Rafal Kocielnik
I am a Postdoctoral Researcher at Caltech where I am mentored by Anima Anandkumar, Mike Alvarez, and Andrew Hung. I received my PhD in Human Centered Design & Engineering from the University of Washington, where I was advised by Gary Hsieh.
My primary research interests:
- Human-Centered AI – Designing interactions and building AI systems that promote social good, particularly in the contexts of social media, gaming, and health.
- Human-AI Alignment – Exploring how generative AI can be aligned with human values by leveraging insights from social science and human-centered design.
- AI Transparency & User Empowerment – Creating tools that enable both everyday users and domain experts to understand the capabilities and limitations of AI systems.
Over the summers, I've been lucky to intern with Jonathan Bragg and Doug Downey at Allen Institute for AI, Saleema Amershi and Andrés Monroy-Hernández at Microsoft Research Redmond, and Daniel Avrahami at Fuji-Xerox Palo Alto Research Lab.
