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iSchool researchers present at CSCW 2026

Associate Professor Yun Huang, as well as PhD students and iSchool affiliate faculty, will present their research at the 29th ACM Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing (CSCW 2026), which will be held Oct. 10–14 in Salt Lake City, Utah. The online portion of the conference takes place Oct. 1. 

CSCW brings together researchers and practitioners to investigate how technology can be designed to support collaborative activities in work and daily life.

Huang will lead a special interest group on Oct. 14, "Rethinking Social Computing Research in the Age of AI: Agency, Collaboration, and Governance," that includes Informatics PhD student Yiren Liu (MSIM '21) and PhD student Hangyue Zhang (MSIM '25). 

Here’s a look at the other iSchool presentations:

During the online paper session on Oct. 1:

  • Affiliate Professor Karrie Karahalios will co-present "Rethinking Objectivity in Clinical AI: A Qualitative Study of Concussion Evaluators."
  • Affiliate Assistant Professor Sharifa Sultana will co-present "From Literature to 'ReWA': Discussing Reproductive Well-Being in HCI."

Oct. 10:

  • Affiliate Assistant Professor Koustuv Saha will take part in the workshop "Caste and Technology: Interpretations and Explorations in CSCW and Beyond" and the workshop "COMPASS: The 2nd International Workshop on Socio-Technical Approaches to Content Moderation and Platform Governance."
  • Informatics PhD student Zihan Liu is co-author on the paper, "Understanding and Supporting Online Discussion with Opinionated Chatbots."

Oct. 12

  • Karahalios will appear on the panel "Industry-CSCW Dynamics in the Age of Generative AI: Perspectives on Future Trajectories of Academia-Industry Collaboration."
  • Saha will co-present the poster "AI-Mediated Negotiation: Design Reflections and Lessons."

Oct. 13:

  • Saha is a co-author on "Journeys of Parents with LGBTQ+ Children: How Trauma and Healing Reshape Identity and (Mis)Informating Practices."

Oct. 14:

  • PhD student Jialou Yang is a co-author on "Human or AI Fortune-Telling: Exploring Users' Expectations and Trust Formation in Relationship Advice-Seeking with Human vs. I-Ching Divination."
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