Keynotes


Meredith Ringel Morris
Director and Principal Scientist for Human-AI Interaction
Google DeepMind
Title: Anticipating the Impacts of Agentic Interactions: From Assistants to Clones to Ghosts

Tiffany Veinot
Joan C Durrance Collegiate Professor of Information and Associate Dean of the School of Information
University of Michigan
Title: How digital interventions can worsen health inequalities—and what we can do about it: The Equitable PRAXIS Method

Speakers


Alan Ritter
Associate Professor
Georgia Tech
Title: Cost Efficient Use of Pre-trained Models

Catherine D'Ignazio
Associate Professor of Urban Science and Planning
MIT
Title: Another AI is Possible

Chinasa T. Okolo
Research Fellow
The Brookings Institution
Title: Policy Perspectives on Advancing Human-Centered AI for Global Health

Chris MacLellan
Assistant Professor
Georgia Tech
Title: Your AI, Your Way: Enabling Educators and Teams with Teachable AI

Cindy Lin
Stephen Fleming Early Career Assistant Professor
Georgia Tech
Title: An Alternative AI from the Monocrop World

Clio Andris
Associate Professor, City and Regional Planning and Interactive Computing
Georgia Tech
Title: House Calls: Machine Learning for Savannah's Urban Planners

Desmond Patton
Brian and Randi Schwartz University Professor
University of Pennsylvania
Title: AI for Gun Violence Prevention: Opportunities and Ethical Challenges

Divyansh Kaushik
Vice President
Beacon Global Strategies
Title: The View from Washington: AI as a Dual Use Technology

Heidi Biggs
Assistant Professor
School of Literature, Media, and Communication, Georgia Tech
Title: Reframing Climate Data: Situating Data in Histories in Place

Hima Lakkaraju
Assistant Professor of Business and Computer Science
Harvard University
Title: Mechanics and Ethics of Search Engine Optimization and Explainability in the Era of LLMs

Jacob Metcalf
Program Director, AI on the Ground
Data & Society
Title: Auditing Work: Lessons about Algorithmic Accountability from NYC's Hiring Algorithm Auditing Law

Jeff Bigham
Associate Professor
Carnegie Mellon University
Title: No Free Lunch: How Agency and Expertise Shape Responsible Interaction with Generative AI

Jesse Thomason
Assistant Professor
University of Southern California
Title: Use AI Grout without Losing AI Grit

Matthew Gombolay
Associate Professor
Georgia Tech
Title: Explainable AI in Neurology Decision Support: Empowering Tool or Double-edged Sword?

Milind Tambe
Gordon McKay Professor of Computer Science and Director of the Center for Research on Computation and Society
Harvard University
Title: Foundation models: Accelerating AI for public health and social impact

Munmun De Choudhury
Associate Professor
Georgia Tech
Title: The Meaning of Human Connection in a Post-AI World: Lessons from and for Digital Mental Health
Title: Designing Human-Centered and Care-ful AI-Mediated Futures of Work

Neha Kumar
Associate Professor
Georgia Tech
Title: Post-growth X Health

Orly Lobel
Warren Distinguished Professor of Law, and Director, Center for Employment and Labor Policy
University of San Diego
Title: How to Build Equality Machines: Rationally Harnessing Digital Tech for Scale, Inclusion, and Comparative Advantages

Pedro Lopes
Associate Professor
University of Chicago
Title: Computational Recycling: building tools & devices that engage users with e-waste

Rosa Arriaga
Associate Professor
Georgia Tech
Title: Forms of Accountability at the Intersection of Science and Design: Implications from Human-Centered AI for Health and Wellness

Sorelle Friedler
Shibulal Family Professor of Computer Science
Haverford College
Title: From Principles to Practice: current U.S. federal AI policy and what comes next

Stephen Pfohl
Senior Research Scientist
Google
Title: Algorithmic fairness and responsible AI for health equity

Tal August
Assistant Professor
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Title: AI for Science Communication: Adapting to Different Stakeholders

Udit Gupta
Assistant Professor
Cornell Tech
Title: Sustainable AI: Challenges, Implications, and Opportunities

Upol Ehsan
Assistant Professor, Northeastern University
Berkman Klein Fellow, Harvard
Title: Human-centered Explainable AI: why 'who' opens the black-box matters

Discussants


Alex Adams
Assistant Professor
Georgia Tech

Andrea Parker
Associate Professor
Georgia Tech

Ari Schlesinger
Assistant Professor
University of Georgia

Betsy DiSalvo
Professor
Georgia Tech

Chinmay Kulkarni
Associate Professor, Emory University
Research Scientist, Google

Christina Harrington
Senior Research Scientist
Google Research

Deven Desai
Sue and John Staton Professor of Law
Georgia Tech

Jennifer Kim
Assistant Professor
Georgia Tech

Josiah Hester
Catherine M. and James E. Allchin Early Career Associate Professor
Georgia Tech

Kartik Goyal
Assistant Professor
Georgia Tech

Mark Riedl
Professor
Georgia Tech

Sonia Chernova
Associate Professor
Georgia Tech

Zsolt Kira
Associate Professor
Georgia Tech