Smit Desai
Director
Assistant Professor · CAMD & Khoury College of Computer Sciences
Director
Smit Desai
Assistant Professor · CAMD & Khoury College of Computer Sciences
Designing conversational technologies that support humans in need
02 / People
Meet the people whose questions, perspectives, and collaborations shape CHAI Lab’s work.
Director
Assistant Professor · CAMD & Khoury College of Computer Sciences
Director
Assistant Professor · CAMD & Khoury College of Computer Sciences
Designing conversational technologies that support humans in need
Doctoral Researcher
Northeastern University
Doctoral Researcher
Northeastern University
Brewing ☕
Research Collaborator
Postdoctoral Research Fellow @ Johns Hopkins University
Research Collaborator
Postdoctoral Research Fellow @ Johns Hopkins University
Conversational AI for aging in place, human-centered explainable AI, and ubiquitous computing
Research Collaborator
MPhil Deputy Director and Teaching Associate @ University of Cambridge
Research Collaborator
MPhil Deputy Director and Teaching Associate @ University of Cambridge
Aligning conversational agents with human values through collaborative, participatory design
Doctoral Researcher
Northeastern University London
Doctoral Researcher
Northeastern University London
Primary advisor: Casper Harteveld
Empathy, emotion regulation, mental health, human–AI interaction, and ethical design
Graduate Researcher
University of Dhaka
Graduate Researcher
University of Dhaka
Human-Computer Interaction, Human-AI Interaction
Doctoral Researcher
Northeastern University
Doctoral Researcher
Northeastern University
Primary advisor: Casper Harteveld
Co-designing technologies that support women’s agency in health decision making
Graduate Researcher
University of Washington
Graduate Researcher
University of Washington
Accessibility, Conversational AI, Inclusive and Human-Centered Technologies
Graduate Researcher
Northeastern University
Graduate Researcher
Northeastern University
Role-Playing models, Accountable AI Companionship
Doctoral Researcher
Northeastern University
Doctoral Researcher
Northeastern University
Primary advisor: Eileen McGivney
Educational Computing, Extended Reality (XR), Smart Glasses, AI-Supported Human Collaboration
Doctoral Researcher
Northeastern University
Doctoral Researcher
Northeastern University
Designing multimodal AI systems to support healthcare decision-making and improve patient–provider communication
Graduate Researcher
George Mason University
Graduate Researcher
George Mason University
Empathy in conversational agents, human–AI interaction, usable privacy and security, and healthcare NLP
Research journeys
Led the award-winning systematic review on empathy in conversational agents. Supriya is continuing her research as a PhD student at George Mason University’s DAS Lab.
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