Harmanpreet Kaur

I'm an Assistant Professor in Computer Science & Engineering at the University of Minnesota. I am also affiliated with the GroupLens Research Lab, a group of HCI faculty and students in the department.

My research areas are human-centered artificial intelligence, explainability and interpretability, and hybrid intelligence systems. I study these areas in two ways: (1) critically evaluating existing systems and tools on meeting their intended goals; and (2) designing and building new systems that leverage human-centered cognitive, social, and organizational norms for human-machine collaboration. I apply these methods in a variety of domains, including exploratory data analysis, workplace wellbeing and productivity, knowledge search and sensemaking.

I received my Ph.D. in Information and Computer Science & Engineering from the University of Michigan, where I was co-advised by Cliff Lampe and Eric Gilbert.

I am recruiting Ph.D., master's, and undergraduate students to establish my lab! If you're interested in the research areas mentioned above, please feel free to contact me via email. Ph.D. students must apply through the University of Minnesota Computer Science & Engineering Ph.D. program. This has a Fall deadline in December/January of each year.