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Before joining Cornell, she gained experience as a front-end engineer and user experience designer at Foxconn and ASUS, primarily focusing on AI products such as the Smart Shoes, Zenbo robot, AI Speaker. Additionally, she conducted research working at Psychology and Design and Innovation department in National Taiwan University. She holds a master's degree in Communication from National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, where she was mentored by Chen-Chao Tao.

Areas of Interest: Human-AI interaction, HCI, Cognitive Psychology

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