Core Faculty
Dakuo Wang is a core faculty member at the Institute for Experiential AI and an associate professor at Northeastern University, jointly appointed at Khoury College of Computer Sciences and the College of Arts, Media and Design. His research lies at the intersection of human-computer interaction (HCI) and artificial intelligence (AI), with a focus on the exploration, development, and evaluation of human-centered AI (HCAI) systems. His overarching goal is to democratize AI for every person and organization, enabling them to access and collaborate with real-world AI systems (human-AI collaboration).
Before joining Northeastern, Wang was a senior staff member at IBM Research, a principal investigator at the MIT-IBM Watson AI Lab, and a visiting scholar at the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence. He earned his Ph.D. from the University of California, Irvine, where he was advised by Judith Olson and Gary Olson. Wang has worked as a designer, researcher, and engineer in the U.S., China, and France. He serves on organizing committees, program committees, and editorial boards for various venues, and ACM has recognized him as an ACM Distinguished Speaker.