Faculty

Mark Ackerman

Ackerman, Mark

George Herbert Mead Collegiate Professor of Human-Computer InteractionProfessor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science; Professor, School of InformationProfessor of Learning Health Sciences, Medical School
WebsiteEmail: Phone: (734) 763-5439Office: 3388 North Quad
Eytan Adar

Adar, Eytan

Associate Professor, School of InformationAssociate Professor (courtesy), Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Research Interests: Human-Computer Interaction, Visualization, Text Mining, and Social Network AnalysisWebsiteEmail: Phone: (734) 647-8028Office: 4368 North Quad
Nikola Banovic

Banovic, Nikola

Associate Professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciencehe/him/his
Research Interests: Computational Interaction, Human-centered Explainable AI, Behavior-aware InterfacesWebsiteEmail: Phone: 734-764-4289Office: 2630 Beyster Bldg.
Anhong Guo

Guo, Anhong

Assistant Professor, Electrical Engineering & Computer ScienceAssistant Professor (courtesy), School of Informationhe/him/his
Research Interests: Human-computer interaction, artificial intelligence, accessibility, augmented reality, human-AI interactionWebsiteEmail: Phone: 734-764-2026Office: 3741 Beyster
Mark Guzdial

Guzdial, Mark audio icon

Professor, Electrical Engineering & Computer ScienceDirector of the Program in Computing for the Arts and Sciences (PCAS) he/him/his
Research Interests: Computing education research, task-specific programming languages, learning sciences, education public policy, design methods, and public policy.WebsiteEmail: Phone: 734-647-1320Office: 3636 Beyster
Farnaz Jahanbakhsh

Jahanbakhsh, Farnaz

Assistant Professor (effective Aug. 26, 2024), Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
Research Interests: Social computing systems that have pro-social outcomes, with applications to social media, education, collaboration, social justice, and gig economy. A main interest is designing systems that give people more autonomy and democratize power that is otherwise in the hands of a centralized authority.WebsiteEmail: Phone: 734-764-9751Office: 3645 Beyster
Dhruv Jain

Jain, Dhruv

Assistant Professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer ScienceAssistant Professor (courtesy), School of Information
Research Interests: Accessibility, Human Computer Interaction, Sound Design, Augmented & Virtual Reality.WebsiteEmail: Office: 4765 Beyster Building
Amir Kamil

Kamil, Amir

Lecturer IV, Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciencehe/him/his
WebsiteEmail: Phone: 734-764-2138Office: 2632 Beyster
Dave Kieras

Kieras, Dave

Professor Emeritus, Electrical Engineering and Computer ScienceProfessor Emeritus, Psychology Department
Research Interests: Human-computer interaction, User interface design, Human cognition and performance, Natural language processingWebsiteEmail:
Q. Vera Liao

Liao, Q. Vera

Visiting Associate Professor (January 2025), Electrical Engineering and Computer ScienceAssociate Professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (Fall 2025)
Research Interests: Human-computer interaction, human-AI interaction, responsible AIWebsiteEmail: Office: Beyster Bldg.
Emily Mower Provost

Mower Provost, Emily

Professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer ScienceCSE Senior Associate Chair for Academic AffairsProfessor (courtesy), Michigan Medicine Psychiatry Departmenttshe/her/hers
Research Interests: Audio-visual modeling of human behavior focusing on emotion. Focus on assistive speech-based technologies.WebsiteEmail: Phone: 734-647-1802Office: 3629 Beyster Bldg.
Michael Nebeling

Nebeling, Michael

Associate Professor, School of InformationAssociate Professor (courtesy), Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, Computer Science & Engineering
WebsiteEmail: Phone: 734-764-4057Office: 105 S. State St.
Mark Newman

Newman, Mark

Professor, School of InformationProfessor (courtesy), Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
WebsiteEmail: Phone: 764-0020Office: 4380 North Quad
Cyrus Omar

Omar, Cyrus

Assistant Professor, Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciencehe/him/his
Research Interests: Fundamentally improving the programming experience for computational and data scientists, web app programmers, students and educators, and for people with disabilities who cannot effectively use other programming tools.WebsiteEmail: Phone: (734)647-4712Office: 4773 Beyster Bldg.
Steve Oney

Oney, Steve audio icon

Associate Professor, School of InformationAssociate Professor (courtesy), Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciencehe/him/his
WebsiteEmail: Phone: 734-763-6284Office: 4381 North Quad, 105 S. State St.
Alanson Sample

Sample, Alanson

Associate Professor, Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciencehe/him/his
Research Interests: Human-computer interaction, wireless technology, and embedded systems, with the goal of tackling the critical bottlenecks that limit interactive sensing systems with an eye towards reducing deployment barriers and ensuring scalability.WebsiteEmail: Phone: (253) 642-7287Office: 4812 Beyster Bldg.
Florian Schaub

Schaub, Florian

Associate Professor, School of InformationAssociate Professor (courtesy), Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
WebsiteEmail: Office: 4344 North Quad
Elliot Soloway

Soloway, Elliot

Arthur F. Thurnau ProfessorProfessor, Electrical Engineering and Computer ScienceProfessor, School of Information and School of Education
Research Interests: Artificial intelligence and software engineering, Artificial intelligence and education.WebsiteEmail: Phone: (734) 936-1562Office: 3620 Beyster Bldg.
Ke Sun

Sun, Ke

Assistant Professor (effective January 1, 2025), Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Research Interests: Mobile computing, Human-computer interaction, embedded systems, and IoT security and privacy, with the vision of developing intelligent, cost-effective, deployable, human-centric, and trustworthy mobile, wearable, and IoT systems.WebsiteEmail:
Xu Wang

Wang, Xu

Assistant Professor, Electrical Engineering & Computer ScienceAssistant Professor (courtesy), School of Information
Research Interests: Human-computer interaction, artificial intelligence in education, computer supported collaborative learning and work, human-AI interaction, learning sciences and technologies, cognitive science.WebsiteEmail: Phone: 734-763-8484Office: 3737 Beyster
Junyi Zhu

Zhu, Junyi

Visiting Assistant Professor (Assistant Professor, Winter 2025), EECS – Electrical and Computer Engineering
Research Interests:
Human-computer interaction, novel sensing devices, fabrication, embedded systems, personal health and medical devices, interaction techniques, prototyping
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