The workshop organizers are CSCW researchers who work at the intersection of Human-Robot Interaction (HRI) and Design and have engaged with the future of work (FoW).

EunJeong Cheon is an assistant professor in the School of Information Studies (iSchool) at Syracuse University. Her work examines the role of values in the design of emerging technologies, such as robots and IoT, and approaches to make human values more explicit in the design. She is currently working on how collaborative robot manufacturers and their customer companies co-construct the future of work. She has organized workshops at HRI 2019, CHI 2020, and CSCW 2020.

Cristina Zaga is an assistant professor, speaker, and maker of poetic robots. At the Human-Centered Design Group and The DesignLab of the University of Twente, Cristina’s research bridges engineering, design, and social science to develop robotic technology responsibly and in a transdisciplinary fashion. Cristina believes in the power of poetic computation to bring about future-oriented reflection in robot development.She is regularly invited as a keynote speaker at events (e.g., TEDx, LaserTalks, DDW) and she has organized workshops at HRI, Ro-Man and design conferences. Her ward-winning work in Human-Robot Interaction has received many academic and societal accolades, for instance the Google Women TechMaker Scholarship 2018 for her research quality and her efforts to make STEM more inclusive to women and children.

Hee Rin Lee is an assistant professor in the department of media and information at Michigan State University. Her work addresses problems beyond the efficiency and functionality that are often prioritized in the advancement of robotics. Lee designs and evaluates robots for social good with the aim of empowering socially marginalized groups (e.g., production workers). Lee’s research has yielded best paper nominations at the premier HCI conferences including CSCW, HRI, UbiComp and CHI.

Maria Luce Lupetti is a postdoctoral design researcher working at the intersection of design, AI and robotics. She holds a PhD cum Laude in “Production, Management and Design” from Politecnico di Torino, Italy (2018). Her doctoral research, focused on human-robot interaction and play for children, was supported by the Italian telecommunication company TIM. Prior to this position, Maria Luce was a Research Fellow at Amsterdam Metropolitan Solution Institute (2018-2019) and visiting scholar at X-Studio, Academy of Art and Design, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China (2016-2017).

Lynn Dombrowski is an associate professor in the Human-Centered Computing Department at Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis (IUPUI). Her work looks at social computing technologies to examine and promote social justice in the contexts of work, marginalized communities, rural spaces, and others.

Malte F. Jung is an associate professor in Information Science at Cornell University and the Nancy H. ’62 and Philip M. ’62 Young Sesquicentennial Faculty Fellow. His research seeks to build understanding about interpersonal dynamics in groups and teams and how those can be shaped by machines. He leads the Robots in Groups Lab, which focuses on design and behavioral aspects of human-robot interaction in group and team settings.