Education & Affiliations
Biography
About Professor Hassan
Saad Hassan obtained his PhD from the Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences at the Rochester Institute of Technology in 2023. His research centers on Accessible Computing, Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), and Computational Social Science, with a focus on technologies to promote inclusion, facilitate learning, and encourage creative expression among individuals with disabilities. During his graduate studies, Saad worked as a research scientist intern at Google AI and Meta Reality Labs, where he helped develop and deploy innovative technologies. Saad's research has been featured in prestigious computing conferences and journals, including the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI), the ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS), the ACM Transactions on Accessible Computing (TACCESS), and the Conference on Empirical Methods in Natural Language Processing (EMNLP). Currently, he serves as a program committee member for CHI and ASSETS.
Research Interests
Accessible Computing, Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), and Computational Social Science, with a focus on AI-powered technologies to facilitate inclusion, learning, and creative expression for individuals with disabilities.
Office
307 Paul Hall
Courses Taught
CMPS 4661/CMPS 6663: Human-Computer Interaction
