We hosted our first 2026 AI Symposia event last month!
A huge thank you to our organizers: Andrew Berry, Kathryn Macapagal, Calvin Liang, and William Liem, and our incredible speakers: Darryl Hughes, Ashley Marie Walker, Emily Ozer, Jonah Meyerhoff, Kaylee Kruzan, Carol Haywood, and Lauren Beach.
Did you have a qualitative paper rejected from #chi2026? As you're revising for your next submission, check out this crowdsourced document containing common critiques of qualitative research and ideas for responding -- and add any new critiques you've encountered:
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Excited to announce the publication of our article "AI Unplugged: Exploring Pathways from Physical Simulation to Conceptualization of AI Reasoning Processes" in @acmtoce.bsky.social. We present 4 activities and explore how they support conceptualization of AI reasoning.
dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
On Nov 6th, Katharina Reinecke joined the Technology & Social Behavior Colloquium to discuss her new book "Digital Culture Shock", exploring how culture shapes the way we use and are shaped by technology:
press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
Doing PhD work on a Sunday coz the grind doesn't stop on the weekend and trying to hit deadlines.
#phdlife
With the #chi2026 reviews coming out, I am posting my regular reminder to folks who do qualitative research. I have been curating a document with common critiques of qual research and how to respond. Check it out and add your own examples!
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
AI-mediated communication -- apology edition:
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/u...
And yes, there's academic research too:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#AIMC
Big congratulations to Connie W. Chau, a student in the Technology & Social Behavior program and Personalized & Adaptive Technology for Health (PATH) Lab for receiving the prestigious Google PhD Fellowship!
www.hci.northwestern.edu/news-events/...
Tune in to the Technical Difficulties Podcast: “Code About Power, Positionality & Creativity” with Amy Ko, Professor at the University of Washington. Unpack how tech can be harnessed for play, power, and equity within more technologically just futures.
Watch now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=8OwW...
you can't make a technical contribution in HCI by just connecting an LLM to something. we need to know how it works, beyond a user study with a few people. what are the ways that it fails? how fundamental are these problems, what does it reveal about the potential of this kind of use, etc.
Most AI: "Here's the answer." This AI: "Have you thought about this risk? What evidence do you have?" Turns out, in domains like entrepreneurship and mentorship, the most valuable thing AI can do is make us think deeper and better, not less. tinyurl.com/thinkingdeep... #CSCW2025
Online incivility is often tackled after the damage is done. A #CSCW2025 paper explores a proactive approach: emotion monitoring dashboards that reveal either our own or peers’ emotions. Read more here:
Why do we juggle 5+ messaging apps just to talk with the same person?
@rongjun-ma.bsky.social conducted a two-week diary and interview study on channel switching — revealing 5 drivers: topic, expectation, features, mood, and inertia. Check out our new #CSCW2025 paper!
Which, whose, and how much knowledge do LLMs represent?
I'm excited to share our preprint answering these questions:
"Epistemic Diversity and Knowledge Collapse in Large Language Models"
📄Paper: arxiv.org/pdf/2510.04226
💻Code: github.com/dwright37/ll...
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Please join the Communication & Technology Division for the #ICA26 Welcome Meeting and Q&A. If you have questions about submitting to #ICA26 or just want to meet members of the executive committee, please join us! Wed Oct 15, 1400 UTC or Fri Oct 17, 0800 UTC tinyurl.com/CATOct2025 to join
This Tuesday, October 7th, the HCI+D Center hosted a student-led PhD Research Discussion, fostering a collaborative space for students to share ideas, exchange feedback, and strengthen our research community!
Revisiting one of our favorite conversations from The Technical Difficulties Podcast: The Power of Staying Curious with Irene Au, Design Partner at Kholsa Ventures, as she shares how curiosity shaped her journey in design.
Watch now: lnkd.in/gHTNEe79
TIL that when the Ctrl key gets stuck, the touchpad goes insane...#LaptopLife
What's up with this Bengaluru weather man!
Hello bsky!!
