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Human-Centered Computing

Our work in human-centered computing explores and enhances the ways in which people and communities engage with and experience technology. 

Our research considers the personal, educational, cultural, and ethical implications of innovation. Drawing upon techniques from human-computer interaction, learning sciences, sensing and more, we aim to maximize the potential benefits of technology while minimizing potential harms to individuals, groups and society.

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Richard Anderson

Emeritus Faculty


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Aleksandr Aravkin

Adjunct Faculty


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Alan Borning

Emeritus Faculty


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Bingni Brunton

Adjunct Faculty


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Aylin Caliskan

Adjunct Faculty


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Ryan Calo

Adjunct Faculty


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Anind Dey

Adjunct Faculty


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Leah Findlater

Adjunct Faculty


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Bruce Hemingway

Emeritus Faculty


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Benjamin Mako Hill

Adjunct Faculty


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Bill Howe

Adjunct Faculty


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Gary Hsieh

Adjunct Faculty


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Julie Kientz

Adjunct Faculty


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Amy J. Ko

Adjunct Faculty


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Richard Ladner

Emeritus Faculty


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Tanu Mitra

Adjunct Faculty


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Nadya Peek

Adjunct Faculty


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Daniela Rosner

Adjunct Faculty


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Martin Saveski

Adjunct Faculty


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Chirag Shah

Adjunct Faculty


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Frederick Shic

Adjunct Faculty


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Kate Starbird

Adjunct Faculty


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Jacob Sunshine, M.D.

Adjunct Faculty


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Peter Tarczy-Hornoch

Adjunct Faculty


Portrait of Lucy Wang

Lucy Wang

Adjunct Faculty


Portrait of Dan Weld

Daniel S. Weld

Emeritus Faculty


Portrait of Jevin West

Jevin West

Adjunct Faculty


Portrait of Jacob Wobbrock

Jacob Wobbrock

Adjunct Faculty



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Highlights

Allen School News

Professor Franziska Roesner receives SOUPS Impact Award


Man holding home model and software icons (temperature, sound, padlock, water, CCTV) controlling appliances smart home technology applications on smartphone screen.

In their 2017 paper, Roesner and her co-authors were among the first to investigate end-user security and privacy perspectives on then-emerging smart home technologies and recommend ways to help users make more informed security decisions.



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UW News

UW researchers respond to recent concerns over AI risk


The image zooms in on a smart phone laying on top of a laptop keyboard. The smartphone screen shows various AI apps including ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, Perplexity, Meta AI, Copilot and Grok.

To help shed light over safety and security concerns with current AI systems, UW News spoke with researchers including professors Franziska Roesner and Noah A. Smith.



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Allen School News

Professors Katharina Reinecke, Noah A. Smith on transparent and beneficial AI


A small child wearing a hoodie and backpack holds hands with a robot humanoid.

In the first installment of a new Q&A series exploring grand challenges in computing, Reinecke and Smith discuss how they and their colleagues aim to answer the question, “How do we design AI in a way that is transparent and equally beneficial to all?”



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