Received a Best Paper Award at CHI for work on generative AI prototyping; received an Honorable Mention Award at CHI for work on LLM augmented writing using a layered interface paradigm; featured in a cover story in Interactions Magazine Volume 31, Issue 4 on 'UX Matters: The Critical Role of UX in Responsible AI'; received a HAI Hoffman Yee Grant to investigate Integrating Intelligence: Building Shared Conceptual Grounding for Interacting with Generative AI (PI Agrawala).
Research Experience
Presenting 4 papers at CHI 2025; visiting the National University of Singapore to share work in AI and education, as well as human-centered generative AI; giving a talk titled 'Bridging Concept and Computation: Interactive Abstractions for Generative AI Systems' at the University of Michigan; presenting 'Rethinking the AI-UX Boundary for Designing Human-AI Experiences' at BayCHI.
Education
Received his PhD in Information at the University of Michigan, advised by Eytan Adar.
Background
Assistant Professor (Research) at the Graduate School of Education and Computer Science (by courtesy) at Stanford University. Also, the Ram and Vijay Shriram Faculty Fellow at the Institute for Human-Centered AI (HAI) and a core faculty member of Stanford HCI. His research sits at the intersection of Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) and the Learning Sciences, focusing on augmenting human learning using AI through cognitively informed design practices, co-designing with learners and educators, and developing transformative AI-enabled learning experiences.
Miscellany
Interests include bridging concept and computation, and rethinking the AI-UX boundary for designing human-AI experiences.