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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