Team

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

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.

Undergraduate Students

Josh Kraus

Fourth-year undergraduate student, Data Science Program, Fall 2026
kraus [at] iu.edu

I am a graduating senior of Indiana University Bloomington’s Data Science program. My background includes statistics, data science, and systems engineering, and my research interests are in user integration, survey evaluation, and live data analysis.