The HCDE Research Speaker Series brings together researchers and scholars to share new work and perspectives related to human-centered design and engineering.
Autumn 2026
Thursdays, 4:30 – 5:20 p.m.
Location TBD
Talks are open to the UW community. Additional details about each talk will be added throughout the quarter.
Autumn 2026 Schedule
October 1
Kate Starbird
Professor, Human Centered Design & Engineering
Co-founder, UW Center for an Informed Public
October 8
Yi-Chieh Lee
Assistant Professor, National University of Singapore
October 15
Mark Haselkorn
Professor, Human Centered Design & Engineering
Co-Creation of a Digital Unified Coordination Center for the Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority
October 22
Speaker to be announced
Save to your calendarOctober 29
David Ribes
Professor, Human Centered Design & Engineering
November 5
Sharon Heung
Postdoctoral scholar, Human Centered Design & Engineering
November 12
Cindy Atman
Professor, Human Centered Design & Engineering
November 19
Jin Yu
Professor, University of British Columbia
November 26
No talk — Thanksgiving
December 3
Sean Munson
Professor, Human Centered Design & Engineering
December 10
Mark Zachry
Professor, Human Centered Design & Engineering
Watch previous talks
Recordings from last year's HCDE Research Speaker Series are available to watch anytime.
Autumn 2025 recordings
- Jennifer Turns — Generative AI as a Thinking Partner in Graduate Education
- Emma McDonnell — Chronic Health, Disability, and Design
- Emily Tseng — Participation and Expertise in Designing Digital Safety
- Aayushi Dangol — From Black Boxes to Playful Inquiry
- Charlotte Lee — Floating Points
- Blair Subbaraman — Automation for Insight
- Leah Findlater — Projects and Musings in AI-powered Accessibility
- Sayamindu Dasgupta — Living with Data
- Cecilia Aragon — Human-Centered AI and Data Science
- Sucheta Ghoshal — Beyond State & Market Imaginaries of Computation