Gelareh Mohammadi is an Associate Professor, the Head of the Human-Centered Computing Research Group, and the Associate Head of School (Engagement) at the School of Computer Science and Engineering, UNSW Sydney. Her research sits at the intersection of human-computer interaction, artificial intelligence, and computational psychology, with a particular focus on developing accessible, socially intelligent technologies that understand and adapt to users' needs. Her work has practical applicati...
Gelareh Mohammadi is an Associate Professor, the Head of the Human-Centered Computing Research Group, and the Associate Head of School (Engagement) at the School of Computer Science and Engineering, UNSW Sydney. Her research sits at the intersection of human-computer interaction, artificial intelligence, and computational psychology, with a particular focus on developing accessible, socially intelligent technologies that understand and adapt to users' needs. Her work has practical applications in education, mental health and well-being, and productivity enhancement.
Gelareh earned her PhD in Social Signal Processing from École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland. She then worked as a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Idiap Research Institute in Switzerland, focusing on Affective Computing. Following this, she joined the Neuroscience Center at the University of Geneva, Switzerland, as a Postdoctoral Researcher, where she studied the neural basis of emotions before joining UNSW.
- Publications
- Awards
- Teaching and Supervision
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2022- Finalist for the Women in AI Award - Australia & New Zealand- in AI for Education category
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2019- Selected as Australia’s Research Field Leader (top researcher) in Human-Computer Interaction in the Australian Research Report
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2019- Best paper award in Affective Computing & Intelligent Interaction
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2015- Nomination for the Most Influential Articles in IEEE Transactions for Affective Computing Journal
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2013- Recipient of Google Anita Borg Memorial (Women Techmakers) Award
My Research Supervision
My Teaching
COMP9417: Machine Learning and Data Mining
COMP9517: Computer Vision
COMP3511/COMP9511: Human-Computer Interaction