UR News has featured ROCHCI’s work on remotely assessing the severity of Parkinson’s symptoms.  The study,  published in npj Digital Medicine, describes the new tool: users tap their fingers 10 times in front of a webcam to assess motor performance on a scale of 0–4.

Congratulations to Caleb Wohn (2022) for receiving 2023 CSGrad4US Graduate Fellowship.

We are excited to welcome to Dr. Yukang Yan as an assistant professor and a co-director of the group.

Dr. Bai and her team will develop embodied AI learning tech for K-12 students.

Adira Blumenthal, research assistant in ROC HCI Lab, has also been involved every semester with ROC Players, a student run club that puts on a full-length musical each semester for the University community.  “I’ve really enjoyed helping productions come to life, either through management or design.”

Congratulations to Adira Blumenthal for receiving an honorable mention award from the CRA for her excellence in undergraduate research.

Ehsan Hoque, who works in the intersection between artificial intelligence (AI) and human-centered computing (HCC), has been named a Distinguished Member of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) for his outstanding contributions to computing.

Congratulations to Ph.D. student Kurtis Haut, lead author on both papers.

We will work on redesigning and maximizing human productivity through self-organizing social networks.

Xiaofei Zhou, a Ph.D. student at the ROC-HCI Lab, has received a three-year Industry Fellowship through the AR/VR Ph.D. Trainee Program at the University of Rochester.

In collaboration with Vivian Shen and Chris Harrison from CMU, Spann wins the best paper award at the ACM Spatial User Interaction (SUI) 2021 conference.

Raiyan Abdul Baten, a network science and human-computer interaction (HCI) researcher, is exploring these questions by meeting humans where they are: on social media.

As part of our ongoing inclusive computing initiative, we are organizing a roundtable with UR alum currently working at Google.

Congratulations to Sangwu Lee, a junior student in CS, for being among the 18 junior students to be inducted into the Phi Beta Kappa honor society.

Boyu Zhang (finalist) and Ashely Tenesaca (honorable mention) are recognized by the CRA outstanding undergraduate researcher award.

Hoque and Bai have received an exploreCSR grant to establish “Inclusive Computing Program” to engage UR undergraduate students from underrepresented groups with diverse computing research, career pathways, and practical skill development.

Imagine being able to diagnose PTSD using a portable wearable neuro-headset and validating it with a standard PTSD questionnaire.

Ehsan Hoque, a National Academy of Medicine Emerging Leader, harnesses nonverbal cues to improve health and human connection.

Hoque speaks at the panel on Trustworthy AI in pandemic response organized by the G20 The Digital Economy Task Force (DETF).

Shoutout to all the members of the ROC HCI family who graduated in 2020.  We are very proud of your achievements and your growth as an individual over the years!

Ehsan Hoque is one of 10 new emerging leaders selected by the National Academy of Medicine to collaborate with the organization on “sparking transformative change to improve health care for all.”

Graduating senior Minh Tran and Melissa Wen are among the 120 seniors to be inducted into the Phi Beta Honor Society.