Dakuo Wang is an Associate Professor at Northeastern University, jointly appointed in Khoury College of Computer Sciences and the College of Arts, Media and Design. He leads the Northeastern University Human-Centered AI Lab (NEU HAI) and was the Founding Director for the AI Applications Graduate Program. He is also a Visiting Scholar at Stanford University, an Amazon Scholar, and a Microsoft Faculty Advisor. His research develops and evaluates human-centered AI systems for health, education, and collaborative work, with the goal of democratizing AI through effective human-AI collaboration. Our work is currently supported by NSF 2302730, NIH R01CA301579, R01HD120364, R01AI188576, R01MD018424, VA/HSR IIR 22-204, Microsoft Research, and Amazon.

Previously, Dakuo was a Senior Staff Member at IBM Research and Principal Investigator at the MIT-IBM Watson AI Lab. He received his Ph.D. from the University of California, Irvine (advisors: Judith Olson and Gary Olson), and has worked as a designer, researcher, and engineer in the U.S., China, and France. ACM has recognized him as an ACM Distinguished Speaker.

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