Organizers

We lead a diverse organizing team spanning HCI, health informatics, design, AI, and policy. Contact: hcbeyondreaction@gmail.com.

  • Sastha Srinivasan — PhD candidate, Department of CSE, IIIT-Delhi. Work on HCAI frameworks for collective care.
  • Aisling Ann O’Kane — Associate Professor of HCI for Health, University of Bristol; specializes in participatory approaches to health technology design.
  • Ana Tajadura-Jiménez — Associate Professor, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid; Honorary Research Fellow, UCL; leads sensory technologies research.
  • Anja Thieme — Principal Researcher, Microsoft Research EMEA; works on human-centered AI and healthcare.
  • Farah Magrabi — Professor of Biomedical & Health Informatics, Macquarie University; expertise in safety, quality and ethics of health AI.
  • Francisco Nunes — Senior Researcher, Fraunhofer Portugal AICOS; focuses on design and evaluation of mobile and AI-based self-care technologies.
  • Gautami Tripathi — Assistant Professor, Jamia Hamdard; PhD candidate at IIIT-Delhi; works on COPD care and proactive engagement.
  • Kirti Lakra — PhD candidate, IIIT-Delhi; researches wearables, VR, EMG gesture recognition and fatigue-resistant ML.
  • Manshul Belani — Incoming Postdoctoral Researcher, Compliant & Accountable Systems Group, RC- Trust, University of Duisberg-Essen; focuses on HCI, VR, and inclusive learning environments.
  • Mohan Kumar — Professor of Computer Science, Rochester Institute of Technology; research in pervasive/mobile computing and distributed systems.
  • Pragya Singh — Incoming Visiting Research Associate, Aalto Univsity; works on wearable sensing and emotion recognition for everyday mental health.
  • Pushpendra Singh — Professor/HoD Department of CSE, IIT-Delhi; Head, Center of Excellence in Human-centered Computing, IIIT-Delhi; research in mobile sensing and ICT4D.
  • Sara Moin — PhD candidate, IIIT-Delhi; designs technologies for women’s health in Indian contexts.
  • Vedant Das Swain — Assistant Professor, NYU Tandon; works on digital applications and behavioral models to support worker wellbeing.