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.

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.

Professor Ehsan Hoque has been awarded the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE).

Sammy Potter wins an honorable mention at the CRA Outstanding Undergraduate Research Competition.

Graduate Student Neeley Pate is the recipient of the GFSD graduate fellowship.

ROC HCI Researchers volunteer their time for pre-college programs for high school students.

Ehsan Hoque has been selected by The Academy of Medical Sciences (UK) and the National Academy of Medicine (US) to help shape the future of climate and health policy.

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has spotlighted our AI project on movement disorders as a prime example of AI innovation.

Congratulations to Sangwu Lee and Alex Martin–winner of the CRA Outstanding Undergraduate Research Award.

This Fellowship allows the University to honor and encourage outstanding faculty early in their careers.

Hasan was invited to give a talk at the  Flower City AI, a local conference on artificial intelligence innovation, education, healthcare, art, business, and research. 

Our research poster, “Unmasking Parkinson’s Disease using Smiles: An AI-enabled Screening Framework,” received the “Best Abstract in Clinical Research” award at the Future of Parkinson’s Disease conference.

Adira Blumenthal ’23 (computer science), ’24 T5 was featured in a recent Q&A for the Computing Research Association’s (CRA) Student Pathways into Research in Computing series.

Hoque et al. received 10-year-impact award at ACM UbiComp for “MACH: My Automated Conversation coacH”