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Calvin is a Ph.D. student in Information Science at Cornell University. His research centers on the design and development of interactive computing systems using socially-aware natural language technologies, with applications in healthcare domains. He has broad interests in philosophy of technology and science and technology studies, focusing on critical questions about interactions between technology, the natural and virtual worlds, and human behavior. 

Vyoma Raman (she/her) is completing her PhD with a focus on machine learning fairness and natural language processing. She is advised by Angelina Wang and is an NSF Graduate Research Fellow and a Cornell Graduate School Dean’s Scholar. Vyoma’s research centers on building and evaluating equitable language technologies, particularly to promote human rights and disability justice. She previously earned her master’s degree in computer science at Stanford University and bachelor’s degrees in computer science and interdisciplinary studies at UC Berkeley. In her free time, Vyoma enjoys writing satire and reading murder mysteries.

Tejas Ramdas is a Ph.D. candidate in Statistics at Cornell University and recently graduated with a Ph.D. in Management from Cornell’s S.C. Johnson College of Business. His statistics research focuses on causal machine learning, explainable AI, natural language processing, and network analysis, with applications in finance and law. His management research examines competitive strategy, technological innovation, and how breakthroughs reshape firms’ opportunities for invention. He also studies coordination and common knowledge in collectives of AI agents.

Tejas is on the academic job market for the year 2026-27.

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Mehrnaz Sabet works in the Collaborative Technologies lab at Cornell where she leads research on human-drone systems. Her research is focused on aerial autonomy through the design and development of drone systems to study how we can reliably increase drone autonomy when drones are deployed to work with humans in time-critical applications such as search and rescue operations. Prior to Cornell, she received her undergraduate degree in Computer Engineering.

Areas of Interest: Artificial Intelligence, Robotics, HCI

Michael is a PhD student in the Communication and Collaborative Technologies Lab. His research explores how individuals leverage technology to support communication in collaborative settings. He is interested in understanding how social and cognitive factors might influence the way humans engage with other complex systems.

Areas of Interest: Human-Robot Interaction, Embodied Cognition, Computer-Supported Cooperative Work, Telepresence