Researchers in this cluster design, build, and evaluate new technologies and systems—ranging from machine learning tools to robotics, visualization platforms, and open-source hardware.
This research often involves co-design with impacted populations and communities of practice. Methods include empirical studies, prototyping, user testing, visual analytics, and deployment in real-world settings. Areas of focus span interaction design, AR/VR, robotics, clean technologies, and sociotechnical systems.
HCDE Researchers
Recent Publications
- Leah Findlater - VizXpress: Towards Expressive Visual Content by Blind Creators Through AI Support in Proceedings of the 27th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS '25) (October 2025)
- Leah Findlater - “Before, I Asked My Mom, Now I Ask ChatGPT”: Visual Privacy Management with Generative AI for Blind and Low-Vision People in Proceedings of the 27th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS '25) (October 2025)
- Julie Kientz - Promoting Family Engagement With Early Childhood Developmental Screening via the Baby Steps Text Messaging and Web Portal System: Longitudinal Randomized Controlled Trial in JMIR Pediatrics and Parenting (September 2025)
- Charlotte Lee - The Agony and Ecstasy of Extended Research on Computational Systems in Proceedings of the sixth decennial Aarhus conference: Computing X Crisis (AAR '25) (August 2025)
- Charlotte Lee - Floating Points in Proceedings of the sixth decennial Aarhus conference: Computing X Crisis (AAR '25) (August 2025)
- Nadya Peek - Computational Craft: Computational Fabrication Methods for Enabling Craft Production in Textiles and Ceramics in Proceedings of the Special Interest Group on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques Conference Courses (SIGGRAPH Courses '25) (August 2025)
- Nadya Peek - Jitterbug: A Hybrid Digital Fabrication Platform for Rapid Prototyping of Printed Electronics in Proceedings of the ASME 2025 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference (August 2025)
- Daniela Rosner - Fibers of Alignment at the 50th Annual Meeting of the Society for Social Studies of Science (4S) (August 2025)
- Daniela Rosner - Hope, Ontological Breakdowns, and a World of Many Worlds at the 50th Annual Meeting of the Society for Social Studies of Science (4S) (August 2025)
- Mark Zachry - Impacts of AI on Human Designers: A Systematic Literature Review in 2025 IEEE International Professional Communication Conference (ProComm) (August 2025)
- Shana Hirsch - The evolution of equity in offshore renewable energy: A systematic literature review in Ocean & Coastal Management (April 2025)
- Nadya Peek - "What Would I Want to Make? Probably Everything": Practices and Speculations of Blind and Low Vision Tactile Graphics Creators in Proceedings of the 2025 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '25) (April 2025)
- Nadya Peek - It's Not the Shape, It's the Settings: Tools for Exploring, Documenting, and Sharing Physical Fabrication Parameters in 3D Printing in Proceedings of the 2025 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '25) (April 2025)