Areen Alsaid

Areen Alsaid is an Assistant Professor in the Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering department at University of Michigan-Dearborn, where she directs the USE Lab. Prior to her academic role, she worked as a research scientist at Ford Motor Company. Her research bridges user state estimation, affective computing, and human-automation interaction through advanced statistical methods and machine learning.

• Ph.D., Industrial and Systems Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison (2020)
• M.S., Industrial and Systems Engineering, University of Central Florida (2016)
• B.S., Industrial Engineering, Jordan University of Science and Technology

Her research focuses on smoothing human-automation interactions by analyzing physical manifestations and contextual cues. Key areas include driver fatigue prediction, emotion recognition in vehicles, and mixed-initiative data labeling architectures. She employs techniques like GPBoost, SHAP, PCA, and t-SNE to model cognitive states and develop mitigation strategies.

Recent publications highlight her work on generative AI for empathic interfaces, dimensional emotion modeling, and conversational trust assessment. Her grants from Ford, Toyota, and Mobis Technical Center emphasize real-world applications in longitudinal vehicle operation and L3 inattention estimation.