Current
Scott Robertson is the head of the HICHI lab. He is Professor and Chair of the Information and Computer Sciences Department at the University of Hawaii at Mānoa. His research interests include Digital government, e-Democracy and e-Participation, social computing, and natural language processing. [More]
Graduate Student Researchers
Nurit Kirshenbaum is a Ph.D. student in the Information and Computer Sciences Department. She has an M.S. in Interactive Media from Quinnipiac University. She is interested in interactive games and tangible devices.
Alumni
Post-Doctoral and Visiting Scholar Alumni
Roxanne Raine earned her Ph.D. from the Institute of Cognitive Science at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. Roxanne was a postdoc in the HICHI lab in 2015-2016. She conducted research on social media and personality, and media impacts on interpersonal impressions.
Bryan Semaan is an Assistant Professor in the School of Information Studies at Syracuse University. He has a Ph.D. from the Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Science at the University of California, Irvine. Bryan was a postdoc in the HICHI lab in 2012-2014. He studies how people both appropriate, and are shaped by, technology in their daily lives with the goal of better understanding how technology helps to shape our social world, and in turn, how our social world shapes technology and its use. [More]
Osamu Uchida is an Associate Professor in the School of Information Science and Technology at Tokai University in Tokyo, Japan. Dr. Uchida is conducting research in the area of social media and disaster response. He was a visiting scholar in the lab in 2014. [More]
Ravi Vatrapu is Professor and Loretta Rogers Research Chair in Digital Enterprise at the Ted Rogers School of Information Technology Management at Ryerson University. He has a Ph.D. from the Communication and Information Sciences Program at the University of Hawaii. Ravi worked with the HICHI lab in 2008-2009 as a postdoctoral researcher studying online political information browsing and decision making. [More]
Graduate Student Alumni
Hansen Cheng received his Masters degree in Information and Computer Sciences in 2015. Hansen also received his B.A. from the ICS program in 2012. He is an Auxiliary Aide Specialist in the Kokua Program at the University of Hawaii at Manoa.
Philipp Jordan received his M.S. degree in Information and Computer Sciences in 2018 and Ph.D. in Communication and Information Sciences in 2019. His dissertation explored how science fiction was used throughout decades of HCI-related research papers. He is a Strategist in Research and Testing at Instrument in Portland, OR.
Nikki Manuel received her M.S. from the Information and Computer Sciences Department in 2018. She studied persuasive technologies and also security issues in air traffic management.
Misa Maruyama received her Ph.D. in Communication and Information Sciences in 2016. She also has an M.S. in Broadcast Journalism from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University. Her dissertation explored second screening, or the use of multiple devices, when watching political debates. She is interested in new media and journalism.
Lisa Miller is an instructor in Computer Science at Kapi‘olani Community College. She is also a Ph.D. student in the Information and Computer Sciences Department. She is interested in robotics and machine learning, and is currently a member of the Machine Learning Group. She worked with the HICHI Lab as a graduate research assistant in 2009 developing social networking software for an online voting information system. [More]
Diliaur Tellei received her Master’s degree from the Information and Computer Sciences Department in 2018. Her Masters project explored technology-supported cultural history practices and relationship maintenance in Palau and other Pacific Island nations and proposed a design for a culturally appropriate ancestry app for Palauans. She is Technology Officer at Island Ark Project Foundation and Web Resources Coordinator for the UH Center for Southeast Asian Studies.
Shaoxuan Zhang earned an M.S. from the the Information and Computer Sciences Department at the University of Hawaii. He worked with the HICHI Lab as a graduate research assistant in 2009 developing database and personalization components for an online voting information system. He is a Software Engineer at Google in Seattle.
Undergraduate Alumni
Micah Angeles graduated from the Information and Computer Sciences Department at the University of Hawaii in 2015. Micah participated in the lab as part of NSF’s Research Experience for Undergraduates program.
Vivian Cheng received her B.A. in Graphic Design and B.S. in Information and Computer Sciences (ICS) from the University of Hawaii in 2012. She participated in the lab as part of NSF’s Research Experience for Undergraduates program. She is a freelance illustrator and graphic designer based in Chicago. Visit her website at bibiancheng.com.
Heather Faucett graduated with a B.S. from the Information and Computer Sciences Department in 2014. She is a graduate student at the Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Science at the University of California, Irvine. Heather participated in the lab as part of NSF’s Research Experience for Undergraduates program.
William Gaul graduated from the Information and Computer Sciences (ICS) Department at the University of Hawaii in 2012. He is a Senior Software Development Engineer at Amazon in Seattle. William participated in the lab as part of NSF’s Research Experience for Undergraduates program.
Laura Jolly received her B.A. in Journalism from the University of Hawaii in 2010. She participated in the lab as part of NSF’s Research Experience for Undergraduates program. She is a Senior Customer Support Specialist at Intercomm.
Blake Vilas graduated from the Information and Computer Sciences Department at the University of Hawaii in 2016. He participated in the lab as part of NSF’s Research Experience for Undergraduates program. He is a Research and Development Engineer at Kamakura Corporation.
Joshua Weldon graduated from the Information and Computer Sciences Department at the University of Hawaii in 2016. He participated in the lab as part of NSF’s Research Experience for Undergraduates program. He is a Software Engineer at Apple in Cupertino.