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Joel Chan

Joel Chan

Assistant Professor
joelchan@umd.edu
301-405-5628
Hornbake 2118E

Focus

Understanding and creating generalizable configurations of people, computing, and information that augment human intelligence and creativity.

Research Interests

  • Human-Computer Interaction
  • Design
  • Creativity Support Tools
  • Collective Intelligence & Crowdsourcing
  • Social Computing

Education

  • PhD, Cognitive Psychology, University of Pittsburgh, 2014
  • MS, Cognitive Psychology, University of Pittsburgh, 2012
  • BS, Psychology, University of the Ozarks, 2009

Recognition

Best Paper Award at the ASME Design Theory and Methodology Conference, the Design Studies Award 2015, and an NSF Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant. 

Associated Research Centers
The Human-Computer Interaction Lab (HCIL)
Research & Focus Areas
Computational Linguistics, Machine Learning, and Information Retrieval
Future of Work
Human-Computer Interaction
Library and Information Science
Smart Cities and Connected Communities

Research Projects