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Austin Z. Henley
Google Scholar ID: V7gfCwsAAAAJ
Carnegie Mellon University
Software Engineering
Human-Computer Interaction
AI
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i10-index
22
Publications
20
Co-authors
21
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azhenley@cmu.edu
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Publications
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Inline Visualization and Manipulation of Real-Time Hardware Log for Supporting Debugging of Embedded Programs
2026
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Modular Prompt Optimization: Optimizing Structured Prompts with Section-Local Textual Gradients
arXiv.org · 2026
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DeckFlow: Iterative Specification on a Multimodal Generative Canvas
2025
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Resume (English only)
Academic Achievements
Declined the NSF CAREER Award
Taught amazing students
Built novel tools for code and data
Went through a startup acquisition
Learned valuable lessons
Spends a lot of time writing about side projects
Research Experience
2024–present, Associate Teaching Professor, Carnegie Mellon University
2023–2024, VP of Engineering, Swiftly
2023, CTO, BYBE (acquired)
2022–2023, Senior Researcher, Microsoft
2019, Visiting Researcher, Microsoft
2018–2022, Assistant Professor, University of Tennessee
2017, Research Intern, IBM
2016, Research Intern, Microsoft
2015, Research Intern, National Instruments
2014, Research Intern, National Instruments
2012–2013, Software Engineer Intern, First Horizon Bank
2009–2011, Independent Game Developer
Background
A computer scientist working on AI and developer tools. Has spent time in big tech, startups, and academia.
Miscellany
Spends a lot of time writing about his side projects
Co-authors
21 total
Co-author 1
Majeed Kazemitabaar
Incoming Assistant Professor, Department of Computing Science, University of Alberta
Tovi Grossman
University of Toronto
Sumit Gulwani
Distinguished Scientist, Microsoft
Anita Sarma
Oregon State University
David Piorkowski
IBM Research
Chris Parnin
Microsoft
Margaret Burnett
University Distinguished Professor of Computer Science, Oregon State University
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