Dr. Dakuo Wang

Biography

Dakuo Wang is a Visiting Associate Professor at Stanford University and an Associate Professor at Northeastern University, where he is jointly appointed in the Khoury College of Computer Sciences and the College of Arts, Media and Design. He leads the Northeastern University Human-Centered AI Lab (NEU HAI) and is the Founding Director of the AI Application Graduate Program. His research lies at the intersection of human-computer interaction (HCI) and artificial intelligence (AI), focusing on the exploration, development, and evaluation of human-centered AI (HCAI) systems to achieve effective human-AI collaboration. Prior to joining Northeastern, Dakuo was a Senior Staff Member at IBM Research and served as a Principal Investigator at the MIT-IBM Watson AI Lab. He has also been a Visiting Scholar at the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence (Stanford HAI). Dakuo earned his Ph.D. from the University of California, Irvine, under the guidance of Judith Olson and Gary Olson. He has worked as a designer, researcher, and engineer in the U.S., China, and France, and actively serves on organizing and program committees and editorial boards for various venues, earning recognition as an ACM Distinguished Speaker.

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