Join us each week in autumn quarter for the HCDE Research Speaker Series, where faculty and PhD students share the ideas, questions, and discoveries shaping research in Human Centered Design & Engineering.
Thursdays, Autumn 2026
September 24 – December 3
4:30 – 5:20 p.m.
Location TBD
Presentations highlight current explorations across human-centered AI, design, health, accessibility, education, data science, technology, and society. Talks are open to the public and welcome students, researchers, practitioners, and anyone interested in HCDE research.
Speaker information, talk titles, and location will be announced closer to the start of autumn quarter. Check back for updates.
Watch previous talks
Missed a presentation? Recordings from last year's HCDE Research Speaker Series are available to watch anytime.
Autumn 2025 recordings
- Jennifer Turns — Generative AI as a Thinking Partner in Graduate Education
- Emma McDonnell — Chronic Health, Disability, and Design
- Emily Tseng — Participation and Expertise in Designing Digital Safety
- Aayushi Dangol — From Black Boxes to Playful Inquiry
- Charlotte Lee — Floating Points
- Blair Subbaraman — Automation for Insight
- Leah Findlater — Projects and Musings in AI-powered Accessibility
- Sayamindu Dasgupta — Living with Data
- Cecilia Aragon — Human-Centered AI and Data Science
- Sucheta Ghoshal — Beyond State & Market Imaginaries of Computation