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Social computing & responsible AI

37 labs at 21 universities work on social computing & responsible AI (part of Human-AI Interaction). Most at Edinburgh, CMU and Michigan. 31 published in 2026.

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37 labs at 21 universities work on social computing & responsible AI. Most at 4, 3, 3. 31 of them published in 2026, mostly at CHI, ACL and CSCW. Earliest deadline: , Dec 1.

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HKCUHKDepartment of Computer Science and EngineeringDec 1

Irwin KingProfessor

Works on machine learning, graph neural networks, recommender systems, social computing and natural language processing.

Graph learning
Social computing & responsible AI
Recommendation, search & web

2026Advancing Multi-Agent RAG Systems with Minimalist Reinforcement LearningAAMAS
2026Adversarial Encoding Perturbation and Synthesis for Set Representation Auxiliary LearningICLR

89 T1 · 141 papers · 27 members · 10 alumni

CATorontoFaculty of InformationDec 1

Ebrahim BagheriProfessor

Studies information retrieval, social network analytics and responsible AI.

Knowledge, QA & retrieval
Language & society
Social computing & responsible AI

2026A Benchmark & Dataset for Detecting AI-Manipulated Visual Evidence in the Court SystemCIKM
2026A Large-Scale Dataset for Gender-Fair Query ReformulationsSIGIR

37 T1 · 92 papers · 13 members · 81 alumni

USStanfordComputer ScienceDec 8

Michael BernsteinProfessor of Computer Science and Senior Fellow at the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered AI

Studies social computing and crowdsourcing, including generative agents that simulate human behavior.

Social computing & responsible AI

2026Comparing Design Metaphors and User-Driven Metaphors for Interaction DesignCHI
2026Just-In-Time Objectives: A General Approach for Specialized AI InteractionsCHI

19 T1 · 43 papers · Group size not listed

USGeorgia TechSchool of Interactive ComputingDec 15

Munmun De ChoudhuryProfessor

Uses computational social science and language analysis of social media to reason about mental health and well-being.

Accessibility, health & wellbeing
Social computing & responsible AI
Language & society

2026(Re)mediators of Epistemic Injustice: Generative AI and Hermeneutic Resource Provision in Intimate Partner ViolenceIn Proceedings of the Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. CHI , to appear
2026Adverse Mental Health Events As a Trigger for Online Harassment: Evidence from Online Conversations of Youth Experiencing Psychiatric HospitalizationsIn Proceedings of the International AAAI Conference on Web and Social Media, ICWSM , to appear

19 T1 · 76 papers · 23 members · 129 alumni

GBCambridgeComputer Science and TechnologyDec 8

Hatice GunesFull Professor of Affective Intelligence and Robotics

Leads the AFAR Lab on affective computing and social signal processing, building socio-emotionally intelligent social robots and adaptive human-robot…

Social computing & responsible AI
Human-robot interaction & assistive robots
Affective & health speech

2026Graph in Graph Neural NetworkIJCV
2026Reimagining Social Robots as Recommender Systems: Foundations, Framework, and ApplicationsHRI

18 T1 · 76 papers · 7 members · 11 alumni

USNYUComputer Science and Engineering (Tandon)Dec 12

Julia StoyanovichAssociate Dean of AI Initiatives; Professor; Director of the Center for Responsible AI

Works on responsible AI and data management, including fairness in ranking, data equity and AI governance and education.

Trustworthy & safe ML
Social computing & responsible AI
Data management & big data

2026Epistemic Parity: Reproducibility as an Evaluation Metric for Differential PrivacyCommun. ACM
2026Seasoning Data Modeling Education with GARLIC: A Participatory Co-Design FrameworkEDBT/ICDT Workshops

18 T1 · 39 papers · 4 members · 9 alumni

USUIUCSiebel School of Computing and Data ScienceDec 1

Eshwar ChandrasekharanAssistant Professor

Studies social computing and online content moderation, including machine learning tools such as Crossmod that support community moderators.

Social computing & responsible AI
Data management & big data

2026"Think about it like you're a firefighter": Understanding How Reddit Moderators Use the ModqueueCHI
2026LLUMI: Improving LLM Writing Assistance for Mental Health Support with Online Community FeedbackEMNLP

17 T1 · 24 papers · 2 members · 23 alumni

USUIUCSiebel School of Computing and Data ScienceDec 1

Koustuv SahaAssistant Professor

Studies human-centered AI and social computing, including machine learning on social media to understand mental health and well-being.

Accessibility, health & wellbeing
Social computing & responsible AI
Language & society

2026“In my defense, only three hours on Instagram”: Designing Toward Digital Self-Awareness and WellbeingCHI
2026Designing Beyond Language: Sociotechnical Barriers in AI Health Technologies for Limited English ProficiencyCHI

16 T1 · 78 papers · 32 members · 20 alumni

GBEdinburghSchool of Informatics

Zee TalatChancellor's Fellow in Responsible Machine Learning

Works between machine learning and science and technology studies, developing critiques of ML and content moderation methods such as abusive language detection.

Recognition, detection & segmentation
Social computing & responsible AI

2026Aligning Stuttered-Speech Research with End-User Needs: Scoping Review, Survey, and GuidelinesInterspeech
2026FedMental: Federated Learning For Mental Health DetectionACL

15 T1 · 39 papers · Group size not listed

CATorontoFaculty of InformationDec 1

Shion GuhaAssistant Professor

Studies human-centered data science, algorithmic bias and AI governance in the public sector.

Social computing & responsible AI
Data management & big data

2026How do the Global South Diasporas Mobilize for Transnational Political Change?CHI
2026The Promises and Perils of Using LLMs for Effective Public ServicesCHI

14 T1 · 32 papers · 11 members · 21 alumni

CATorontoComputer ScienceDec 1

Ashton AndersonAssociate Professor

Analyzes large-scale social and behavioral data, including human-like chess AI (Maia) and online community dynamics.

Social computing & responsible AI
Computational social science

2026Chessformer: A Unified Architecture for Chess ModelingICLR
2026Invisible Saboteurs: Sycophantic LLMs Mislead Novices in Problem-Solving TasksCHI

13 T1 · 26 papers · 5 members · 22 alumni

CNZhejiangSchool of Cyber Science and TechnologyFeb 28

Haitao Xu百人计划研究员

Works on cybercrime ecosystem governance, privacy and security of large language models, attack detection and web security.

Large language models
Recognition, detection & segmentation
Social computing & responsible AI

2026CHAMELEOSCAN: Demystifying and Detecting iOS Chameleon Apps via LLM-Powered UI ExplorationNDSS
2026LiBrain: LLM-Powered Li-ion Battery Diagnostics with Time-Series-Aware Retrieval-Augmented Framework for E-bikesAAAI

10 T1 · 23 papers · Group size not listed

USCMUHuman-Computer Interaction InstituteDec 9

Hong ShenAssistant Professor

Studies responsible AI from a human-centered perspective, including user-driven algorithm auditing.

Interfaces & interaction techniques
Social computing & responsible AI

2026AI LEGO: Scaffolding Industrial Cross-Functional Collaborations in Responsible AI During the Early Design StagesCSCW
2026Can GenAI Move from Individual Use to Collaborative Work? Experiences, Challenges, and Opportunities of Coordinating GenAI into Collaborative NewsworkCHI

9 T1 · 12 papers · 4 members

USCMUHuman-Computer Interaction InstituteDec 9

Hirokazu ShiradoAssociate Professor

Studies cooperation in human and human-machine social networks through experiments.

Interfaces & interaction techniques
Social computing & responsible AI
Graph mining & networks

2026Systematic Failures in Collective Reasoning under Distributed Information in Multi-Agent LLMsICML
2026WhatIf: Interactive Exploration of Large-Scale LLM Agent Simulations for Policy ReasoningUIST

8 T1 · 11 papers · Group size not listed

USUCSDComputer Science and EngineeringDec 15

Kristen VaccaroAssociate Professor

Designs social computing systems such as feed curation and content moderation so that algorithmic decisions are understandable and contestable, including AI…

Social computing & responsible AI

2026Deception at Scale: Deceptive Designs in 1K LLM-Generated Ecommerce ComponentsCHI
2026Long Story Short: Auditing U.S. Political Polarization in Recommendations for Long- vs. Short-form Videos on YouTubeWWW

8 T1 · 14 papers · 3 members · 9 alumni

USUCLAComputer ScienceDec 15

Saadia GabrielAssistant Professor

Studies factuality and intent in human-written language, misinformation and the social impact of language models; runs the MARS Lab.

Language & society
Large language models
Social computing & responsible AI

2026OpenThoughts: Data Recipes for Reasoning ModelsICLR
2026The African Languages Lab: A Collaborative Approach to Advancing Low-Resource African NLPACL

8 T1 · 17 papers · 6 members

GBEdinburghSchool of Informatics

Bjorn RossReader

Applies natural language processing, social network analysis and agent-based modelling to study social media, including misinformation, hate speech and bots.

Language & society
Reasoning & agents
Social computing & responsible AI

2026‘God says we are right!’: The Interplay between Religion and Propaganda on Arabic Social MediaCHI
2026Beyond the Game: Comparing Political News Coverage and Twitter Discussions during the 2022 FIFA World CupJournal of Quantitative Description: Digital Media

7 T1 · 30 papers · 15 members · 20 alumni

USMichiganSchool of InformationDec 15

Dallas CardAssistant Professor, School of Information

Studies reliable and responsible machine learning and uses NLP to analyze society, history and culture.

Language & society
Social computing & responsible AI

2026Catching Fire in the News: The Necessary Conditions for Media StormsCambridge University Press
2025Coordinating Chaos: A Structured Review of Linguistic Coordination MethodologiesACL

7 T1 · 10 papers · 3 members

DETUMTUM School of Social Sciences and Technology

Orestis PapakyriakopoulosProfessor

Researches socio-algorithmic systems, including algorithmic fairness, AI ethics and data-intensive analysis of political communication on platforms.

Social computing & responsible AI
Language & society
Signal processing & information theory

2026Operationalizing Pluralistic Values in Large Language Model Alignment Reveals Trade-offs in Safety, Inclusivity, and Model BehaviorAAAI
2026Engaged AI Governance: Addressing the Last Mile Challenge Through Internal Expert CollaborationFAccT

7 T1 · 18 papers · 5 members

USMichiganComputer Science and EngineeringDec 15

Farnaz JahanbakhshAssistant Professor, EECS – Computer Science and Engineering

Studies social computing and human-AI interaction with a focus on pluralism, building user-controlled content moderation and feed curation tools and aligning…

Social computing & responsible AI
Human-AI collaboration & trust
Generative & foundation models

2026Interpretive Cultures: Resonance, Randomness and Negotiated Meaning for AI-Assisted Tarot DivinationCHI
2026Personalized Alignment of Language Models with Human Value ProfilesEMNLP

6 T1 · 9 papers · 3 members

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Irwin KingProfessor

Ebrahim BagheriProfessor

Michael BernsteinProfessor of Computer Science and Senior Fellow at the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered AI

Munmun De ChoudhuryProfessor

Hatice GunesFull Professor of Affective Intelligence and Robotics

Julia StoyanovichAssociate Dean of AI Initiatives; Professor; Director of the Center for Responsible AI

Eshwar ChandrasekharanAssistant Professor

Koustuv SahaAssistant Professor

Zee TalatChancellor's Fellow in Responsible Machine Learning

Shion GuhaAssistant Professor

Ashton AndersonAssociate Professor

Haitao Xu百人计划研究员

Hong ShenAssistant Professor

Hirokazu ShiradoAssociate Professor

Kristen VaccaroAssociate Professor

Saadia GabrielAssistant Professor

Bjorn RossReader

Dallas CardAssistant Professor, School of Information

Orestis PapakyriakopoulosProfessor

Farnaz JahanbakhshAssistant Professor, EECS – Computer Science and Engineering

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Irwin KingProfessor

Ebrahim BagheriProfessor

Michael BernsteinProfessor of Computer Science and Senior Fellow at the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered AI

Munmun De ChoudhuryProfessor

Hatice GunesFull Professor of Affective Intelligence and Robotics

Julia StoyanovichAssociate Dean of AI Initiatives; Professor; Director of the Center for Responsible AI

Eshwar ChandrasekharanAssistant Professor

Koustuv SahaAssistant Professor

Zee TalatChancellor's Fellow in Responsible Machine Learning

Shion GuhaAssistant Professor

Ashton AndersonAssociate Professor

Haitao Xu百人计划研究员

Hong ShenAssistant Professor

Hirokazu ShiradoAssociate Professor

Kristen VaccaroAssociate Professor

Saadia GabrielAssistant Professor

Bjorn RossReader

Dallas CardAssistant Professor, School of Information

Orestis PapakyriakopoulosProfessor

Farnaz JahanbakhshAssistant Professor, EECS – Computer Science and Engineering