Dr. Min Lee

Biography

Min Kyung Lee is an Assistant Professor at the School of Information at the University of Texas at Austin. Her research critically examines the social implications of algorithms and their emerging roles in management and governance, particularly focusing on the impacts of algorithmic management on workers and public perceptions of algorithmic fairness. She has proposed a participatory framework that empowers community members to design algorithms that best fit their communities. Dr. Lee's current work centers on human-centered artificial intelligence, which aligns with her research on social robots, long-term interaction, and seamless human-robot handovers. She is a recipient of the Siebel Scholar award and the Allen Newell Award for Research Excellence, and has been recognized with multiple research grants from the National Science Foundation as well as five paper awards and honorable mentions at prestigious venues including CHI, CSCW, DIS, and HRI. Additionally, she serves as an associate editor for the ACM Transactions on Human-Robot Interaction. Her work has garnered attention in major media outlets such as The New York Times, New Scientist, The Washington Post, MIT Technology Review, and CBS.

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