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Andrew Head

@andrewhead.bsky.social

Assistant prof at Penn. Designing interactions to make code, formulas, medical notes, and mechanized proofs more readable. Read about my group's work at https://andrewhead.info

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Jiayin Zhi@jiayinzhi.bsky.social · 5mo ago

𝑪𝒂𝒏 𝑨𝑰 𝒉𝒆𝒍𝒑 𝒖𝒔 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒕 𝒄𝒖𝒍𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆? In our new #CHI2026 paper, we studied how AI assistance affects close reading poems — not just how well people interpret poems, but also the pleasure derived from close reading. closereading-ai.app #AI #HCI #closereading #humanities #culture #poetry (1/13)

[AI and Close Reading] Can AI help us interpret culture?

AI is already becoming part of how people read cultural texts online. What does AI do for cultural interpretation? We explored this question in a randomized experiment investigating the impact of AI a...

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Andrew Head@andrewhead.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Bluesky friends, do you know any frameworks of needs and affordances for XAI that feel relevant today? I'm working on a new project with explainability aspects and am looking to catch up on the best ideas of the literature.

Andrew Head@andrewhead.bsky.social · last yr.

Academic friends, what is the advice for rebutting a fatally low review from a PC member that only points to a few minor (fixable) writing issues? Would you message a PC lead about the review? Does a polite rebuttal stand a chance of changing this reviewer's mind?

Harry Goldstein@harrisongoldste.in · last yr.

I'm incredibly excited to announce that I've accepted a tenure-track position as an assistant professor at the University at Buffalo! The PL/SE group at UB is already really impressive, and I am honored to be part of its continued growth

Andrew Head@andrewhead.bsky.social · last yr.

Do you do research in HCI? Help our group improve the tooling for reading research papers by participating in a 1-hour paid Zoom study 📖✨. You'll get a chance to use a new reading tool, and get a $30 prepaid debit card as bonus! Let us know if you want to participate at bit.ly/pennhci-pape...

Help us improve tools for reading papers

Hello! We are researchers from the human-computer interaction group at the University of Pennsylvania. We are conducting a study of how new tools might improve the experience of reading research paper...

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Hita Kambhamettu@hitakam.bsky.social · last yr.

I'm at #CHI2025! 🇯🇵 🌸 Presenting our LBW "Traceable Texts and Their Effects". We studied how phrase-level links from AI summaries to their sources influence the reading of complex texts. 🕥 April 30 at 10:30a & 3:40p 📍North 1F Interested in text augmentation or improving source transparency? Drop by!

L.D. Burnett@ldburnett.bsky.social · last yr.

for pity’s sake, I am BEGGING university leaders to stop framing this issue in terms of what this will cost the university. people dont care! EXPLAIN WHAT THIS WILL COST THE PUBLIC: closed hospitals and clinics, skipped treatments, loss of access to experimental drugs, unemployment, recession

sreenshot from the new york times reporting that Stanford University’s provost is talking about how the loss of funding from national institutes of health funding will cost the university $160 million. that’s not the way to get this changed — the people think “stanford is rich; no big deal.” leaders need to talk about what this will cost the public
Katie Mack@astrokatie.com · 2y ago

I think some people hear “grants” and think that without them, scientists and government workers just have less stuff to play with at work. But grants fund salaries for students, academics, researchers, and people who work in all areas of public service. “Pausing” grants means people don’t eat.

White House pauses all federal grants, sparking confusion

The Trump administration has put a hold on all federal financial grants and loans, affecting tens of billions of dollars in payments.

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Andrew Head@andrewhead.bsky.social · 2y ago

It's great to come on to Bluesky and see so many old friends here. A good first post may be to remind everyone that Penn's PhD application deadline this is Dec. 16. We at Penn HCI are recruiting this year! Myself in the areas of HCI/PL and augmented reading. We welcome your application!

Locust Walk, our campus's main 6-block-long promenade under a leafy canopy. This could be the path you walk to the office every day!