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    Studying and designing for human-AI collaborative work in real-world contexts

    PROJECT

    Across a range of real-world contexts, we are studying how AI is currently being designed and used to augment or transform worker practices. Moving beyond...

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  • This figure provides a high-level overview of the child maltreatment screening process at Allegheny County, illustrating when an ADS assists call screeners’ and supervisors’ screening decisions.

    Advancing Fairness in AI with Human-Algorithm Collaborations

    PROJECT

    Artificial intelligence (AI) systems are increasingly used to assist humans in making high-stakes decisions, such as online information curation, resume s...

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    Understanding Mental Health with Mobile Sensing

    PROJECT

    Understanding how our family and friends affect our mental health People are social beings in nature and our friends and family play a crucial part in ou...

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  • Scaffolding Science Achievement in a Culturally Diverse Classroom

    PROJECT

    In this project, we aim to address the systematically-reduced standardized test scores of African American students compared to their Euro-American peers ...

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