معرفی
Orit Shaer is a Professor and co-Chair of Computer Science at Wellesley College, where she founded and directs the Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) Lab. Her work bridges tangible interaction, human-AI collaboration, and mixed-reality interfaces, focusing on transforming work and learning environments through embodied technologies.
- Education: B.A. from Academic College of Tel-Aviv, M.S. and Ph.D. in Computer Science from Tufts University
Research interests center on novel human-computer interaction paradigms:
- Human-AI collaboration frameworks
- Tangible and embodied interface design
- Mixed-reality applications for productivity
- Genomics collaboration tools
- STEAM education technologies
Recent publications highlight human-AI co-creation (CHI 2024), temporal dynamics in automated work (CHIWork 2024), and pandemic-era remote interaction studies (IEEE Pervasive Computing 2021).
Awarded:
- NSF CAREER Award
- Agilent Technologies Research Award
- Google App Engine Education Award
- Pinanski Prize for Excellent Teaching
- Best Paper Honorable Mention (ACM CHI 2014)
- Honorable Mention (CHIWork 2022)
She co-founded the international CHIWork Symposium and chairs the ACM TEI conference. Her NSF IRES grant (2022) supports US-German collaboration on human-automation interaction.
