Human-computer Interaction (HCI)

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Morgan Ames

Assistant Professor of Practice
Alumni (MIMS 2006)

Science and technology studies; computer-supported cooperative work and social computing; education; anthropology; youth technocultures; ideology and inequity; critical data science

Coye Cheshire

Professor

Trust, social exchange, social psychology, and information exchange

John Chuang

Professor

Biosensory computing; climate informatics; information economics and policy

Marti Hearst

Interim Dean; Professor

Human-computer interaction, information visualization, computational linguistics, search and information retrieval, improving MOOCs and online education

Aditya Parameswaran

Associate Professor (I School and EECS)

Data management, interactive or human-in-the-loop data analytics, information visualization, crowdsourcing, data science

Kimiko Ryokai

Associate Professor

Human-computer interaction, tangible user interfaces

Recent Publications

The Cutting Edge of Fun: Making Work Play at the New American School

Jun 15, 2012

Essays on the Economic Impacts of Mobile Phones in Sub-Saharan Africa

Apr 30, 2012

Behaviors, Adverse Events and Dispositions: An Empirical Study of Online Discretion and Information Control

Aug 1, 2010

None of us is as lazy as all of us: Social Intelligence and Loafing in Information Pools

Jul 10, 2010

Trust and Transitions in Modes of Social Exchange

Jul 1, 2010

Order, Coordination and Uncertainty

Oct 15, 2009

Trust and Reputation: Introduction

Sep 1, 2009

Assessing Trustworthiness in Providers of Online Goods and Services

Sep 1, 2009

Blogging Together: An Examination of Group Blogs

Jul 7, 2009

An Examination of Language Use in Online Dating Profile

Jul 7, 2009

Human-computer Interaction (HCI) news

Virtual Reality as a Medical Aid: Dylan Fox Leads Prototyping at Cal

Sep 20, 2019

NPR Shares danah boyd’s Advice to Parents on Tech Use

Jul 21, 2019

Hany Farid gestures as he views video clips in his office at South Hall in UC Berkeley

Hany Farid Shares How ‘Dumbfakes’ Will Disrupt the 2020 Election

Jul 19, 2019

The face of Barack Obama with tracking marks on his features

Researchers From the I School and Engineering Use Facial Quirks to Unmask ‘Deepfakes’

Jun 18, 2019

Prof. Hany Farid and graduate student Shruti Agarwal have created a new forensic approach that can use the subtle characteristics of how a person speaks to recognize whether a new video of that individual is real or a fake.

Shazeda Ahmed on the Messy Truth About Social Credit

Apr 23, 2019

Ph.D. student Shazeda Ahmed writes that foreign media has painted a dystopian portrait of China’s social credit system. The reality is both less coherent and more complex.

I School Team Reimagines “Privacy by Design,” and Wins Best Paper Award

Dec 6, 2018

Instead of looking for design solutions to fix existing problems in privacy, I School researchers used speculative design fictions to explore the potential privacy issues that may arise in future uses and adoptions of emerging biosensing technologies.

graphic displaying passthoughts and earEEG

Fact or Science Fiction? Using your Thoughts to Enter a Password

Dec 4, 2018

I School researchers have developed a custom-fit earpiece that that can capture “passthoughts” through brainwave signals from the ear canal, and for the first time demonstrated one-step three-factor authentication.

(photo courtesy of Nicola/Flickr https://flic.kr/p/kMJqhB)

What Happens When An App Shares Your Biosignals?

Mar 3, 2017

An increasing number of apps let users share their heartrate with friends. Now a pair of researchers are exploring how sharing your biosignals can affect your interpersonal interactions.

Marti Hearst Named to the CHI Academy

Feb 23, 2017

Hearst’s HCI research includes user interfaces for search, information visualization of text, web site usability, and innovation in education.

Color-Changing “Smart Thread” Turns Fabric into a Computerized Display

Jun 6, 2016

The smart fabric could be used to create clothes with dynamically changing colors or patterns. But who would wear clothes that double as a computer display? And why? New research explores these questions.