DUB is our grassroots, cross-campus alliance of students, faculty, and industry partners interested in HCI & Design at the University of Washington. DUB Community Day is an annual event aimed at bringing us together for a day to reflect on our community, welcome newcomers, share ideas, and socialize.
Please join us in-person for this event. We are planning hybrid broadcast of talks on Zoom, but community networking will be in-person.
For more information about this event, including information on how to RSVP and participate, be sure to join the DUB mailing list. Event organizers can also be contacted via email at <dub-community-day@spamdub.washington.edu>.
Additional agenda information will be provided here as it develops.
This is a preliminary agenda and is subject to change.
9:30am - 10:00am |
Arrival and Welcome Table |
10:00am - 10:25am |
Welcome and State of DUB |
10:25am - 11:35am |
Paper Presentation SessionSession Chairs: Longjie Guo, Katelyn Mei Arnavi Chheda-Kothary, Jon E. Froehlich, Jacob O. Wobbrock. Opportunities for AI-Enhanced Visual Story Creation by Blind and Low-Vision Children. ASSETS 2026. Nisha Devasia, Michele Newman, Safinah Ali, Julie A. Kientz, Jin Ha Lee. SAVEstate: A Method for Documenting Player Reflection in Digital Games. CHI PLAY 2026. Medina Lamkin, Heer Patel, Sayamindu Dasgupta, Leilani Battle. What Do Visualization Instructors Want Students to Learn? Introducing a Concept Inventory for Visualization Design. VIS 2026. Jiawen Stefanie Zhu, Katharina Reinecke, Tanushree Mitra. Language Scent: Exploring Cross-Language Information Navigation. UIST 2026. Katelyn Xiaoying Mei, Rock Yuren Pang, Alex Lyford, Lucy Lu Wang, Katharina Reinecke. Passing the Buck to AI: How Individuals’ Decision-Making Patterns Affect Reliance on AI. TOCHI 2026. |
11:35am - 12:15pm |
Lunch |
12:15pm - 1:20pm |
KeynoteTitle
Human-Centered AI for Achieving Goals with Multimodal Agent Interfaces
Speaker
James A. Landay
Stanford University
Abstract
As the landscape of artificial intelligence evolves, the need for AI systems that embrace the full range of human experience has never been more important. Drawing on research from the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered AI (HAI), I will explore strategies for embedding human-centered design principles into AI technologies. By emphasizing the power of interdisciplinary collaboration, I will illustrate how AI can enhance human capability and shift the narrative around AI from one of replacement to one of augmentation. I also will share a vision for how multimodal user interfaces can create richer, more holistic interactions with AI and highlight how we can co-create AI solutions that serve as partners in enhancing human agency while fostering positive social impact within diverse communities.
Bio
James Landay is a Professor of Computer Science and the Anand Rajaraman and Venky Harinarayan Professor in the School of Engineering at Stanford University. He co-founded and is Denning Director of the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence (HAI). Landay previously was a tenured faculty member at Cornell Tech, the University of Washington, and UC Berkeley. He was also Director of Intel Labs Seattle and co-founder of NetRaker. While on sabbatical at Microsoft Research Asia in Beijing, he taught for one semester at Tsinghua University. Landay received his BS in EECS from UC Berkeley, and MS and PhD in Computer Science from Carnegie Mellon University. He is a member of the ACM SIGCHI Academy, an ACM Fellow, and was awarded the ACM SIGCHI Lifetime Research Award. He served on the NSF CISE Advisory Committee for six years.
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1:20pm - 1:30pm |
Break |
1:30pm - 2:10pm |
DUB Highlights |
2:10pm - 2:40pm |
DUB Bingo |
2:40pm - 3:20pm |
DUB Distinguished Industry PanelModerator: Jacob O. Wobbrock
Mira Dontcheva
Senior Principal Scientist, Adobe Research
Mira Dontcheva is a Senior Principal Scientist at Adobe Research, where she leads the STORIE Lab, which explores how people and AI agents can create stories and videos together. Her research on Human-AI interaction and creative tools regularly ships in Adobe products, most recently Quick Cut, which turns raw footage into a first cut in Firefly and in Adobe’s connectors for AI assistants like Claude, ChatGPT, and Gemini. She has published more than 60 peer-reviewed papers, holds more than 55 US patents, and received her Ph.D. in computer science from the University of Washington.
Kiley Sobel
Therapeutic Gaming and Digital Technology Specialist, Seattle Children’s Hospital
Kiley Sobel is a Therapeutic Gaming and Digital Technology Specialist at Seattle Children’s Hospital, who uses video games, XR, and other technologies with pediatric patients to improve their hospital experiences and health outcomes. Previously, she held roles as Head of Product Research at Duolingo, UX Research Lead for Duolingo ABC, and Research Scientist at the Joan Ganz Cooney Center at Sesame Workshop. Kiley earned her PhD in Human Centered Design & Engineering from the University of Washington as an NSF Fellow and is currently an Affiliate Assistant Professor at the UW Information School. Throughout her career, she has focused on interactive technology for collaborative play, learning, and inclusion for children and families.
Jaime Teevan
Chief Scientist and Technical Fellow, Microsoft
Jaime Teevan is Chief Scientist and Technical Fellow at Microsoft, where she is responsible for driving research-backed innovation in the company's core products. Jaime is world-renowned for her research into productivity and personalized search, and was recognized by TIME as one of the top 100 people to play an instrumental role in AI development and societal advancement. She led the creation of M365 Copilot by integrating AI into Microsoft products, invented the first personalized search algorithm used by Bing, and coordinated the company's hybrid work research during the pandemic. Previously, she was Technical Advisor to Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella. Jaime is an ACM Fellow and a member of the SIGIR and CHI Academies. She serves on the boards of Shutterstock, Publicis Groupe, and Yale University. She holds a Ph.D. in AI from MIT and a B.S. from Yale and is an Affiliate Professor at the University of Washington.
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3:20pm - 3:30pm |
Thanks and Event Wrap-Up |
3:30pm onward |
DUB Community Social Activities |