Our Work
Medical student Nsomma Alilonu and Associate Professor of Medical Education Thomas Thesen test the interactive voice component on the AI Patient Actor platform. (Photo By Katie Lenhart)
The Questions We're Asking
Our Voices
Andrew Campbell
Albert Bradley 1915 Third Century Professor of Computer Science
Work in AI: AI and well-being, remote sensing, context-aware predictive and adaptive technology
Areas of Interest: Health and Medicine, Neuroscience and Mental Health
Peter Chin
Professor of Engineering
Work in AI: Intelligence programming, autonomous cyberdefense, cyber resilience and self-healing systems
Areas of Interest: Democracy and Security, Education and Technology
James E. Dobson
Associate Professor of English and Creative Writing
Work in AI: Digital humanities, AI and academics, history of AI, text and data mining
Areas of Interest: Education and Technology
Madelyn Frumkin
Assistant Professor of Biomedical Data Science and Psychiatry
Work in AI: Digital mental health and chronic pain, substance use, precision health
Area of Interest: Health and Medicine
Anaïs Galdin
Assistant Professor of Business Administration
Work in AI: Labor market, changes in products and services, digital labor platforms and freelancing
Area of Interest: Business and Economics
Saeed Hassanpour
Professor of Biomedical Data Science and Epidemiology; Director, Center for Precision Health and AI
Work in AI: AI for health care, research and ethics in health care, precision health and digital pathology
Area of Interest: Health and Medicine
Michael Heinz
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
Work in AI: AI therapy chatbot efficacy and safety, digital interventions in mental health, legislation
Areas of Interest: Health and Medicine, Neuroscience and Mental Health
Nicholas Jacobson
Associate Professor of Biomedical Data Science and Psychiatry
Work in AI: AI therapy chatbot efficacy and safety, digital interventions in mental health, legislation
Area of Interest: Health and Medicine, Neuroscience and Mental Health
SouYoung Jin
Assistant Professor of Computer Science
Work in AI: AI empathy and responses to human emotion and experience, computer vision, machine learning, and cognitive science
Area of Interest: Creativity and Arts
Lorie Loeb
Research Professor in Computer Science
Work in AI: UI + UX design, 3D modeling, digital arts, information visualization, persuasive computing
Areas of Interest: Creativity and Arts, Education and Technology
Elizabeth Murnane
Charles H. Gaut & Charles A. Norberg Assistant Professor of Engineering
Work in AI: Human-centered design, human-computer interaction, digital health, health equity
Area of Interest: Health and Medicine
Paul Novosad
Associate Professor of Economics
Work in AI: Identifying the roots of wealth inequality and policy interventions, U.S. mortality crisis
Area of Interest: Business and Economics
Geoffrey Parker
Charles E. Hutchinson '68A Professor of Engineering Innovation
Work in AI: AI deployment and transition, "tech debt," tech companies and product development
Area of Interest: Business and Economics
Emily Presseller
Assistant Professor of Biomedical Data Science and Psychiatry
Work in AI: Digital interventions for eating disorders and mental health, precision psychiatry
Areas of Interest: Health and Medicine, Neuroscience and Mental Health
Sarah Masud Preum
Assistant Professor of Computer Science
Work in AI: Human-AI interaction, AI in health care processes, natural language processing, social computing
Area of Interest: Health and Medicine
Roopika Risam
Associate Professor of Digital Humanities and Social Engagement
Work in AI: Digital humanities, digital culture equity and justice, histories, ethics, and practices in postcolonial and African diaspora studies
Area of Interest: Creativity and Arts
Dan Rockmore
Professor of Math and Computer Science; Director, Neukom Institute for Computational Science
Work in AI: Human-centered use, complex systems, machine learning, computational harmonic analysis
Area of Interest: Education and Technology
Gene Santos
Sydney E. Junkins 1887 Professor of Engineering; Director, Master of Engineering Program
Work in AI: Responsible AI, trust and intent, reasoning and decision-making, human-centered engineering
Area of Interest: Education and Technology
Rafe Steinhauer
Assistant Professor of Engineering
Work in AI: Metacognition, policy and education design, communication and community engagement
Area of Interest: Education and Technology
Thomas Thesen
Associate Professor of Medical Education
Work in AI: AI in medical education and training, AI Patient Actor, AI in developing countries
Area of Interest: Health and Medicine, Education and Technology
Soroush Vosoughi
Associate Professor of Computer Science
Work in AI: Human-centered AI (HCAI), computational cognition, trust and transparency, mitigating bias and antisocial tendencies
Area of Interest: Democracy and Security
Jacqueline Wernimont
Associate Professor of Film and Media Studies
Work in AI: Resource consumption of intensive computing, medical history and practices, sensory data engagement
Area of Interest: Creativity and Arts, Health and Medicine
Sean Westwood
Associate Professor of Government; Director, Polarization Research Lab
Work in AI: AI in political polarization and discourse, democratic health and public opinion
Area of Interest: Democracy and Security