Scholar
Manaswi Saha
Google Scholar ID: KWOTB3UAAAAJ
HCI Research Scientist, Accenture Labs
Citations & Impact
Citations
458
H-index
8
i10-index
8
Publications
20
Co-authors
24
list available
Publications
Resume (English only)
Academic Achievements
- Publications: Second paper from the AI-assisted knowledge work research thread accepted for publication at CSCW 2025 titled 'Steering AI-Driven Personalization of Scientific Text for General Audiences'; First paper from the AI-assisted knowledge work research thread published at CHI 2025 titled 'Exploring the Design Space of Real-time LLM Knowledge Support Systems: A Case Study of Jargon Explanations'; First paper from the Audio AR research thread published at CUI 2024 titled 'Situated Conversational Agents for Task Guidance: A Preliminary User Study'. Additionally, released a 3-part Medium blog series on Audio AR research in collaboration with Wendy Ju at Cornell Tech.
Research Experience
- Currently a HCI Research Scientist at Accenture Labs, leading two key research threads: AI-driven real-time assistance for knowledge work and audio AR-based physical task guidance. Participated in multiple industry research internships during the Ph.D.
Education
- Earned a Ph.D. in Computer Science & Engineering from the Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering at the University of Washington, Seattle in 2022, advised by Prof. Jon Froehlich and collaborating closely with Prof. Jeffrey Heer. During the Ph.D., interned at Adobe Research (with Tom Jacobs, David Tompkins), Microsoft Research (with Meredith Ringel Morris, Ed Cutrell, Alex Fiannaca), and Autodesk Research (with Justin Matejka). The doctoral research was supported by the Google PhD Fellowship 2020 in Human-Computer Interaction. Prior to UW, spent the first two years of the Ph.D. in the Computer Science department at the University of Maryland, College Park (UMD), working in the Human-Computer Interaction Lab (HCIL). Earlier, as a research scholar at IIIT-Delhi, focused on energy sustainability and smart home research with Prof. Amarjeet Singh in the Mobile and Ubiquitous Computing (MUC) group, collaborating with Prof. Yuvraj Agarwal (CMU) and Prof. Anind Dey (UW, then CMU).
Background
- Research Interests: Human-Computer Interaction, Applying AI and XR to Business and Industrial Challenges; Professional Field: Designing Human-Tech Experiences for the Future Workplace; Brief: Currently a HCI Research Scientist at Accenture Labs, focusing on AI-driven real-time assistance for knowledge work and audio AR-based physical task guidance.
Miscellany
- Personal interests include addressing accessibility, urban informatics, and sustainability through emerging technologies such as AI, AR, and biosensing.
