Corina Sas

Corina Sas is Professor of Human-Computer Interaction and Digital Health in Lancaster University's School of Computing and Communications. Her research designs and evaluates technologies for wellbeing, mental health, memory support, creative and reflective thinking, and tools for designing such technologies. Her work integrates wearable biosensors, mobile devices, and lifelogging technologies. Lancaster's research directory reports that her research has received over £15.1 million in funding and that she coordinated two European Commission-funded Innovative Training Networks. Her sabbaticals have included Visiting Professor appointments at Stanford University, Carnegie Mellon University, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, the University of California, Irvine, and the University of California, Santa Cruz. The directory reports six Best Paper and Honourable Mention awards across CHI (4), DIS (1), and British HCI (1). ACM named her a Distinguished Member in 2025; she has been an ACM Distinguished Speaker since 2022.[1][2][3]

• 2017–Present·School of Computing and Communications, Lancaster University·Professor of Human-Computer Interaction and Digital Health[1][4]
• 2010–2017·School of Computing and Communications, Lancaster University·Senior Lecturer in Human-Computer Interaction[4]
• 2004–2010·School of Computing and Communications, Lancaster University·Lecturer in Human-Computer Interaction[4]
• 2000–2004·Department of Computer Science, University College Dublin·Research Assistant / PhD Student[4]
• 1996–2000·Departments of Informatics and Psychology, Lucian Blaga University·Teaching Assistant[4]

• 2017–2018·Lancaster University Management School·Executive MBA[5]
• 2000–2004·University College Dublin·PhD in Computer Science (Human-Computer Interaction)[5]
• 1994–1998·Lucian Blaga University·BSc in Mathematics and Computer Science[5]
• 1996–1997·Babeș-Bolyai University·MA in Industrial and Organisational Psychology[5]
• 1991–1996·Lucian Blaga University·BSc in Psychology[5]

Lancaster's staff profile independently confirms degree titles and completion years, including the Executive MBA with Distinction in 2018.

• 2025 | ACM Distinguished Member, for contributions to ethical design for wellbeing and mental health technologies.[2]
• 2022–Present | ACM Distinguished Speaker.
• 2022, 2023 | AI 2000 Most Influential Scholar Honorable Mention in Human-Computer Interaction.[1]
• 2019 | Digital Female Leader Award for Science.[1]

1. Lancaster University research directory: Corina Sas
2. ACM Awards recipient profile: Corina Sas
3. ACM Speakers profile: Corina Sas
4. Lancaster University staff profile: Corina Sas
5. Corina Sas public ORCID record