Ravi Chugh

Ravi Chugh is an Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Chicago. His work bridges Programming Languages (PL) and Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), focusing on direct manipulation programming systems and hole-driven development.

• Affiliation: University of Chicago
• Role: Director of Undergraduate Studies

Research interests:

• Direct Manipulation Programming Systems
• Type Systems
• Program Synthesis
• Structured Editing
• Visual Programming

His recent work includes Ragged Blocks (UIST 2025) for structured text rendering, Code Style Sheets (OOPSLA 2025) for styling code, and projects like Sketch-n-Sketch and Hazel for bimodal programming environments.

Professional Activities:

• Program Committee: HATRA 2025, VL/HCC 2023, PLDI 2022, POPL 2021
• Artifact Evaluation Co-Chair: PLDI 2018-2020
• Editorial Board: Journal of Functional Programming (2020–)