𝑪𝒂𝒏 𝑨𝑰 𝒉𝒆𝒍𝒑 𝒖𝒔 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒕 𝒄𝒖𝒍𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆? In our new #CHI2026 paper, we studied how AI assistance affects close reading poems — not just how well people interpret poems, but also the pleasure derived from close reading. closereading-ai.app #AI #HCI #closereading #humanities #culture #poetry (1/13)

HCI summer research opportunity 📣 My group has two openings for research assistants this summer, both in scientific tools for thought. Applicants are welcome at any level. Please help me share the news! andrewhead.info/positions/20...

Bluesky friends, do you know any frameworks of needs and affordances for XAI that feel relevant today? I'm working on a new project with explainability aspects and am looking to catch up on the best ideas of the literature.

@ianarawjo.bsky.social and team, this looks amazing. What a cool idea and beautiful paper.

This is an exciting new workshop at CHI that I will be at! Deadline for submissions is one week away.

The #CHI2026 workshop on augmented reading interfaces is accepting submissions for one more week. We hope you consider formulating your perspective and sending it in! Can't wait to see y'all Barcelona to talk about enriching experiences with written information. chi-star-workshop.github.io

Y'all, I'm super excited to announce that a workshop we've been planning is finally slated to happen at this year's CHI. The topic is the Science and Technology of Augmenting Reading (STAR) 📖 💫 chi-star-workshop.github.io

Today at #uist2025 my student Jeffrey Tao presented our new paper "Answering Developer Questions with Annotated Agent-Discovered Program Traces" While it is too late to catch the talk, you can still find Jeff! I'm happy to make connections over email. Paper: andrewhead.info/assets/pdf/t...

Academic friends, what is the advice for rebutting a fatally low review from a PC member that only points to a few minor (fixable) writing issues? Would you message a PC lead about the review? Does a polite rebuttal stand a chance of changing this reviewer's mind?

How's fascism going for you? medium.com/bits-and-beh...

I'm incredibly excited to announce that I've accepted a tenure-track position as an assistant professor at the University at Buffalo! The PL/SE group at UB is already really impressive, and I am honored to be part of its continued growth

Do you do research in HCI? Help our group improve the tooling for reading research papers by participating in a 1-hour paid Zoom study 📖✨. You'll get a chance to use a new reading tool, and get a $30 prepaid debit card as bonus! Let us know if you want to participate at bit.ly/pennhci-pape...

this course website on Augmenting Intelligence by @kenholstein.bsky.social is amazing -- coaugmentation.com

I'm at #CHI2025! 🇯🇵 🌸 Presenting our LBW "Traceable Texts and Their Effects". We studied how phrase-level links from AI summaries to their sources influence the reading of complex texts. 🕥 April 30 at 10:30a & 3:40p 📍North 1F Interested in text augmentation or improving source transparency? Drop by!

At #chi2025 this year, see our group's latest: a projectional editor for augmenting math formulas, and a study of augmented AI-generated texts. Look out for these faces! Jeff, @hitakam.bsky.social, and I are excited to reconnect with old friends and make new ones.

for pity’s sake, I am BEGGING university leaders to stop framing this issue in terms of what this will cost the university. people dont care! EXPLAIN WHAT THIS WILL COST THE PUBLIC: closed hospitals and clinics, skipped treatments, loss of access to experimental drugs, unemployment, recession

I think some people hear “grants” and think that without them, scientists and government workers just have less stuff to play with at work. But grants fund salaries for students, academics, researchers, and people who work in all areas of public service. “Pausing” grants means people don’t eat.

It's great to come on to Bluesky and see so many old friends here. A good first post may be to remind everyone that Penn's PhD application deadline this is Dec. 16. We at Penn HCI are recruiting this year! Myself in the areas of HCI/PL and augmented reading. We welcome your application!

Excited to share our latest work, "Explainable Notes: Examining How to Unlock Meaning in Medical Notes with Interactivity and Artificial Intelligence" which we will be presenting at #CHI2024! Read our paper here: hita-k.github.io/chi24-678.pdf