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Deepak Varuvel Dennison is a Ph.D. student in Information Science advised by Aditya Vashistha and Rene Kizilcec. He is interested in building technological solutions for global development in areas such as education, workforce development, and governance. Before starting his Ph.D., Deepak worked as a research assistant at Stanford University and has extensive experience working on several social impact projects in India. 

Areas of Interest: Building technological solutions for global development in areas such as education, workforce development, and governance.
 

Thalia Viranda works with Tanzeem Choudhury and her team in the People-Aware Computing Lab to develop novel mobile sensing and interventional technologies to augment the assessments and current evidence-based treatments for various psychiatric disorders.

Areas of Interest: HCI, Mobile Sensing and Intervention Technologies, Precision Behavioral Health

Shuhong is a PhD student in Information Science, advised by François Guimbretière. She aims to facilitate sustainable fabrication, create novel interactions, and democratize the fabrication process for individuals of all skill levels. 

 

For more information about her work, visit https://www.shuhong-hci.com
 

Tony is a PhD student in Information Science working at the intersection of natural language processing and human-computer interaction. His work primarily focuses on language in human-human and human-AI interaction and socially-aware language technologies with applications in domains such as mental health and online communities. His work experience includes User Experience Research at Google and Games Marketing & Production at PlayStation. Prior to Cornell, he has studied at the Georgia Institute of Technology, Carnegie Mellon University, and UC San Diego.

Areas of Interest: Computational Social Science, Natural Language Processing, Human-Computer Interaction