Ujwal Gadiraju

Ujwal Gadiraju serves as an Assistant Professor at TU Delft's Web Information Systems group in the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science, where he directs the Delft AI "Design@Scale" Lab and co-leads the Kappa research line on Crowd Computing and Human-Centered AI. His academic journey includes a PhD in Computer Science with summa cum laude from Leibniz University of Hannover and an MSc from TU Delft, followed by postdoctoral research at the L3S Research Center. As a Distinguished Speaker of the ACM and board member of CHI Netherlands, he has established himself as a leading voice in human-computer interaction research. His work spans the intersection of Human-Computer Interaction, Artificial Intelligence, and Information Retrieval, with particular emphasis on Crowd Computing. His recent notable publications include groundbreaking research on human-AI bargaining behavior, metaphorical representation in conversational crowdsourcing, and innovative approaches to knowledge elicitation through gaming. He currently serves as co-editor for two Frontiers in AI journals, associate editor for the Behavior and Information Technology journal, and co-editor-in-chief of the Human Computation Journal. His research has garnered significant recognition, with over 200 peer-reviewed publications and 10 paper awards at top-tier HCI and AI conferences. Through his work, he aims to create novel methods, interfaces, and tools to enhance human-AI interaction and build more effective, inclusive AI systems that people can rely on appropriately.