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 Interests |
|---|---|---|
| Gregory Abowd | Distinguished Professor | Ubiquitous/everyday computing |
| Rosa Arriaga | 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 MacIntyre | 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 Literature, Communication, and Culture
| Name | Title | Research Interests |
|---|---|---|
| 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 IC | computational creativity, interactive narrative, educational media, and AI-based digital performance |
| Alexandra (Ali) Mazalek | Assistant Professor, Adjunct with IC | 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 Interests |
|---|---|---|
| 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 with IC | Sonification, auditory interfaces, user-centered design |
School of Architecture
| Name | Title | Research Interests |
|---|---|---|
| Charles Eastman | Professor, joint with IC | Computer-aided design, solids modeling and engineering databases, and design theory |
Department of Biomedical Engineering
| Name | Title | Research Interests |
|---|---|---|
| May D. Wang | Associate Professor | Biomedical and Health Informatics, Molecular Imaging, Mobile Health |
School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
| Name | Title | Research Interests |
|---|---|---|
| Kari Watkins | Assistant Professor | Transit traveler information systems, applications of Value Sensitive Design in transportation information |
School of Computer Science
| Name | Title | Research Interests |
|---|---|---|
| Russ Clark | Research Scientist | Mobility and convergence, network management |
School of Industrial Design
| Name | Title | Research Interests |
|---|---|---|
| Ellen Do | Associate Professor, Joint with IC | 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 Rébola | Assistant Professor | Intergenerational design, communication technologies and healthy aging with special emphasis on exercising inclusive design, tangible interfaces/physical computing, and participatory design methods |
School of Music
| Jason Freeman | Assistant Professor | Computer vision, real-time music notation, and networked music |
| Gil Weinberg | Assistant Professor, Adjunct with IC | New instruments for musical expression, musical networks, machine and robotic musicianship, sonification, and music education |
Program Management Team
