About me
I am Sheldon B. and Marianne S. Lubar Professor of Computer Science, Psychology, and Industrial Engineering at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and the director of the People and Robots Laboratory. I received my PhD degree from Carnegie Mellon University‘s Human-Computer Interaction Institute in 2009.
I am the chief editor of the HRI section of the journal Frontiers in Robotics & AI. If you are an HRI researcher interested in publishing in a rigorous, open-access venue, please submit! I am also an associated editor of Human-Computer Interaction and Foundations and Trends® in Human-Computer Interaction. I am also the secretary-treasurer of the HCI Consortium.
I am also the director of the INTEGRATE NSF Research Traineeship program, a new interdisciplinary program designed to enrich the training of graduate student on the technical and societal facets of introducing robots into work environments. UW students from any graduate program can apply and join the INTEGRATE Community!
If you are interested in joining the People and Robots Lab, please read this page.
Download my CV — Updated: March 2024
Research
My research in human-robot interaction (HRI) builds human-centered principles and methods to enable effective and intuitive interactions between people and robotic technologies and facilitate the successful integration of these technologies into human environments. Below are highlights from ongoing projects in the People and Robots Lab.
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| HRI Design Tools | Human-Robot Collaboration |
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| Building Social Companions | Supporting Social Participation |
Videos & Talks
Teaching
I teach undergraduate and graduate classes on human-computer interaction, user experience design, and research methods. Below are courses that I am currently teaching or have taught in the last year.
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| Building User Interfaces | Building Interactive Systems |
Advising
I work with a fantastic group of advisees who come from a diverse set of background including computer science, industrial design, industrial engineering, and history who are already building their own research programs. If you are interested in working with me, please read this page.
| Current Advisees | Past Advisees |
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| Sophie Wohltjen, Postdoctoral Researcher | Emmanuel Senft, Postdoctoral Advisee, Idiap Research Institute |
| Arissa Sato, Postdoctoral Researcher | Hajin Lim, Postdoctoral Advisee, Seoul National University |
| Pragathi Praveena, CS Graduate Student | Danny Rakita, PhD Advisee, Yale University |
| Andrew Schoen, CS Graduate Student | David Porfirio, PhD Advisee, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory |
| Laura Stegner, CS Graduate Student | Sean Andrist, PhD Advisee, Microsoft Research |
| Bengisu Cagiltay, CS Graduate Student | Joseph Michaelis, PhD Advisee, University of Illinois Chicago |
| Nathan White, CS Graduate Student | Tomislav Pejsa, PhD Advisee, Meta |
| Christine Lee, CS Graduate Student | Chien-Ming Huang, PhD Advisee, Johns Hopkins University |
| Amy Koike, CS Graduate Student | Shadeequa Miller, PhD Advisee, Dell Corporation |
| Yaxin Hu, CS Graduate Student | Daniel Szafir, PhD Advisee, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill |
| Dakota Sullivan, CS Graduate Student | Irene Rae, PhD Advisee, Google, Inc. |
| Hailey Johnson, CS Graduate Student | Allison Sauppé, PhD Advisee, University of Wisconsin–La Crosse |
| Callie Kim, CS Graduate Student | Kevin Welsh, MS Advisee, Los Alamos National Labs |
| Yuna Hwang, CS Graduate Student | Curt Henrichs, MS Advisee, Integrated Dynamic Electron Solutions, Inc. |
| Michael Xu, CS Graduate Student | Steven Johnson, MS Advisee, Google, Inc. |
| Irene Ho, Ed Psych Graduate Student | Margaret Pearce, MS Advisee, Deepfield |
| Leo Cui, CS Graduate Student | Christopher Bodden, MS Advisee, Software Engineer |
| Faisal Khan, MS Advisee, Argonne National Lab | |
| Erica (Lewis) Martin, BS Advisee, Microsoft | |
| Nathalie Cheng, BS Advisee, Exygy | |
| Jonathan Mumm, BS Advisee, hims & hers | |
| Zhi Tan, BS Advisee, Northeastern University | |
| Mike Hagenow, Informal Advisee, MIT CSAIL | |
| Olivia Zhao, PhD Advisee, META |