ExploreCSR grant to improve representation and diversity
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.
PhD student, Wasifur Rahman, in collaboration with BUET, wins UbiComp Distinguished Paper Award
Imagine being able to diagnose PTSD using a portable wearable neuro-headset and validating it with a standard PTSD questionnaire.
The National Academies feature our research
Ehsan Hoque, a National Academy of Medicine Emerging Leader, harnesses nonverbal cues to improve health and human connection.
Automated Diagnosis and Screening of PTSD
Analyzing the case of Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh, we propose a two-way diagnosis of PTSD as well as develop a novel, low-cost, and remote method to screen the potential cases of PTSD based on free-hand sketches.
ROC HCI invited to G20 Dialogue on Trustworthy AI
Hoque speaks at the panel on Trustworthy AI in pandemic response organized by the G20 The Digital Economy Task Force (DETF).
Role of AI in reshaping the field of negotiation
Hoque, Pentland and Gratch reflect on how the projected progress in Artificial Intelligence (AI) could impact the way negotiations take place in the future. The conference was organized by Harvard Business School and Harvard Law School.
Congrats to the class of 2020!
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!
Hoque named an ’emerging leader’ by the National Academy of Medicine
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.”
Tran and Wen are inducted into Phi Beta Kappa honor society
Graduating senior Minh Tran and Melissa Wen are among the 120 seniors to be inducted into the Phi Beta Honor Society.
Graudating senior, Wen, receives NSF GRFP honorable mention
Melissa Wen, graduating senior in Computer Science and Brain and Cognitive Science, receives an honorable mention in NSF Graduate Research Fellowships Program (GRFP).
Gerstner won 3rd place at MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference
Zhan, Gerstner, & Polimeni won 3rd place at the research paper competition at the MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference.
Hoque recieves a Google Faculty Award
A generous gift from Google to continue our ongoing work on Parkinson’s research.
The Third AI Summer
Talk presented Henry Kautz, winner of the Robert S. Engelmore Memorial Lecture Award, at the 34th Annual Meeting of the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI-2020) in New York, NY on February 10, 2020.
Ashely and Jianyuan are recognized as CRA outstanding undergraduate researchers
Ashely Tenesaca and Jianyuan Zhong won honorable mention award for the outstanding CRA undergraduate researcher award. This award recognizes undergraduate students in North American colleges and universities who show outstanding research potential in an area of computing research.
Senior Shagun Bose combines STEM and art
A double major in computer science and psychology, Bose is passionate about human emotion and translates this into her projects.
Hoque participated in the 2019 EU-US Frontiers of Engineering Symposium by NAE
The 2019 EU-US Frontiers of Engineering symposium organized by the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) was held November 18 – 20 in Stockholm, Sweden. About 60 outstanding engineers under the age of 45 met for an intensive 2-1/2 day symposium.