Director &
IC Faculty Coordinator
Jim Foley
Associate Director & LMC Faculty Coordinator
Carl DiSalvo
Associate Director & Psychology Faculty Coordinator
Bruce Walker

Faculty

Faculty from the three schools sponsoring the program are listed first, followed by faculty from other schools who advise MS-HCI projects.

School of Interactive computing
Name Title Research Interest
Gregory Abowd Distinguished Professor Ubiquitous/everyday computing
Rosa Arriga Senior Research Scientist Human learning, technology aid for Autism Spectrum Disorders, developmental psychology in robotics
Aaron Bobick Professor Computer vision; computational perception for human-robot interaction
Mark Braunstein Professor of the Practice Health information technology
Amy Bruckman Associate Professor Online communities and education,
Keith Edwards Associate Professor Human-centered computing, information security, social computing, technology support for non-profits and NGOs,
Irfan Essa Professor Computer Vision, Computer Graphics, Computational Perception, Robotics and Computer Animation, Artificial Intelligence
Jim Foley Professor Information visualization, educational technology
Eric Gilbert Assistant Professor Social media
Ashok Goel Professor Artificial intelligence, cognitive science, computational design, computational creativity, modeling human creativity in practical tasks
Beki Grinter Associate Professor Relationships between human action, interaction, and computing; computer-supported cooperative work, sociology, software engineering and ubiquitous computing
Mark Guzdial Professor Computer science education, educational computing, software-realized scaffolding, collaborative multimedia, construction and design environments for students, constructionism, collaboration support, log file analysis and visualization, computational science (computer modeling, simulation, and visualization) for students
Melody Moore Jackson Associate Professor Biometric control interfaces, brain-computer interfaces, user interface reengineering, software engineering education
Karen Liu Assistant Professor Computer graphics and animation, including physics-based animation, character animation, numerical methods, robotics and computational biomechanics
Blair McIntyre Associate Professor Design and implementation of computer-enhanced interactive environments, augmented reality environments, exploration and design of prototype applications
Beth Mynatt Professor Supporting informal collaboration and awareness in office environments, enabling creative work and visual communication, augmenting social processes for managing personal information, ubiquitous computing, assistive technologies
Colin Potts Associate Professor Requirements engineering, design rationale and argumentation, user-centered design, and personal privacy
Ashwin Ram Associate Professor Artificial intelligence and cognitive science, specifically machine learning, natural language processing, case-based reasoning, educational technology, and artificial intelligence applications
Mark Riedl Assistant Professor Artificial intelligence, storytelling, and entertainment computing
Thad Starner Associate Professor Wearable computing, contextual computing, ubiquitous computing, artificial intelligence
John Stasko Professor Information visualization, visual analytics, peripheral awareness
Andrea Thomaz Assistant Professor Socially intelligent machines, artificial intelligence, human-robot interaction
School of Computer Science
Name Title Research Interest
Ellen Zegura Professor Human-centered computing, humanitarian computing, mobile wireless networking.
Russ Clark Research Scientist Mobility and convergence, network management
School of music
Name Title Research Interest
Gil Weinberg Assistant Professor, Adjunct with New instruments for musical expression, musical networks, machine and robotic musicianship, sonification, and music education
Jason Freeman Assistant Professor Computer vision, real-time music notation, and networked music
School of Literature, communication and culture
Name Title Research Interest
Ian Bogost Professor, Director of Graduate Studies Videogame criticism, videogame rhetoric, and visualization, including game design and educational, persuasive, and political speech in games
Jay Bolter Professor Augmented Reality design, media theory
Carl DiSalvo Assistant Professor Critical design, participatory design, the construction of publics, imaging the city, community robotics.
Chris LeDantec Assistant Professor Integrating theoretical, empirical, and design-based investigations of community technologies; computer-supported cooperative work, social computing, urban computing, and values in design
Brian Magerko Assistant Professor, Adjunct with computational creativity, interactive narrative, educational media, and AI-based digital performance
Alexandra (Ali) Mazalek Assistant Professor, Adjunct with Tangible & computational narratives, media spaces & interfaces, physical sensing & interaction technologies
Janet Murray Professor Interactive narrative and eTV, interactive gaming, encyclopedic media
Michael Nitsche Assistant Professor Interaction in mixed media spaces, machinima, games and film, and digital performance
Celia Pearce Assistant Professor Sociology of massively multiplayer games and virtual worlds, spatial media, game design
John Sharp Assistant Professor Game design curriculum, the artgames movement, videogame aesthetics, the history of play, and the early history of computer and video games
School of Psychology
Name Title Research Interest
Richard Catrambone Professor Instructional design, problem solving, use of task analysis to identify what learners and trainees need to know and do, computer-based (multimedia) instructional environments, animations and embodied conversational agents (ECAs)
Frank Durso Professor Engineering psychology, cognitive ergonomics
Arthur Fisk Professor Engineering psychology, human factors and aging
Wendy Rogers Professor Engineering psychology, human factors and aging
Bruce Walker Associate Professor, joint withIC Sonification, auditory interfaces, user-centered design
School of Architecture
Name Title Research Interest
Charles Eastman Professor, joint with Computer-aided design, solids modeling and engineering databases, and design theory
School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Name Title Research Interest
Kari Watkins Assistant Professor Transit traveler information systems, applications of Value Sensitive Design in transportation information
School of Biomedical Engineering
Name Title Research Interest
May D. Wang Associate Professor Biomedical and Health Informatics, Molecular Imaging, Mobile Health
School of Industrial Design
Name Title Research Interest
Ellen Do Associate Professor, Joint withIC Intelligent Systems and Objects, Design Computing and Cognition, Physical and Ubiquitous Computing, Intuitive Design Interfaces, Sketch Understanding, Diagram Indexing and Retrieval, Computationally Enhanced Construction Kits and Toys, Architectural Robotics, Ambient Intelligence and Smart Living Technologies
Abir Mullick Professor Universal design, architecture, planning, rehabilitation and human factors
Claudia Rebola Assistant Professor Intergenerational design, communication technologies and healthy aging with special emphasis on exercising inclusive design, tangible interfaces/physical computing, and participatory design methods