Can Randomness Fix Social Media?
Algorithms shape what we see and what we believe. Our latest work shows how small changes in recommendation algorithms can help restore diversity and openness.
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Nature Parkinson’s Disease Paper Featured in Spectrum News
Lab member Abdelrahman provided the segment with a demonstration of the tool as well as its potential impacts.
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Neeley Pate Named Finalist for the 2026 NCWIT AiC Collegiate Award
Pate has been named a National Center for Women & Information Technology (NCWIT) Aspirations in Computing (AiC) Collegiate Award finalist; one of 63 applicants across the nation that received this distinction.
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Congratulations to Junjie Zhao: CRA Outstanding Undergraduate Researcher
The ROC HCI group is thrilled to celebrate Junjie Zhao, who has received an Honorable Mention for the CRA Outstanding Undergraduate Researcher Award—a national recognition that highlights exceptional creativity, technical depth, and real-world impact
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Park Named Among UR’s 175 Transformative Innovations
An AI-based Parkinson’s screening platform, PARK, developed by us has been recognized as one of the 175 inventions that transformed health and medicine over the university’s 170 years.
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AI That Listens: Our Speech-Based Parkinson’s Study Earns Widespread Media Spotlight
Our latest publication in npj Parkinson’s Disease explores whether a short voice recording can help detect early Parkinsonian changes — and the world took notice.
Best Paper Nomination at “AI in Healthcare 2025”
The paper compared three modern uncertainty methods for Parkinson’s disease screening and show that uncertainty-aware models can flag risky predictions instead of guessing with confidence.
Say Cheese to Detect Parkinson’s
Our latest paper in NEJM AI shows artificial intelligence can detect Parkinson’s disease with 88% accuracy using nothing more than a smartphone video of someone smiling.
Hoque is a Letten Prize finalist
Ehsan Hoque has been named a finalist for the 2025 Letten Prize—one of just five selected from 158 global applicants!
Potter and Ciko win URCS awards
Sammy Potter wins the Outstanding Researcher Award, and Stela Ciko wins the Outstanding Senior Award.
Stela Ciko Inducted into Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society
Stela Ciko is among the 118 seniors at the University of Rochester to be inducted into the prestigious Phi Beta Kappa honor society.
Islam receives Best Engineering Poster Award
At UR’s Graduate Research Day, the poster “Accessible, At-Home Detection of Parkinson’s Disease Using Multi-Task Video Analysis” by Islam et al. receives the best engineering poster award.
Bai’s work on building AI systems to improve parent-DHH child communication gets featured on podcast
Zhen and her collaborator Wyatte Hall from University of Rochester Medical Center recently appeared on WXXI’s Connections with Evan Dawson to discuss their work. Zhen Bai’s team is building an AI system — Tabletop Interactive Play System (TIPS) — to help parents learn American Sign Language in a natural setting.
ROCHCI lab alumni Anis Kallel makes the Forbes 30 under 30 list
Anis Kallel, a ROCHCI alumni, has been recognized in Forbes 30 under 30 for co-founding Flouci, a startup focused on providing financial services in Tunisia.
Hoque wins PECASE award
Professor Ehsan Hoque has been awarded the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE).
Potter wins CRA outstanding researcher award
Sammy Potter wins an honorable mention at the CRA Outstanding Undergraduate Research Competition.