Assistant Professor, iSchool@UMD
Faculty, HCIL@UMD
Senior Fellow, CASCI@UMD
2118E HBK South | joelchan@umd.edu | CV
Hi, I'm Joel. I do research and teach to «understand and create» generalizable configurations of «people, computing, and information» that augment human intelligence and creativity. I want to help create a future where any person or community can design the future(s) they want to live in. Learn more.
Recent news and updates
| Feb 2019 | We published a perspective piece on our computational analogy work in PNAS, and got some press coverage of it too! |
| Nov 2018 | I joined the Program Committee and agreed to co-chair Demos at CSCW 2019. |
| Nov 2018 | I received a Research Improvement Grant (RIG) from the iSchool to explore infrastructures for collective design involving government, citizens, nonprofits, foundations, and entrepreneurs in Baltimore. |
| Oct 2018 | I joined (as Co-PI) an IMLS-funded project exploring the role of libraries in supporting the information needs of small local businesses trying to innovate. More info at the project website. |
| Sep 2018 | I joined the Program Committee for Creativity and Cognition 2019. |
Talks and travel
| 2019, Mar 25-27 | AAAI 2019 Spring Symposium "Towards AI for Collaborative Open Science", Stanford |
| 2019, Mar 31-Apr 3 | iConference, UMD |
| 2019, Apr 4 | HCIL Annual Symposium, UMD |
| 2019, Nov 9-13 | CSCW 2019, Austin, TX |