I’m an Assistant Professor in the Department of Informatics and Networked Systems, School of Computing and Information, at the University of Pittsburgh. I received my Ph.D. in Industrial & Operations Engineering from University of Michigan. I also received a Graduate Certificate in Data Science at Michigan Institute for Data Science. My research interests include human factors in smart city domains, human-centered computing, and user experience design. I am actively looking for Ph.D. students and undergraduate/master researchers! See more information here.
Affiliation
- Primary: Department of Informatics and Networked Systems, School of Computing and Information
- Affiliated: Intelligent Systems Program; Pitt Cyber; Center for Governance and Markets
Contact
- Email: na.du@pitt.edu
- Office: Room 721, IS Building, 135 North Bellefield Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15260
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- 01/2024: We receive a grant from Honda Research Institute (HRI) to study emotions in Human-AI interaction. Thanks, HRI.
- 01/2024: We have two full papers accepted by CHI 2024. Congratulations to Yutong, Yaohan, and Lesong! See you in Honolulu.
- 11/2023: We have one full paper accepted by HRI 2024. Congratulations to Shihong and Yue! See you in Boulder.
- 10/2023: We received Pitt Cyber Accelerator Grants for our work on studying user privacy awareness in the Metaverse using adversary-based games.
- 10/2023: We presented our two LBW papers in IROS 2023. Good job, Lesong and Shihong!
- 10/2023: We presented our four papers in HFES 2023. Well done, Shihong, Lesong, Yaohan, Yutong, and Anjnesh!
- 04/2023: We presented our LBW paper on studying human-machine cooperation in mixed traffic in CHI 2023.
- 03/2023: We presented our poster on investigating attending and resident behaviors around interruptions in the Emergency Department in the 13th International Symposium on Human Factors and Ergonomics in Health Care.
- 11/2022: We received Pitt Cyber Accelerator Grants for our work on an adaptive Voice User Interface of navigation apps for People with Disabilities.
- 10/2022: Our paper on modeling driver situational awareness based on SEEV and ACT-R models won the HFES Human Performance Modeling Technical Group Best Paper Award.
- 10/2022: We presented our work on crash analysis using naturalistic driving dataset in HFES 2022.
- 06/2022: Our paper on cultural investigation of how explanations influence trust was published on Transportation Research Record.
- 04/2022: Our paper on enhancing AI transparency in human-autonomy team was accepted by International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction.
- 03/2022: We received Pitt Momentum Fund for our work on modeling driver situational awareness in automated driving.
- 03/2022: Our paper on takeover time prediction was published on IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems.