Ken Holstein

Teaching & PhD

Courses

Human-computer interaction

CS-213

This course introduces core ideas and methods in the interdisciplinary field of Human-Computer Interaction (HCI). We will explore how we can design human-centered systems that are useful, usable, ans beneficial to people in real-world contexts.

PhD alumni

Wesley Hanwen Deng‍  ‍(PhD ‘26)
Now: Senior Researcher, Microsoft Research

Alicia DeVrio (PhD ‘26)
Now: Assistant Professor (Tenure Track), Georgia Tech

Luke Guerdan (PhD ‘26)
Now: Research Engineer, Duolingo

Frederic Gmeiner
(PhD ‘26)
Now: Senior Applied Scientist, Microsoft

Anna Kawakami
‍  ‍(PhD ‘26)
Now: AI Research Scientist, Center for AI Standards and Innovation (CAISI) at NIST

Charvi Rastogi
‍  ‍(PhD ‘23)
Now: Research Scientist, Google DeepMind

Postdoc alumni

Devansh Saxena('25)
Now: Assistant Professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison

LuEttaMae Lawrence ('21)
Now: Assistant Professor, Utah State University

Alex Ahmed ('21)
Now: Developer, Sassafras Tech Collective