Team

We are looking for PhD students, Master’s students, and undergraduates to join the lab (see how to join) !

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Faculty

Assistant Professor of Computer Science
Luddy School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering
Indiana University Bloomington
zhaomich@iu.edu

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PhD Students

Mihir Parekh

First-year PhD student, Department of Computer Science, Fall 2026
mihparek [at] iu.edu

I am a first-year Ph.D. in the Department of Computer Science at Indiana University Bloomington. I received my B.S. and M.S. in Computer Science from the University of Massachusetts Lowell, where I was a member of the Assistive Robotics & Accessibility Lab and the Emergent Dynamics, Controls, & Analytics Lab. My current research interests include causal confusion, mechanistic interpretability, and human-robot representation alignment.

Jiahe Liu

First-year PhD student, Department of Computer Science, Fall 2026
jl456 [at] iu.edu

I am a first-year Ph.D. student in Computer Science at Indiana University Bloomington. My research interests include human-robot interaction, interactive robot learning, and uncertainty-aware robot learning.

Masters Students

Sunny Qiao

Second-year HCI Master student, Department of Informatics, Fall 2026
qiao [at] iu.edu

I am a second-year M.S. student in the Human-Computer Interaction/design program at Indiana University Bloomington. My background is in human-centered research, interaction design, and prototyping, with experience building and evaluating interactive and embodied systems. My research interests span human-robot interaction, end-user customization and personalization of robotic systems, and understanding users’ needs, preferences, and interactions with robots.

JeongTak Cho

Second-year HCI Master student, Department of Informatics, Fall 2026
jtcho [at] iu.edu

I am a second-year M.S. student in the Human-Computer Interaction/design program at Indiana University Bloomington. My background is in computer science and informatics, and my research interests are in human-robot interaction, immersive technologies, and user-centered design.

Pradyumna Satheesh

Second-year HCI Master student, Department of Informatics, Fall 2026
psathees [at] iu.edu

I am a second-year M.S. student in the Human-Computer Interaction/design program at Indiana University Bloomington. My background is in product and service design, and my research interests include user research, strategic design, and human-in-the-loop (HITL) interaction.