CODESIGN WITH DATA

I am a human-computer interaction researcher and interaction designer. My research focuses on human-centered and participatory design approaches to A.I., and to creating data-rich products, services, and artifacts. I am interested in applications in areas such as: healthcare, where I have been designing with clinicians who treat neurological diseases such as multiple sclerosis (MS); community science and health advocacy, where I have been working with communities in NYC Chinatowns around noise and air quality concerns with a focus on the environmental impacts of the reconstruction of Manhattan Jail; digital civics, where I have been working with NYC MODA and BetaNYC to look at informal learning around community use of open data; and design for A.I. and machine learning, where I have been investigating design metaphors and new methods for ideating and prototyping. I am jointly academic director of the Human-Centered Technology, Innovation and Design PhD program at NYU Tandon, and teach..