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Human-Centered Computing

Our work in human-centered computing explores and enhances the ways in which people and communities engage with and experience technology. 

Our research considers the personal, educational, cultural, and ethical implications of innovation. Drawing upon techniques from human-computer interaction, learning sciences, sensing and more, we aim to maximize the potential benefits of technology while minimizing potential harms to individuals, groups and society.

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Richard Anderson

Emeritus Faculty


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Cecilia Aragon

Adjunct Faculty


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Aleksandr Aravkin

Adjunct Faculty


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Alan Borning

Emeritus Faculty


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Bingni Brunton

Adjunct Faculty


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Aylin Caliskan

Adjunct Faculty


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Ryan Calo

Adjunct Faculty


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Anind Dey

Adjunct Faculty


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Leah Findlater

Adjunct Faculty


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Batya Friedman

Adjunct Faculty


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Bruce Hemingway

Emeritus Faculty


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Benjamin Mako Hill

Adjunct Faculty


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Bill Howe

Adjunct Faculty


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Gary Hsieh

Adjunct Faculty


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Julie Kientz

Adjunct Faculty


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Amy J. Ko

Adjunct Faculty


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Richard Ladner

Emeritus Faculty


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Tanu Mitra

Adjunct Faculty


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Nadya Peek

Adjunct Faculty


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Ariel Rokem

Adjunct Faculty


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Daniela Rosner

Adjunct Faculty


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Martin Saveski

Adjunct Faculty


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Chirag Shah

Adjunct Faculty


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Frederick Shic

Adjunct Faculty


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Kate Starbird

Adjunct Faculty


Portrait of Jacob Sunshine

Jacob Sunshine, M.D.

Adjunct Faculty


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Peter Tarczy-Hornoch

Adjunct Faculty


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Lucy Wang

Adjunct Faculty


Portrait of Dan Weld

Daniel S. Weld

Emeritus Faculty


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Jevin West

Adjunct Faculty


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Jacob Wobbrock

Adjunct Faculty



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Highlights

Allen School News

Professor and alum Jon Froehlich earns SIGCHI Societal Impact Award


Portrait of Jon Froehlich wearing a shirt with the Makeability Lab logo on it.

The ACM Special Interest Group on Computer-Human Interaction (SIGCHI) recently honored Froehlich (Ph.D., ‘11) for his work to improve pedestrian infrastructure across the globe and tackle a range of other accessibility challenges using AI and HCI.



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Allen School News

Professor emeritus Richard Ladner honored by ACM SIGCSE


Allen School professor emeritus Richard Ladner holds the SIGCSE Award for Outstanding Contribution to Computer Science Education next to Paul Tymann, faculty at the Rochester Institute of Technology, who received the SIGCSE Award for Distinguished Service to the Computer Science Education Community.

The Association for Computing Machinery’s Special Interest Group on Computer Science Education recognized Ladner with the ACM SIGCSE Award for Outstanding Contribution to Computer Science Education for his work expanding access for students with disabilities.



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GeekWire

UW team working on CPR feedback device wins health innovation challenge


Two pairs of students hold mock award checks made out to CPRight from the Holloman Health Innovation Challenge. One check is is sponsored by the Hollomon Family for $15,000 and the other is sponsored by NaturaCur Wound Healing for $2,500

Allen School undergraduate Prisha Hemani and teammates won the grand prize in the 2026 Hollomon Health Challenge for CPRight, a real-time CPR feedback device. The annual competition is hosted by the UW’s Buerk Center for Entrepreneurship in the Foster School of Business.



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