Min Kyung Lee
| SELECTED HIGHLIGHTS |
| Our Matchmaking with AI paper received the CSCW24 Best Paper Honorable Mention award. |
| ️ I was honored to participate in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) event on Open by Design: Participatory Algorithm for Equity and Inclusion and give a keynote at the MIDAS Ethical AI symposium at the University of Michigan. |
| We organized a workshop on Human-AI Alignment: Developing a Research Agenda by Bridging Interdisciplinary Approaches at the TAS conference! |
| Our PhD student, Angie Zhang, ran a co-design workshop as part of the worker training on AI, which was organized by International Labour Organization. |
I am an assistant professor in the UT Austin School of Information, and a director of the Human-AI Interaction Lab. I am also core faculty of the campus-wide Ethical AI Program, and affiliated with Machine Learning Lab, Good Systems, and Texas Robotics. Our work is possible thanks to the National Science Foundation, Good Systems, and Swedish Research Council.
I am a human-computer interaction researcher who combines computer science, design, and social science theories and methods. I conducted some of the first studies that empiricially examine the AI's social implications on work, management, and governance. I coined the term Algorithmic Management, and proposed the Procedural Justice Framework for AI to address the misalignment between AI assumptions and stakeholder priorities.
My vision is that Participatory AI, which enables stakeholder participation across the AI development cycle, can better align AI with stakeholde priorities and contribute to creating just, empowering workplaces and cities.
I strive to translate my research into pragmatic systems and processes to make the real-world impact or support organizations that promote equity and social good. Our WeBuildAI participatory algorithm is adopted by Food Rescue Hero; we are conducting research to assist public administration using technology. Some of our current partners include Austin Transportation Department, King County, Washington, Food Rescue Hero, and Dilligent Robotics.
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| November 2024 Co-organizing ACM CSCW 2024 workshop" Worker Data Collectives as a Means to Improve Accountability, Combat Surveillance and Reduce Inequalities |
| October 2024 Co-organizing the EURAM 2025 paper track on AI, Big Data, Algorithgmic Management and Emerging Tech in Human Resources Management, Employment Relations, and Organizational Behaviours |
| September 2024 Co-organized a TAS workshop, "Human-AI Alignment: Developing a Research Agenda by Bridging Interdisciplinary Approaches" |
| July 2024 Honored to serve as a panelist at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) event on Open by Design: Participatory Algorithm for Equity and Inclusion |
| June 2024 Served as a panelist at the Association of Public & Land-Grant Universities’s Commission on Information, Measurement, and Analysis Panel: AI Empowered Student Engagement and Success |
| April 2024 Gave a lecture as William Field Pierson Lecturer at Princeton University |
| April 2024 Gave a keynote at the MIDAS Ethical AI symposium at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI |
| April 2024 Received the Health IT SPARK grant on AI chatbot for dementia caregivers with hearing/vision impairment |
| November 2023 Served as a panelist for ACM CSCW panel, "LLMs and the Infrastructure of CSCW" |
| October 2023 Served as a panelist at (Dis)Trust and AI: Perspectives from Across Disciplines and Sectors |
| July 2023 Received the Swedish Research Council grant on algorithmic management at work. Excited to explore worker-centered interventions for algorithmic management on a global scale |
| June 2023 Awarded the NSF SCC grant on community-driven design of urban air mobility transportation management systems |
| November 2022 Co-organizing an ACM CSCW workshop, “Who Has an Interest in “Public Interest Technology”?: Critical Questions for Working with Local Governments and Impacted Communities” |
| October 2022 Gave a talk at the Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm, Sweden |
| October 2022 Gave a keynote at the Augmented Intelligence at Work Symposium in Hanover, Germany |
| October 2022 Excited to NSF DASS funding on enabling standards- and disclosure-based regulations in and through software systems |
| October 2022 Received NSF CIVIC funding on co-creating a community platform for people experiencing homelessness |
| September 2022 Gave a keynote at the Image Conference in Austin |
| July 2022 Gave a talk at IDEA Institute on AI |
| May 2022 Excited to give a talk at the University of Oxford on Participatory Algorithmic Management |
| April 2022 Received an ACM CHI Best Paper Honorable Mention award for Remaining gigwork |
| April 2022 Served as a panelist for ACM CHI’22 panel on Participatory Design of AI systems |
| April 2022 Honored to give a talk as a Dr. Frederica Darema lecturer in CS at Illinois Institute of Technology |
| March 2022 Co-organized an ACM HRI 2022 workshop on Fairness and Transparency in HRI |
| August 2021 Gave an invited talk at the 35th International Workshop on New Technologies and Work (NeTWork): Safety in the Digital Age |
| August 2021 Excited to receive a NSF NRT-AI Grant for Ethical Robotics |
| August 2021 Gave a keynote at the International Conference on Women Scientists and Engineers on Biotechnology, Information Technology, Energy Technology, and Nano Technology |
| August 2021 Excited to receive 6-year grants for the Good Systems Projects on Racially Equitable AI and Misinformation |
| July 2021 Excited to receive a Swedish AFA Insurance grant on Algorithmic Management and Worker Health with Karolinska Institutet |
| June 2021 Humbled to serve as a ACM FAccT Conference Diversity and Inclusion Co-Chair for two years |
| June 2021 Gave a talk at the KAIST Graduate School of AI Colloquium |
| March 2021 Gave a talk at the Cyprus Center for Algorithmic Transparency (CyCAT) |
| Jan 2021 A new CHI paper titled Who Is Included in Human Perceptions of AI?: Trust and perceived fairness around healthcare AI and cultural mistrust |
| November 2020 Gave a talk titled "Centering racial equity in AI fairness" at the UT Austin Good Systems Panel for AI and the Future of Racial Justice. |
| October 2020 Gave a Data Science seminar talk titled "AI for all: Enabling participatory and procedurally-fair AI" at the Seoul National University |
| September 2020 Organizing an IUI workshop on XAI for social justice |
| August 2020 Serving as an Area Chair for ACM FAccT 2021 |
| August 2020 Received a NSF Smart & Connected Communities (SCC) grant on Empowering Gig Workers Through Building A Community-Centered Gig Economy |
| June 2020 Gave an invited talk at Assured Autonomy Workshop on responsible autonomy |
| May 2020 Received a NSF RAPID grant on Trust in Public Health Information During a Pandemic |
| Mar 2020 Gave a AI seminar at UC San Diego on Fair and Participatory AI for all |
| Jan 2020 Received a NSF Fairness in Artificial Intelligence (FAI) grant on Advancing Fairness in AI with Human-Algorithm Collaborations |
| Dec 2019 Leading the CHI2020 workshop on Fair & Responsible AI |
| Dec 2019 Received a UT Healthcare Technology, Communication, & Privacy seed grant |
| July 2019 Two papers at CSCW 2019: WeBuildAI: Participatory Framework for Algorithmic Governance and Procedural Justice in Algorithmic Fairness |
| July 2019 Gave a talk titled "Procedural Justice in Algorithmic Fairness: Transparency, Control and Participation Perspectives" at Simons Institute Workshop on Recent Developments in Research on Fairness |
| June 2019 WeBuildAi and algorithmic participation received Popular Poster Award at the Mechanism Design for Social Good Workshop |
| June 2019 Gave a talk on Algorithmic Management for Empowerment at HCI Consortium 2019 on the Futures of Work |
| June 2019 Presented WeBuildAI at Collective Intelligence |
| June 2019 HomeMeld Telepresence received Best Demo Award |
| May 2019 Received a new grant from Block Center for Technology and Society for my project on fair AI and community participation |
| April 2019 Paper on statistical foundation of virtual democracy accepted to ICML 2019 |
| February 2019 Co-editing Special Issue on Unifying HCI and AI for HCI Journal |
| January 2019 Giving guest lecture titled Social Considerations for Algorithmic Fairness for the Interpretable Machine Learning class |
| January 2019 Giving a talk at Stanford Seminar on Computers, People and Design |
| November 2018 Giving guest lecture titled Algorithmic Management for the AI for Public Policy class |
| November 2018 Co-organizing Participation in Algorithmic Ecosystems Workshop at CSCW |
| July 2018 Attending the CSST Decennial Sociotech Futures Symposium |
| May 2018 Serving as CHI 2019 Program Committee Associate Chair |
| May 2018 Giving guest lecture titled Methods for Studying Human-AI Interaction for the Integrated Intelligence in Robotics |
| April 2018 Giving guest lecture titled Design of Future Robotic Services for the Programming Usable Interfaces class |
| January 2018 Delighted that our project on a fair algorithm is selected as one of two recipients of the Uptake Machine Learning for Social Good Funding |
| December 2017 My paper on perceptions of algorithmic decisions accepted to Big Data & Society |
| December 2017 Presented at a NSF Workshop on Trustworthy Algorithmic Decision-Making |
| December 2017 Visiting Microsoft Research NYC to give a seminar talk |
| October 2017 Became editorial board for ACM Transactions of Human-Robot Interaction as Associate Editor |
| May 2017 Serving as CHI 2018 Program Committee Associate Chair |
| April 2017 Giving guest lecture titled "Designing Fair Algorithmic Services" for the Designing Environments for Interaction class |
| April 2017 Invited to speak at Psychology of Technology Conference |
| March 2017 Serving as CHI 2017 Telepresence Chair with Carman Neustaedter |
| Febraury 2017 Received CSCW Best Paper Honorable Mention for algorithmic mediation & fair division algorithms |
| December 2016 Paper on fair algorithmic services accepted to CHI 2017 |
| November 2016 Virtually attended the HRI 2017 Program Committee meeting |
| September 2016 Excited about my new NSF funding on a smart community service for the homeless population |
| June 2016 Presented my work on algorithmic management of Uber/Lyft drivers at the Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics (SASE) Conference |
| April 2016 Gave a seminar at UC Berkeley School of Information, video recorded here |
| March 2016 My fieldwork with Snackbot featured in MIT Technology Review |
| January 2016 Excited to be on the CHI panel on Algorithmic Authority |
