Meredith Ringel Morris
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Director of Human-AI Interaction Research @GoogleDeepMind. @UW Affiliate Prof. #HCI & human-centered #AI; @sigchi Academy; ACM Fellow. Opinions my own.
Seattle, WA
Joined April 2009
Excited to share a new article I wrote with colleagues from DeepMind - "Levels of AGI: Operationalizing Progress on the Path to AGI" -
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Some tips for grad students seeking computing research internships. 🧵.
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Life Update: I've loved leading the PAIR team these past 18 months, but I've also missed having time to be hands-on with research, so I'll be transitioning to Google Brain in September, where I'll focus on fundamental research in Human-Computer Interaction and Human-Centered AI.
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The PAIR team at #GoogleResearch is hiring! We have several roles available including: (1/n 🧵).
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I'm excited to announce that @minsuk_chang will be joining the @GoogleAI PAIR team next month as a Research Scientist, growing our research expertise in Human-AI Interaction!.
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The PAIR (People + AI) team at #GoogleResearch will be hiring several Research Scientists in 2022 working on technical #HCI, Human-AI Interaction, #XAI, and other aspects of Human-Centered #AI and #ML. #NeurIPS2021
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Thrilled to announce that @shaunkane will be joining the #GoogleResearch PAIR team this winter as a Research Scientist exploring the intersection of #HCI + #AI + #a11y!
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Ph.D. students at #cscw2020 #uist2020 #assets2020 have been wondering about #HCI internships with @MSFTResearch for summer 2021- our official job postings will be available soon, please check back on our research group websites in a week or two for more info!.
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Am trying to read one #chi2020 paper a day until the time when the conference would have happened. Join me for a virtual reading group! Today's paper is by @lizmurnane "Designing Ambient Narrative-Based Interfaces to Reflect and Motivate Physical Activity"
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It's rebuttal/R&R season for #uist2019 #cscw2019 and #assets2019 -- I wrote up some tips on writing rebuttals for #HCI venues that may be useful for grad students!
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@ashleyruba @niloufar_s I’m shocked how many people have replied to imply someone doesn’t deserve a PhD if they don’t want to do research 24/7. I stuck to a 40 hour work week during grad school and then enjoyed outside interests. This is a very reasonable approach that can lead to a very successful PhD.
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Applications open June 20 for the #Google Award for Inclusion Research, a program that supports academic research in computing that addresses the needs of historically marginalized groups globally & creates positive societal impact. Apply by July 13 at
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The @MSFTResearch Ability team is seeking Ph.D. students in computer science & related fields for internships in 2020, especially those with experience in #HCI #AI #a11y. Apply by December 1 at
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A new fellowship from @MSFTResearch for PhD students in computing at universities in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. Apply by April 1.
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There is a PostDoc role in #HCI, #Accessibility, and/or #MixedReality at @MSFTResearch Redmond - apply by Feb 1 for full consideration.
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Today I'm reading a #chi2021 preprint by @clb5590 @colegleason @morganklauss @jeffbigham @AnhongGuo @Alexandra__To on "Negotiating Accessibility and (Mis)Representation in Image Descriptions of Race, Gender, and Disability" -
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To celebrate the end of @chi2019 rebuttals, I have added to the rebuttal tips literature by writing up my own rebuttal-writing process. I hope #hci students find this useful! #HappyThanksgiving.
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I highly recommend that graduating PhD students in #HCI watch this talk - it is an excellent example of a very strong academic job talk!.
Mainstream social computing technologies currently exclude billions in low-resource environments. Visiting researcher @imadityav from @Cornell shares three systems that he created for people facing literacy, language, socioeconomic & connectivity barriers:
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My favorite research paper I've read lately is "Computer Vision and Conflicting Values: Describing People with Automated Alt Text" from #AIES2021 by @s010n @shiriazenkot @karen_ec_levy et al. -
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Have a professional webpage. This might be hosted at your university, on github, etc. This is different than LinkedIn (which you should also have). Link to all your publications, videos, and other research artifacts. Link to your must current CV.
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Had a great visit to @StanfordHCI today - my PhD advisor Terry Winograd was cleaning out the book collection from his office to make room for new faculty, so I got a copy of his thesis as a souvenir. #SHRDLU
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Attending #uist2021? Want to learn about opportunities with #GoogleResearch? I'll be available to chat during the Oct 13 social hour @ noon PDT. PAIR will have full-time (Research Scientist & SWE) and seasonal (intern & student researcher) roles for 2022.
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Finished my slides for #Microsoft's Ability Summit! I'll discuss the topic "Our Responsibility: #Disability, Bias, and #AI" on May 28 @ 2:30 PDT. Registration for the virtual summit is free at & a great way to learn about #a11y at #Microsoft!.
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Hey #assets2020 PhD students (and those from #uist2020 or #cscw2020 interest in #HCI and #a11y topics): You can now officially apply for internships with the @MSFTResearch Ability Team at
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A disturbing #assets2022 paper from @turingmusician and colleagues finds that effectively zero papers in @TheOfficialACM DL have alt text on images outside of @sigchi and @sigaccess - ACM, when will you require this in all papers?
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Excited to welcome newcomers to the @GoogleAI PAIR team - @AlexFiannaca & Alberto Lalama joined us as Research Software Engineers and @dheerajgopal & @aidaa joined as Research Scientists and @chinmay & @SheenaErete & Michael Everett joined us as a Visiting Research Scientists!.
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Excited to welcome @shaunkane on his first day of work at @GoogleAI as a Staff Research Scientist on the PAIR team!
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So excited about this wonderful partnership between #Microsoft & @UW - @uwdub faculty & students have been amazing research partners in #a11y at @MSFTResearch - glad to see #Microsoft making this strategic investment in advancing #accessibility!.
Today, @UW announced the establishment of the Center for Research and Education on Accessible Technology and Experiences (CREATE). We are proud to partner with UW on this initiative. #AbilitySummit #UWCreate.
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Some #assets2019 trivia - Matt Huenerfauth and I first met in Pittsburgh at CMU in 1996 as high school students attending the Pennsylvania Governor's School for the Sciences, and now we're here presenting joint research (! #govies #PGSS1996 #itsasmallworld
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Are you a junior or senior year undergraduate in #CS or a computing-related field wondering what research is and whether grad school is right for you? Get a taste of research with @MSFTResearch's undergraduate internship program. Apply by Dec 15.
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Looking forward to discussing how advances in #AI will change the practice of #HCI (For those not at @UMichCSE, you can also catch a version of this next month at @ACMUIST as one of the "Visions" talks!).
Artificial general intelligence (AGI) is coming. are we ready for it? Join us 10/5 for a lecture by @merrierm of @GoogleDeepMind, who will discuss how this new era of computing necessitates a new research agenda on methods and interfaces for interacting with AGI.
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A question for #HCI Twitter - suggestion for a good paper/book chapter/blog/etc that is a practical "how to" on qualitative analysis techniques for me to share with folks not familiar w/ academic lit? Am looking for something for a practitioner audience.
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Excited to welcome @ghandeharioun on her first day as a Research Scientist with the @GoogleAI PAIR team!
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Congrats to former @MSFTResearch intern @AnnaFeit for winning the @sigchi Dissertation award at #chi2019 for her work on interface optimization!
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It's #uist2022 rebuttal time (and #assets2022 rebuttals the week after). re-sharing my #HCI rebuttal writing guide in case it's handy:
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Excited to be representing @MSFTResearch at the @CRAWomen #GradCohort2019 - women PhD students in computing should check out our funding programs like the Ada Lovelace Fellowship, PhD Fellowship, and Dissertation Grant at
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@TaliaRinger “… not only is HCI definitely computer science, but it is central to computer science – there is no purpose to creating faster, smaller, more secure, more powerful computing systems if they are not meeting the needs of end-users and aligning to our values as a society.”.
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@jeffbigham I kid you not. But that must be the bar they use for the male candidates, too, because I'm sure 100% of their senior male faculty have Turing Awards, right?.
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Wow! So glad to see this change! It is something @jeffbigham, @colegleason, and I have been suggesting for a while, reducing the barrier to adding alt text to tweets:
Adding descriptions to images is a great way to include everyone in your conversation. These descriptions, aka alt-text, enable folks who use screen readers to interpret images in Tweets. Starting today, you no longer need a setting to add alt text and it's available on 📱 & 💻.
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Excited to give the closing keynote at @ACM_CHIIR #chiir2020 in a few minutes on Accessible Information Seeking! You can learn more about what @MSFTResearch is doing on this topic at
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Excited to be representing @GoogleAI at #CRAGradCohort #GCIDEALS22 - I'll be at the meals, coffee breaks, and CV workshop if students have questions about fellowships, internships, or full-time roles with #GoogleResearch.
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@Carryveggies @iftenney @lgw_ Several intern/student researcher roles on a range of topics including human-AI interaction, data-centric AI, explainable AI, and sociotechnical/FATE topics (contact individual researchers) (5/n).
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If you live near Redmond, use an assistive device (cane, wheelchair, #XboxAdaptiveController, etc) and would like to participate in a one-hour study at @MSFTResearch to inform the design of new #a11y tech, email smartdevices@microsoft.com. Pays $50 + transportation fees.
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I do think it's a good experience for PhD students in computing to do at least one industry internship (even if industry is not their ultimate career goal) - you learn a lot about how the tech industry works and you broaden your network of mentors beyond the university.
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Last-minute internship opportunity -- am seeking a grad student available this summer with prior experience running eye-tracking studies. Email me directly with a CV if interested.
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Excited to be here representing @MSFTResearch and @MSFTEnable at #CSUNATC19 - will be speaking on a panel about privacy, AI, and #a11y tomorrow with @jeffbigham @shiriazenkot & Matt Huenerfauth tomorrow morning at 9 in Platinum 7 (the Microsoft room)
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I highly recommend that anyone interested in #AI, #FATML, and/or #a11y read the transcript of Cindy's excellent talk, linked below.
Speaking on AI, accessibility, and bias at the National Federation of the Blind convention at 4 PM ET today, 7/17. #NFB20.Transcript here: Get stream link here:
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Apply to the official application. After you've officially applied, it is OK for you or your advisor to send a short email to a couple of specific researchers you'd most like to work with. Briefly explain your interests. This email should link to your webpage and attach your CV.
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Sharing video of a recent talk I gave at @BrownCSDept on Navigating a Career in #HCI Research. Full of career tips for undergrads and grad students in CS, plus some research highlights from the @MSFTResearch Ability team.
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I literally get one email a week from well-intentioned but poorly informed techies making either a glove app or an vision-based app that recognizes a tiny number of individual signs - please read to understand why the premise of these apps is broken.
Folks. Sign language is more than hands. More than fingers. More than hand shapes. It’s body, face, position. A glove will never ‘translate’ sign language in a way that is beneficial to the deaf. Fellow nerds, when designing, remember this: “nothing about us, without us.”.
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Applications are open for the Microsoft Research PhD and Ada Lovelace fellowships!.
We’re accepting nominations for exceptional doctoral students through August 15. Fellows will receive tuition funding and a $42K stipend annually to help advance their research. MSR Ada Lovelace Fellowship: ��.MSR PhD Fellowship:
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Applications are now open for Post Doc or Researcher roles in #HCI, #Graphics, and #MixedReality at @MSFTResearch Redmond. You can submit materials at or by Dec. 31.
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Proud to see the MSR Ability interns' auto-ethnography of a mixed-ability virtual internship is nominated for Best Paper at #assets2021 - congrats @A11yKelly @MaitrayeUrmi @dj_hci @BeneteauErin @joshurbandavis Abraham Glasser @joon_s_pk @venkypotluri -
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Updated the @MSFTResearch Ability Team site to include our incoming summer interns - looking forward to working with @MaitrayeUrmi, @djain_HCI, @jazette_j, Richard Li, Kelly Mack, @joon_s_pk, @venkypotluri, @Naba_Rizvi, Zhu Wang, & Momona Yamagami -
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Updated the @MSFTResearch Ability site w/ our 2019 intern alums @AnhongGuo, @SrishtiPalani, @vaiKameswaran, @AnnuskaP, @S3aura, @alexafay, Megan Hofmann, Rachel Franz, Candace Williams, Alberto Fung, Hui Zheng who I'm sure are busy writing #chi2020 papers.
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A thoughtful, must-read blog post from ACM proposing more balanced discussion of computing's positive and negative broader impacts in grant proposals, academic articles, and the tech press.
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Excited that recent @uwdub graduate Dr. Martez Mott is joining the @MSFTResearch Ability team today as a postdoc! @Martez_Mott's expertise in #a11y & UI design for people w/ motor disabilities will be a great asset to our team!.
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I love that this #assets2018 poster has headphones attached to be accessible to blind attendees!
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Graduating PhD students who published in venues such as #chi2021, #assets2020, #uist2020, #cscw2020, #ismar2020, #siggraph2020, and related venues - consider applying for a postdoc with @MSFTResearch at
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New position paper written for the #assets2019 workshop on #AI fairness and #disability (w/ @AnhongGuo @ecekamar @hannawallach @jennwvaughan) #FATML #a11y -
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So excited to see @imjuhokim and the topic of #HCI featured at #NeurIPS2022 - human-centered AI and human-AI interaction are both crucial opportunities for more awareness and collaboration between the #HCI and #ML communities.
Such an honor to give a keynote at #NeurIPS2022! I will talk about my vision for "interaction-centric AI" and how #HCI and #AI can work together to create valuable AI experiences in the real world. Huge thanks to @aliceoh and the program chairs for the invitation.
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Ph.D. students doing work in #hci, #ai, or #a11y interested in a research internship with the @MSFTResearch Ability team next summer can submit their resume this fall at #chi2018 #assets2018 #uist2018 #ghc2018.
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Welcome to #GoogleResearch, Cindy! We are so excited to work with you as part of the PAIR team!.
Bittersweet farewell to Apple & CMU. I applied to 30 asst prof & industry research jobs, did some interviews, & considered a few offers. I'm joining Google PAIR as a Sr Research Scientist in Sept, Taking summer off & moving to NYC 1st. Job market = a lot but transformative. .
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